Saturday, May 1, 2010

Updated again - Sea Of Cortez fish & inverts coming in Thursday

After a little snag last week we are happy to now announce that Thursday evening we will be receiving our first shipments of 100% net caught critters from the Sea Of Cortez.

We will have a detailed stock report available so give us a call or stop by as everything will be available to check out and buy on Friday.

More pictures and many more shipments to follow...stay tuned!

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Monday, April 26, 2010

New Arrival coming THIS WEEK!!! - Net Caught fish & inverts from the Sea Of Cortez

After many years of exhausting work we have our facilities back up running, producing, & shipping 100% net caught fish & invertebrates from the Sea Of Cortez! Here are a few pictures of our catch that will be arriving later this week. Stay tuned for more pictures and a firm arrival announcement.

Mullato Stingray...

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A cup full of clingfish (Sonora Clingfish Tomicodon humerlais, Cortez Clingfish Tomicodon boehlkei, and Tadpole Clingfish Gobiesox pinniger).
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Kino Bay Blenny (Hypsoblennius gentilis) from Kino Bay, Sonora...
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Closeup of a Clingfish...
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Enjoy & stay tuned!!!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Stay tuned....

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of updates and posts lately. We've been really busy at Cortez Marine over the last few weeks and there will be lots of exciting updates soon!

Stay tuned!

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Cortez Marine Gallery...

For a little blast from the past, here is a nice picture of the man behind Cortez Marine, Steve Robinson, while working in Mexico 1986, catching a ride with a Manta Ray. One of many memorable photos we have hanging up in our office.

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After searching through the hundreds of photos from our last Clarion trip we found one more picture to share.
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Enjoy!

Sunday, February 21, 2010

New Arrival coming TUESDAY NIGHT!!! - Net caught Bali...

Bali fish & inverts are coming in Tuesday night. Everything will be well acclimated, awake, & available Wednesday morning!

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We will have...
Copperbanded Butterfly
Pygmy, LaMark, & Swallowtail Angels
Annularis, Majestic, & Blueface Angels
Asst. Anthias
Lots of Clownfish
Blennies, Dottyback, & Gobies
Lots of hermits & snails
Cleaner, Purple Banded, Gold Coral Banded, & Fire Shrimp
Tons of starfish
Plus lots more!!!

Stop by or give us a call for a detailed stock list.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

New Arrival coming FRIDAY!!! - Net Caught Hawaii...

Hawaii fish are coming in Friday morning around 10 am.

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We will have...
Flame Wrasse Pairs
Yellow Tangs
Kole Tangs
Potters Angels
Flame Wrasses
Achilles Tangs

New Arrival - Net Caught Philippines...

Net caught fish and inverts from the Philippines just landed! Large variety of Wrasses (red fairy wrasse species, ie. filament, 6-lines, lubbocks, carpenters, poor mans flame wrasse, whipfin fairy, blue sided), Tangs, Puffers & Burrfish, Clownfish (large saddle clowns, skunks, clarkiis), several types of Gobies, and Angels (rustys, coral beautys, imperators, korans). Also have a small selection of Blue & Red Ricordea mushrooms along with golden red feather dusters to choose from.

Here's a closeup of our Red Finned Fairy Wrasses (cirrhilabrus rubripinnis) aka Poor Man's Flame Wrasse.

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Stop by or give us a call for a detailed stock list.

Cortez Marine Gallery...

Over the years we've caught dozens of rare fish, odd morphs, and taken some unique photos. We thought we should take some time to share them with you.

A school of adult Passer Angels (holacanthus passer) in one of our holding tanks. ALl they want to do is eat!

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A juv. Clarion X Passer Hybrid caught by Cortez Marine in 2009. Very rarely if ever seen.
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Here is a nice comparison of the juv. Clarion X Passer Hybrid (right) and the juv. Passer (left).
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Enjoy!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

New Arrival - Net Caught Tahiti Fish...

Arrival of the day! Flame Angels, Flame Hawks, and Mustard Tangs (Click for pictures of acanthurus guttatus)!

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

New Arrival - Net Caught Philippines...

Our new arrival today was net caught fish and inverts from the Philippines. Lots of good Cleaner Shrimp, Percula Clowns, sm/md Maroon Clowns, lots of Wrasses, TONS of sifting Gobies, Trochus Snails, and much more!

Add that on top of the Marshall Island Flame Angels, asst. Fairy Wrasses, Lemon Peel Angels, Basslets, Cardinals, and everything else we have a great selection of healthy net caught fish to choose from!

Now for a little preview of what arrived.

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Stop by or give us a call for a detailed stock list.

Thursday, January 28, 2010

How to contact Cortez Marine...

If you've just found Cortez Marine you may be wondering how to contact us. You can email us, give us a call, or even stop by if you're in the greater Bay Area. We'll be happy to send over a current stock report but we will need a copy of your business license/resale license as verification. There is also an email link and office number located at the bottom of this blog.

Email Cortez Marine
(510) 732-6397 - Office
(510) 732-6287 - Fax

Business Hours
Monday - 9am - 4pm
Tuesday - 8am - 4pm
Wednesday - 8am - 4pm
Thursday - 8am - 4pm
Friday - Closed
Saturday - Closed
Sunday - Closed

Cortez Marine
3144 Diablo Ave
Hayward, CA 94545


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We are Wholesale Only! No Public Sales! If you're a hobbyist, you've come across our site, and you'd like to have 100% net caught, sustainable, healthy, vibrant, and long living saltwater fish & invertebrates in you're home aquarium please have your local tropical fish store contact us.

Thank you for stopping by!

Sunday, January 24, 2010

A few pictures and videos from our December 09 Clarion Expedition...

Things around Cortez Marine have been pretty busy lately but we wanted to take a moment to give you guys an update. We've posted a few videos on YouTube, which should be visible in the player to your right, and we have a couple of photos to share from our December 09 Clarion expedition.

Please click any photo for a larger view...

Here is a nice juv. Clarion Angel...

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A close up of another juv. Clarion Angel...
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After a lengthy decompression process these Clarions are ready to move to a larger holding tank.
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Enjoy!