why is it so hard to find subtropical fish like the peridise fish or, the white cloud mountion minnow, and sun fish and hong kong pleco why arent there any others in the trade aside from these. do i have to go to a like or river and kidnap some fish from ther natral home( i wound never do that any ways just saying) does no body like them or am i the only one . there are plenty of cool water fish in the states llike the blue gill they are a pretty fish and there not tank busters. i know more people want to put a more orginal subtropical tank to gather. come on people i know some body else whats this to.

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Was about to ask where you hail from but then having read your post again i notice you say the "states". Now as i am on the other side of the pond, i cant really answer why you are having problems with the fish you are looking for, all i can assume is where you are, there cant be a very big demand for them. Have you tried asking your local shops to order them in ? As most good shops will try to get hold of the fish you want if they can.

well i live in GA. hi are you doin on the other side. well i have asked the people at my local petsmart if they'll order the fish for me and they said they dont do that. so i guess im gonna go to pet land not sure if you guys have them over there or not but it well be my 1st time at a petland. do you guys get alot of subtropical fish over there.

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I'm in Connecticut, and I haven't seen white cloud minnows much either. I wanted to get some at one point, but never did. Actually I may have seen them once, but I can't remember where. May have been a PetCo. We have a lot of wild minnow though (or some type of smaller fish) around here in our big pond. Zebra danios are good fish, they should have them at Petsmart. Try looking at other pet stores if you can.

We dont have a petland or a petsmart over here. Mind you we can get plenty of the fish you are looking for, as they are what is classed as "bread and butter" fish by a lot of the lfs, will have to wait and see what Funky has to say on this subject, seeing he works in a lfs
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Most blue gill, small and large mouth bass are protected. Thats why you can't keep them. I ALWAYS have white cloud mountain minnows, danios. There is a paradise fish that has been in the store for a LONG time. There isn't a huge demand for them here.

See i knew Funky would be able to shed some light on the matter for you