The aFISHionados

11/09/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the new arrivals are;

*A number of lesser seen rainbow fish species including a few that become stunners
* A wide array of Bichirs, many of which are at a grown out size
* a number of nerite snails
* Very nice L236 and Super white L236
* Nice sized broadstriped zebra plecos - L450
* Albino silver Arowanas
* A couple of different type Borneo suckers in red fin and blue fin
* Some more of the Chilli Red Oscars

Next up we are anticipating plants to arrive.

Also starting to get the plans for this year's Fishmas, by far our favorite event of the year. With our 20th anniversary we are trying to make it a bit more special. The schedule so far is as follows.

Saturday, December 21 - We will start Fishmas with a customer appreciation day where we will open up the entire warehouse for one day only and have food and snack stations throughout. We definitely encourage if you are to come for just one day this would be the one.

We are anticipating Fishmas will run on December 21, 22, 24, 26, 28 and 29 this year in the warehouse.

Spence

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11/02/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the new arrivals are;

*A number of peacock males in full color
* Inkfin calvus which have not had in a long while
* Lepidiolamprologus kendalli one of my personal favourites from Lake Tanganyika. Sorta like a big Julidochromis with a whole lot more personality
* Breeder Melanochromis baliodigma
* More Tanganyikan gobies this time from Kipili
* All of the feather fins are nice size
* Ilangi Tropheus
* More young red Bulu Petrochromis
* A number of rainbow fish some being fantastic sizing!

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

48 Days and change till the start of Fishmas!

Spencer

10/25/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the new arrivals are;

▪ We have been restocked on Sicce products. There also are a couple new items including their nano shark internal filters for smaller aquariums on the list.
▪ Latest round of glofish have arrived including some more of the new glosharks
▪ Latest plant shipment is in today and many of the varieties are of nice size. Also have a few new varieties on the list as well this week.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

10/17/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

We have now entered our busy season and with that in mind...a tremendous amount of new fish are in, highlights of which are...

▪ A huge number of plecos are in from multiple countries
▪ Same can be said of Corydoras species (or their new wonderfully confusing names!)
▪ Ladder pikes - Crenicichla sp Atabapo II
▪ Rio Vichada Altums! (The easiest of the Altums to maintain in the aquarium)
▪ A nice angelfish from Rio Putumayo while on angelfish
▪ Amazon puffer fish
▪ A new severum I have not had before from Rio Inirida. Looks like it will be good
▪ A very nice Chilodus from San Felipe, Colombia
▪ Flagtail prochilodus
▪ Marble rubbernose plecos from one of our collecting spots on the last Colombian adventure we found
▪ Very nice sized chameleon whiptails!
▪ Nice sized pygmy corys
▪ A cool banjo cat at a great size in Xliphius lepturus
▪ Nice sized silver arowana
▪ More of the cool flameback bleeding heart tetras
▪ Enormous cupid cichlids
▪ Black ghost knives

As you can see by the website as well the Fishmas counter has started. We are planning some fun things for our 20th Fishmas year to watch out for. (And yes we have started the decorating process!)

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

10/04/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are;

▪ Latest round of plants are now in stock. Many of the species are of particular nice size and condition. Also a few new ones too
▪ Latest round of glofish have arrived including absolute monster sized blue glosharks
▪ The newest driftwood and rock order is arriving this week and we should have it sorted and listed on the website at some point this weekend or early next week

Next up we are anticipating Brazilian plecos to arrive.

A reminder that all dry goods say from the 1L size and down can ship with live fish orders as well if looking to kill two birds with one stone.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

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These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer. All of which my new talk on Colombia.

October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society.

09/24/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are;

▪ At the least a new geographical variety of red hump Geophagus from our latest DFO speaker Lee Newman from our last trip to Colombia
▪ Red pencilfish
▪ Nice laser orange and laser red Corys
▪ Nemadoras elongatus and Tenellus trimaculatus - fantastic small catfish that make for a great addition to many aquariums
▪ Elongated piranhas. A great solo piranha for smaller aquariums
▪ The fantastic spotted Rio Nanay angelfish
▪ zebra otos at long last again
▪ Ultra cool zebra knife fish

Next up we are anticipating glofish, fluff, driftwood and rocks.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

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These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer. All of which my new talk on Colombia.

October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society. (I will be bringing orders for members attending this event)

09/07/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

It was 20 years ago this month that the Afishionados was started. We have come a long way in 20 years with of course the help of all our customers who we can't thank enough. You have allowed me to live my dream and work with my passion in life every single day. With that in mind we are planning a series of events this coming year to help celebrate and thank you all for the support.

First on the list we are excited to announce two weeks from today we will be hosting the next DFO gathering at the warehouse. We will have a mystery guest speaker in town from one of our hallowed alumni of past gatherings!

For this event we will roll back the price to 2013 to help celebrate the anniversary. Tickets will be $20.00 to attend and space as always is very much limited. Email us directly to secure your spot for what will be a fantastic evening of fish, friends and of course food!

