We now offer quarantined and fully treated wild-collected fish. They are treated and quarantined for a minimum of 4 weeks and are housed in an isolated system that is separate from our tank-raised fish system.We acquire these fish from our trusted suppliers that we receive directly from the collectors that we have done business with for years. There are no wholesalers or middlemen involved and this means less handling and therefore less stress to the fish.
All fish are housed, quarantined, and treated at our facility exclusively. We do not drop ship from wholesalers or other suppliers.
We treat with copper, metronidazole, praziquantil and utilize low salinity in individual isolated tanks. They are shipped in normal salinity saltwater, approximately 1.025-1.027. Every fish is healthy before shipping and we offer our standard live arrival guarantee. We do not guarantee compatibility of any one fish with any other nor can we guarantee reef compatibility because every fish has a distinct personality. Basic care and reef compatibility information is offered for each fish, your additional research is recommended.
We feed them twice daily with nori and initially with spirulina-enhanced brine shrimp. We find this to be the best foods to help newly acquired fish to start eating. They are then transitioned to a mix of frozen foods. Every fish is eating before shipping. Upon arrival we recommend floating each fish for 30 minutes to equalize temperature and then the fish should be released into your tank without additional acclimation.
This is our introduction of offering quarantined fish. We bring a batch of fish in directly from the collectors to our facility. Then we do a minimum of 4 weeks of treatments and quarantine. After the 4 weeks we offer them for sale and not before. Once all are sold then the individual tanks are sterilized and we import a new batch to begin a new 4 week cycle. Our selection will vary with each batch. We also sell these fish to our tank maintenance customers and walk-in customers so at any given time we may have a limited available selection.
The fish we offer for sale on this page are in stock and fully quarantined. The release date was on 3/30.
