New Monster Fish Shop on the island! -- all the stars are lining up

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islandguy11

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If you happened to have seen my recent post about a 375 gallon tank I'm going to be taking care of after moving to a new long-term rental, you'll maybe have read that I was lamenting about Thailand being ornamental fish capital of the world, but it's actually hard to find monster fish here in most LFS, except lots of nice Flowerhorns. Most Thais simply aren't into monster fish (except maybe koi in ponds), let alone all the work and expense of maintaining a monster tank.

But I'm very happy to report that today I just found a new shop on the island that opened only a week ago, and they specialize in the big 'uns!

Plz excuse the glare, but here's a few shots of some of their fish -- including some of the most massive (aquarium) rays I've ever seen, they're at least twice the size of King of DIY Joey's for reference.

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Ironically though, just 1 hr before finding and walking into this shop, I had already put down a deposit on the main inhabitant of my tank-to-be (which the breeder will keep til we move to the new place in 2 weeks).

No worries though, they didn't have any juvies of the particular fish I wanted, and she's as high class as anything in these pix, can't wait to get her.

Still great to have such a shop here now, was so happy I ordered a new 125 gallon from them as a present to my Kamfa, he's getting near a foot long now, so I thought he deserved an upgrade from his 80 gallon.
 
That's absolutely wonderful to hear :D
 
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Im actually quite surprised to hear a place like Thailand doesnt have a lot of LFS’ with monsters or at least have them more readily available...

Over in Hong Kong its not at all difficult to find juvie monsters so always thought places like Thailand would be similar...
 
What type of juvie monsters are commonly available over there homer?
 
Flowerhorn?
 
Cool looking shop!

My money is on a ray :)
 
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