Saturday, September 21. Doors open at 5PM.

Some of you may notice as well a pending Air Canada pilot's strike coming this week. We are under full live animal embargo due to this starting Tuesday with them. We will get out as many orders as we can prior to this for folks on Air Canada only routes. We of course will be able to ship with Westjet and Fedex in the through this disruption if it occurs.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live!

These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer. All of which my new talk on Colombia.

September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

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09/01/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

We are in the midst of a 7 thousand gallon expansion at the warehouse and some of it is now starting to come online. With that in mind we are anticipating an increase in stock levels coming up. This week definitely that is the case. Highlights of the newest arrivals are;

▪ Red Bulu Petrochromis from Lake Tanganyika at by far the cheapest price we have been able to sell them at.
▪ Years after losing our breeders some of the first young Enantiopus sp. kilesa - Dream cichlids from Lake Tanganyika
▪ Mozambique demasoni- while technically an elongatus this small mbuna is if anything even prettier then demasoni and nowhere near as aggressive.
▪ Tanganyikan gobies - Eretmodus cyaenostictus. A fantastic bi-parental mouthbrooder!
▪ Geophagus sveni - definitely one of it not the most colorful of all the Geophagus. Even at this size is starting to fire up.
▪ Large cardinals are at long last back in stock
▪ Altum angelfish from Rio Vichada. Unlike the ones from Atabapo or Iniridia these ones can handle harder water and are a lot easier to care for.
▪ Leiarus pictus - the fantastic Sailfin marble catfish. Have not had these for a couple decades! Came in fantastic size as well
▪ A number of rainbow fish and livebearers were also along for the ride!

A reminder again as has come up a few times this past week. Most dry foods, smaller pumps, heaters etc all can be shipped with the livestock orders. If it can fit into the boxes and is not heavy like gravel it can fly with fish for those looking to stock up all at once.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live!

These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer. All of which my new talk on Colombia.

September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

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08/08/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

We have received a few more GloFish as we try to stay stocked on them. Glosharks came and went pretty quickly so hoping early September for the next wave.

As one who has his birthday in the dead of a Winnipeg winter in February I always celebrated with friends on my half birthday in August. So seeing it falls on a Saturday this year we will be holding a half birthday sale in the warehouse this Saturday, August 10th. Warehouse only.

Out of town folks we will move free shipping on Air Canada till Monday, August 12th to orders 600.00 or more before taxes on all live stock and small dry goods.

Any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live!

These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer. All of which my new talk on Colombia.

August 16 - Milwaukee Aquarium Society
August 17 - Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists
September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

07/31/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

At long last GloSharks are now legal in Canada as of this week. We have received all 4 colour varieties. GloSharks are genetically modified with Jellyfish DNA just like the other GloFish. Their base fish are rainbow sharks which are very hardy and capable of handling a diverse set of tank mates. Below are some quick shots. I apologize in advance for the quality of the photo.

Next up we are expecting plants to arrive after the long weekend this week.

Any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live!

After 5 years of monkeying around in Colombia I finally have the presentation ready to go (in-fact 3 worth!). These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer with it.

August 16 - Milwaukee Aquarium Society
August 17 - Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists
September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

07/27/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

We have had another run of African cichlids (my favorite fish for starting up new tanks is the main reason!) highlights of the newest arrivals are are:

▪ Very nice sized OB Trewavasae / Orange female
▪ OB Gold zebras
▪ Big eye biters - Dimidiochromis compressiceps
▪ More of the adult Cynotilapia afra "Cobue"
▪ Pink piebalds a cool Paralabidochromis that does get almost hot pink as adult courting males. (not overly waspy either)

We are anticipating Glosharks to be available this coming week. We are expecting all four colours of them to be available.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live! After 5 years of monkeying around in Colombia I finally have the presentation ready to go (in-fact 3 worth!). These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer with it.

August 16 - Milwaukee Aquarium Society
August 17 - Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists
September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

07/14/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are...

▪A number of Aulonocara peacock males in colour are in stock. Many of which running large
▪More of the cool Petrochromis trewavasae. Sorta like a duboisi on steroids
▪Nice size cuckoo catfish - Synodontis multipunctatus
▪Tanganyikan gobies - Eretmodus cyaenostictus
▪Red Kagunga Compressiceps
▪Young breeder albino red top trewavasae
▪Nice size electric yellows

Next up we are anticipating glosharks (which become legal in Canada later this month) and glofish to arrive.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

See Spence Live! After 5 years of monkeying around in Colombia I finally have the presentation ready to go (in-fact 3 worth!). These are the clubs I will be speaking at this summer with it.

