Fish from Gage arrived

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So I ordered 2 of each. Bocourti, carpintis, bifa, freddy, tetracanthus and synspilum.

Had a USPS issue, they sent it out for delivery at 9am but didnt show up till almost 3:30.... if you've ever been to arizona, thats a long time in a non a/c truck. It was probably 120 inside of the truck.

Everything was individually bagged except the tet's. 1 of of the tet's killed the other unfortunately. Other than that all were alive and well thankfully.

I've tried over and over again to get pics but i just cant seem to do it. Tried my phone, tried my nikon, cant get anything! i dont know what settings to use.

Only real issue i have is that it looks like I only got 1 bocourti and the other appears to be a mystery fish. I could be wrong but i didn't think a bocourti at 3" would have red sheen on its fins and blue spangles. I dunno but if someone wants to recommend some settings for a Nikon L120 I'll try and get a pic of the mystery guy/gal.
 
Too bad about the fish that was killed. Maybe Gage will send you another one. Get some pics up as soon as you figure out your camera. I'd like to see the new stock.
 
Just reimbursement because shipping is too expensive to cover just 1 fish.
 
Very nice. I just got my latest shipment from Gage on Tuesday. I was so excited. :) I got Bocourti, Fenestrata (all 3 variants), Syns, Zonatus, Lyonsi, Hartwigs, all are 1.5". And a 7" female Zonatus mojarra prieta, and a 7" M & F Zonatus rio nanchatal.

So I understand how excited you are. :drool: Its like Christmas early. :headbang2
 
very cool. I heard the fene's are pretty nasty. are you separating them? btw does anyone have some advise on my camera settings? i dont need pro pic's just something that'll get me a clear picture.
 
Live Guarantee? Is it Priority or Express or UPS...

Yeah I know I still get fishes shipped together as pair or trios and 1 always gets killed. One time I got sent 20 2" Jags in 1 bag, only 1 DOA, Amazing!!! Maybe the crowd is confusing or comforting. Thats why I will only ship 1 in each bag if they are 2"+, unless requested by the buyer
 
Try lowering the megapixel settings on it and using auto flash. This will hopefully give u a smaller file to upload more easily and will allow your camera to adjust to high glares or the level of dimness in the room.

Also sorry to hear about the Cuban, they are some of my favorites. And good luck with the rest of your stock, it sounds great.
 
Sounds like a cool stock. If you get more cubans get more than 2. They are absolutely ruthless to eachother. I had 5 in a 125 and they basically killed eachother down to 3 and one has suffered some sort of injury to where it can't use it's tail fin.
 
i'll try reducing the pixels but doesnt the auto flash usually wash out the colors? it makes my tank look super yellow when i do that.
 
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