Lucy's Tropical fish by the river.

09/07/2026

Been a long day of editing videos but I'm finally done with part 3 of my South American fish order adventure. This part shows what we do once we get home with the fish. I have pictures and names of the fish in the video, and I also list the meds we use to quarantine. Please check out the series and let me know if my editing skills are getting any better. 😂 If you'd like to subscribe to our YouTube channel that would help us out a great deal also. Thank you! ❤️

09/06/2026

Come and check out J4 Aquatics in Oak Lawn Chicago while we wait for our fish order to come in. It's on YouTube as part 2 of south American fish order series. I appreciate all the support you can give to get us.

This is the second part of the fish order series for the South Amer...

09/06/2026

Finally, after the migraine has settled down, I'm editing the videos we took to pick up the fish order. If you would like to see the process, we are loading them on YouTube to watch. This is part 1, the trip up. We will have 2 more parts, J4's store and the last one is putting the fish away. Please like and subscribe to our YouTube page if you find this helpful and want to follow along our journey.

I wanted to share with you the process of getting a fish order pick...

09/05/2026

Here's a few pics I took of the shipment from South American that we got in last night. DM for details or pre-orders for upcoming weekend. We have 2 swaps this coming week and some plecos are limited supply. Names are in pictures description. Price list will be updated soon for release.

09/04/2026

At J4 aquatics. Shipment delayed a little bit. So we're going to follow him to the airport so we don't have to wait as long. Marley is traveling well for being 14yrs old. Been a while since she's done the road trip. So now she can start coming with us. My first trip up too. Got a great video of the store I'll post a link once I put it on YouTube. He's got a lot of larger fish we don't carry.

09/04/2026

On the way to Chicago to get our South American fish order. We will post availability as soon as we see how everything is doing. Getting L168 pleco, oto's, L147, L340, Deckeri Cory's, and cardinal tetras. We are also heading up on the 10th for a different order. Hoping to have lots of fish for the upcoming swaps this month!! Even Marley came with us. First time I get to come with Rick. Will be making a you tube video too.

09/04/2026

Great news my fellow fishy friends. We have a new swap in quad cities back at golden leaf. Please come support us and let's make this an awesome swap. This is not tied to "other" swap in quad cities. This is brand new and we've been invited. We want to have vendors that can sell what they want and not feel constrained in any way. Share the love and pass the word on. If you have vendor questions, DM and we can pass on the info. It will be held on October 11th. Vendor set up 10am. Doors open 12-4. C u there!

08/30/2026

Some pics of the Blue Kong Cherex we just got in.

08/30/2026

Goods news we found a local guy that breeds the Blue Kong Cherex Crayfish. We got some off him today and if they sell well, he has more we can get. These guys are soo cute. They are not quite the length of my thumb. Here's a quick video and I'll make a follow up post with some pictures. DM for pre-orders. I can't take them to St Louis, Missouri unfortunately, not legal there.