LFS and CA/SA Cichlids

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Jack Dempsey
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Whats the deal with LFS not keeping many CA and SA cichlids now days?? My LFS have turn to all saltwater stores....drives me crazy!! :cry:
 
Central American cichlids are generally "ugly" (no color) at small sizes (sizes LFSs buy) and don't sell well, and also tend to grow larger and be more aggressive than what the typical LFS patron can/wants to handle.


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And you got the where you get your fish, what location ppl. Petsmart lfs not good enough even if the fish is a pure breed Festae. Gotta have a popular seller name behind it like Rapps or something to feel valueable n secure because their knowledge not good enough to be sure of what the fish is so they dont buy from lfs..

And that passes on to others around the community.. But I undestand the seriousness..
 
aclockworkorange said:
Central American cichlids are generally "ugly" (no color) at small sizes (sizes LFSs buy) and don't sell well, and also tend to grow larger and be more aggressive than what the typical LFS patron can/wants to handle.


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Poor excuse :) :) The nemo and dory have taken over my LFS here in Central Florida
 
the animal guy said:
And you got the where you get your fish, what location ppl. Petsmart lfs not good enough even if the fish is a pure breed Festae. Gotta have a name behind it like Rapps or something to feel valueable secure because their knowledge not good enough to be sure of what the fish is so they dont buy from lfs..
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I get all my fish from Rapps...just sayin it would be nice to walk into a LFS like the old days and see some wild caught CA/SA
 
If you want Centrals near Tampa, Don Conkel is just up the road from you in Odessa, and so are a number of other fish farms. Last time I was in Tampa, I brought back Vieja regani and argentea, Paratheraps gibbiceps and Herichthys pearsei.
I found Tampa to be a Centrals paradise.
 
duanes said:
If you want Centrals near Tampa, Don Conkel is just up the road from you in Odessa, and so are a number of other fish farms. Last time I was in Tampa, I brought back Vieja regani and argentea, Paratheraps gibbiceps and Herichthys pearsei.
I found Tampa to be a Centrals paradise.
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Cichlids of the Americas in outside Tampa too and Discus Origins is in Ocala.

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duanes said:
If you want Centrals near Tampa, Don Conkel is just up the road from you in Odessa, and so are a number of other fish farms. Last time I was in Tampa, I brought back Vieja regani and argentea, Paratheraps gibbiceps and Herichthys pearsei.
I found Tampa to be a Centrals paradise.
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I know don Conkel is here...he is a fish farm you have to order in "bulk" I've emailed him several times to see if I could do a local pickup...they have never replied. I was talking about LFS in Tampa

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