I have recently expanded my tropical fish imports beyond Asian arowana and their tank mates. I owe this new direction – and a HUGE thank you – to April Ross. I have known April for over 20 years. I think we kind of got into fish importing at about the same time (along with a host of other local characters). While my focus remained on Asian arowana, April went from importing discus to creating a wonderful store that still bears her name. After leaving the store some years ago, she then started wholesaling with her Westcoast Transship (https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn1Bp7uAtcL/…) . A little while ago April asked if I’d be interested in working with her, and I accepted with gratitude. I’m a recently retired public school teacher, so tropical fish importing is the perfect activity for me in this new stage of life. I actually find the whole import process a lot of fun, though challenging at times too (which is good). Here are a couple photos from my first big transship a few weeks ago to 9 stores across Western Canada. You can see my trusty 2009 Dodge Grand Caravan in the background of one photo. With 27 boxes of fish to distribute, it’s pretty obvious I need a bigger van. More on that in a future post. Over the next year I plan to blog about my life as a tropical fish wholesaler and transshipper. Of course I will continue with Asian arowana imports too, but I am definitely expanding my horizons. * Thanks to Mike for the cartoon photo of me in action.
Part of the 27 boxes in this order
We needed two vans to carry the 27 boxes of fish
April loading some boxes
A “colourised” vision of me (Theo) at work