This Guy can probably get you some nice fish. He used to be discus only but now does a variety of tropicals. Have heard good things about him from discus people.

Thanks all for the links and suggestions............

As soon as it gets cooler here in S. FL, I will try some of these vendors (some again)........

I had some fish delivered about 3-4 weeks ago, and even though priority shipping for first delivery, they were in the back of the delivery truck for several hours in the morning and that's all she wrote...... +90 degress outside, bet it was > 100 in the back of that steel box... shudder to think about those poor fish in there

Not the fault of the shipper BTW........USPS was the culprit here.

Box was covered with 'LIVE FISH', etc. May as well have been an empty box to them...No hurry apparently

Opened up some very nicely packed bags to find lots of cooked fish......

So, lesson learned...................ship in cooler weather............

I will wait until Oct-Nov and then order a bunch from different vendors.

Thanks again!

are you gonna try boxlotfish now that its cooler?
for $.87 you can't pass that up

i guess its a question of quality over quantity.

oh and im totally going to try that scrambled egg recipe on my fish tomorow.
good luck and keep us updated on your purchases

Yes, I am in e-mail contact with Loren now. He has kindly offered to take me to Miami with him where I assume I can take the fish directly from the wholesaler. He also advertises several types of pencils, including the Espeis, so will be on the lookout!

Will post if/when I go.

I will only bring some much $ with me and leave the CC at home so I do not end up with 1000 new fish

Have to say that without the Bosemanis the tank looks empty...........