New guy, with questions

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Jack Dempsey
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Mar 29, 2010
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Hey all, been lurking here a while and finally decided to join. Used to be into fish quite a bit when I was a kid, and I'm starting to get back into it (33 now). I have a decent sized tank - 120 gal - and would like to start putting some "cooler" stuff into it. I currently have a small Dempsey, Convict, and Venustus, and then some decent sized bottom dwellers: common pleco, pictus cat, and a feather cat. So I have plenty of room. My main question is, where can I go about getting fish other than what I see in my LFS? I have found a few places online, but I want to make sure I'm getting quality stuff. Are there any online places you could reccomend? I've noticed there are some vendors on here - who's should I talk to? I'd like to order 3 or 4 fish at first and would really like to do it at once to combine shipping and save some cash. Currently I'm looking for colorful cichlids - Blue Dempsey is high on the list, or a nice red Severum, etc. A nice P bass would be awesome.... saw a Chinese Perch and really would like one of those but they seem hard to come by. I think a red claw cherax would be cool also. So any help is appreciated. Just looking to get pointed in the right direction. Thanks in advance, and if anyone in Vegas has anything you think I might be interested in let me know.
Thanks again,

Kevin
 
yeah definitely take a look in the vendor forums. you should be able to see some customer feedback to see what others have experienced from those vendors. For CA/SA cichlids you can't go wrong with either fishfarmusa or tangled up in cichlids. :)
 
Thanks Jason, I'll look into those two. By the way, that's a sweet fish in your avatar - what is it?
 
it's a Paratheraps synspilum that I used to have...got it from Jeff 'Rapps at tangled up in cichlids. I'm sure he has some available now. :)
 
After looking into it, Jeff's "$200 box" deal is pretty much exactly what I am looking for. Thanks agian for the info Jason, I'm sure there are tons of people asking the same questions I had all the time. I appreciate your time.

Kevin
 
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