In 1955, our founder, Mr. Th. Ruinemans, sold 2 tropical fish from his private aquarium and found this more lucrative than his job at the time. This was the start of a company that ever since expanded to one of the major wholesalers of live fish today, selling millions of fish around the globe.
Worldwide distribution
At our base in Holland we gained the experience in importing and exporting live tropical fish that has given us a tremendous knowledge we apply today for the distribution of fish to our customers in more than 25 countries. We specialize in top quality fish by using carefully developed health care systems. For each of the many species we sell, our customers can rest assured they will always get the best quality. To transport our fish we use specially treated shipping water, strong bags, oxygen and heat insulating polystyreen boxes. This way, we make sure our top quality product can endure a safe transport period which we warrant for 24 hours.
Our USA base in Miami
In 1983 Mr. Ruinemans wanted to secure the import of South American fish for our facilty in the Netherlands and started a holding facilty in Miami, Florida. From here we still supply our mother company in Holland but also supply the wholesale- and retail trade across the USA and Canada. We source our fish from our own collecting station at Manaus, Brazil and most South American countries. Furthermore, we built up a close relationship with breeders and the wholesale trade.
To enable us to supply the quality and service our customers demand, we use a capacity of more than 600 aquaria totaling more than 40,000 gallons of carefully treated water. Here we take care for the optimum condition of the fish during transit and quarantine periods, until they meet our highest quality standards, before we sell them onwards. Fish are never transshipped. Our staff includes an experienced veterinarian, specialized in fish diseases.
Your specialist supplier
In short, our company is dedicated to offer our customers all over the world :
• Top quality fish, never trans-shipped.
• A constant wide range of species
• Excellent service
• Care for the environment
