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LIVESTOCK AVAILABILITY

All aquarium livestock are hand-picked, carefully screened for size and exceptional color, quality, and health by our experts. Many other factors also affect the availability of marine livestock.

Supply & Demand: Certain species are easier to find at certain times of the year, and may be nearly impossible to locate during other times of the year. The breeding seasons for many species are different. Many juvenile fish are available shortly after the breeding season.

Weather: Tropical storms, typhoons, and general bad weather can make the collection of marine livestock impossible at times. Storms also reduce visibility underwater making it much harder to catch fish.

War & Civil Uprisings: Certain species are only found in certain regions around the world. Wars and civil uprisings can disrupt or stop shipments.

Transportation: Many countries where marine livestock come from are not major stops for most airlines, and they only have a limited number of flights. If a flight has too many passengers, or other cargo, shipments of marine livestock may be rescheduled --sometimes not until several weeks later. Bad weather may cause flights to be cancelled.

Religious Holidays: Collection and shipment of marine livestock is often very limited during certain religious holidays such as the month-long Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Christmas also affects the shipments of livestock.

Reef Conservation/ Management: Governmental agencies are setup around the world to control the amount of fish and coral that are collected. This prevents over-collection and helps to insure that we do not disrupt the ecosystem. Once the limit of a certain species has been met for that year, no more specimens may be collected. Species may also be restricted because of other factors such as natural diseases that kill a large number of a certain species.

New shipments arrive everyday at our facility; however, they must be fully acclimated before they are available for sale. For this reason we recommend that you take advantage of our Pre Order Now! option for out of stock livestock. We can usually find the specimen you are looking for if you give us the time. We promise it will be worth the wait.

 
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