August 16 - Milwaukee Aquarium Society
August 17 - Madison Area Aquatic Hobbyists
September 14 - Heart of America Aquarium Society - Kansas City
October 8 - Calgary Aquarium Society

06/27/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are:

▪ Very nice orange back afra from Cobue, a fantastic Lake Malawi mbuna
▪ Tomocichla tuba - one of the most unique and cool Central American cichlids (when I was young could only dream of these guys!)
▪ Nice size species deep, the males on the large size are fully switched over
▪ Latest plant shipment has arrived
▪ A number of livebearer species have arrived
▪ White tail acei a rather peaceful Mbuna
▪ Small sizes on Hypostomus laplatae for the first time since before covid. The absolute best of the best of algae eaters (does get big though)

More African cichlids were to be next, but with possibility of a pending Westjet strike again on Thursday this may change.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask!

Spencer

06/08/2024

Good evening,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are...

▪Latest shipment of Sicce has arrived, There is a rather cool new pump the Ultra 9000 included in there
▪L121 - Worm Line Peckoltia
▪L134 - Leopard frog plecos
▪L14 - Sunshine plecos at a smaller size, far more economical due to the freight
▪Very nice sized Brown Cameta discus
▪Fantastic L66, King tiger plecos
▪A bunch of cool Ancistrus (bushynose) species in L100, L34, L327, L213, L183
▪L141 - Ghost plecos
▪Nice sized L15 - Candy stripe plecos
▪Flame back bleeding heart tetras - first time for us on these
Next up we are anticipating livebearers and fluff to arrive.

Spencer

A few very quick pictures as well. Sorry for the quality.

05/25/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are...

▪ A big number of rainbow fish varieties, a few of them are first time ones for us as well. The best time to ever be a rainbow fish keeper continues!
▪ A few varieties of bichirs
▪ Albino threadfin geophagus - Acarichthys heckeli
▪ L236 - Cracked zebra plecos at a nice size
▪ A few cool new borneo suckers in red tail and green laser
▪ Very nice Pseudomugil luminatus - red neon blue eye rainbow fish

Next up we are anticipating a limited amount of Glofish to arrive.

Spencer

*A reminder that we are into our new summer hours for the warehouse which are as follows;

Tuesday - 12-5PM
Wednesday - 12-5PM
Thursday - 12-6PM
Saturday - 11-5PM
Sunday - 12-5PM

As always if you want a private tour of the warehouse outside of those hours we do have appointments available for orders over 300.00. Email us directly for more info.

05/10/2024

Good afternoon,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are...

▪ Latest round of plants are in, as well as a limited supply of pond plants
▪ A different chocolate cichlid I saw while down south
▪ Silver arowana again
▪ Moenkhausia pretoensis a very cool new tetra
▪ Very nice sized amazon puffers in limited supply
▪ The coolest of dither fish in my mind in Triportheus angulatus
▪ All sorts of one offs of which I will keep adding to the list to watch out for

We will be holding a birthday sale in warehouse for Tom on this Tuesday, May 14th. Tom greatly enjoys sharing his ornithological views with people he really likes (A true test to know how much he enjoys your company). Sale will be warehouse only during that day only!

We also have received the latest Sera order, of which it will hit the list in the coming days as we are able to sort it. Next up we are anticipating Peruvian fish in next.

A reminder that we are into our new summer hours for the warehouse which are as follows;

Tuesday - 12-5PM
Wednesday - 12-5PM
Thursday - 12-6PM
Saturday - 11-5PM
Sunday - 12-5PM

As always if you want a private tour of the warehouse outside of those hours we do have appointments available for orders over 300.00. Email us directly for more info.

Cheers

Spencer

05/03/2024

Good morning,

New Items are listed in red on the list. You can view our latest stock list on our website.

Highlights of the newest arrivals are are...

▪ More of the cool Otopharynx sp. blue longnose nova in color
▪ Starting to color up Pseudotropheus kingsizei a fantastic smaller mbuna
▪ Red top Ndumbi another great mbuna that becomes quite striking as adults
▪ Red Cap Lethrinops for first time in quite some time. For peacock fans this one is fantastic.
A reminder that we are into our new summer hours for the warehouse which are as follows;

Tuesday - 12-5PM
Wednesday - 12-5PM
Thursday - 12-6PM
Saturday - 11-5PM
Sunday - 12-5PM

As always if you want a private tour of the warehouse outside of those hours we do have appointments available for orders over 300.00. Email us directly for more info.

We are planning a fairly aggressive expansion this summer with a great number of our routes coming back to us starting later this month. So we should not only have more availability but a larger capacity to hold in our Canadian facilities if all goes to plan.

Next up we are anticipating the latest Sera order, plants (and some pond plants) also it appears the first part of my most recent Colombian adventures.

Cheers

Spencer

04/21/2024

Summer Hours Starting April 30

Tuesday - 12-5PM
Wednesday - 12-5PM
Thursday - 12-6PM
Saturday - 11-5PM
Sunday - 12-5PM

Appointments outside of these hours are available for orders over $300.00