I feel like I have been all over the place this summer, and it has just begun! I just returned home from visiting the Cleveland Aquarium Society in Ohio, where I had a great time! The best part was how interested some  of the children of members were. I even received a lovely picture from one of the younger members, Cassandra, that I will scan and add later. While there, I visited a brew pub (score!) and also got to visit a store, Something...

    Picked up a macro lens and realized that manually focusing is much harder than I thought!!! I will continue to practice but am excited to have new kit!    ...

Yesterday was beyond busy. After getting my kids off to school and shipping my orders, it was time to pick up the first set of freight for the day. The first was an Indian shipment which included Microphis deocata, a really neat pipefish. I also got Danionella dracula, Dario dario (bengalensis). At the same time I picked up some new stock of red spot nerites and a variety of horned nerites. Everything came in really well and looks great so far....

        I got home on Sunday from visiting CT where I attended the NEC Convention. On my way home, I stopped and picked up more otocinclus and habrosus from the airport. I found several new things which spawned while I was away, and while trying to take pictures (unsuccessfully) of fry, I shot a few of different fish in the fish room to share. I still have a few species left to photograph and will be creating or updating...

A couple pictures of some new imports.            ...

I have been a busy busy girl, picking up freight from multiple airports over the past few weeks. While there were some disappointments (my India shipment of caridina cf. babaulti and dario did not come in) there were also some high points. I picked up a species I have not kept before, Aspidora pauciradiatus. They are almost painfully cute, behaving in a very similar fashion to dwarf corydoras. I also was able to get more C. habrosus, P....