CAS is your #1 source for high-quality African Cichlid fish at low prices.
Please take note our new email address is: CichlidsAreSpecial1@gmail.com
Second Day orders will be given priority for shipment on July 1 because its the only day that week I can ship second days due to the Thursday July 4 holiday. The only days I can Ship one day orders the week of July 1 is on Monday July 1, if I am not overwhelmed with second day orders, or on July 2. Things will get back to normal on Monday July 8.
CAS is the best place to buy your African Cichlids and get free advice. We carry primarily community tank African Cichlids that can be mixed together to produce an extremely colorful tank. Please visit our compatibility chart for more information about mixing these type fish in a community tank and out Suggested Show Tank Page for a list of how to mix must of our fish to get great color. If you are looking to breed these fish, check out my breeding recommenadtions page. Unlike some retailers, I offer this advice so that both you and your fish will be happy, in hope that you will return for more fish later.
GOAL: To carry, maintain, and sell one of the largest variety of high-quality African Cichlid Community Tank fish stock available in the Mid-Atlantic Region at low affordable prices. Also, to provide information through my advice and other informations pages to help my customers choose the fish that will work best for their set up.
MISSION: To provide quality African Cichlid Fish, and Syndontis Catfish to the hobbyist at a fair price and with excellent customer service. Also to promote the fish keeping hobby so that these fish, particuarly those in the C.A.R.E.S. program, can be enjoyed for generations to come.
Discounts: I offer several types of discounts. The cart will automatically deduct most of these discounts. After your first order you will become a discount club memeber and will receive more and larger discounts for repeat orders. Additionaldiscounts are offered in the banner on the top of my home page. To take advantage of banner discounts, please do not forget to jog down the code in the banner and enter it into the cart at the appropriate spot before completeing you order. Banner discounts are not automatically deducted and they need to be applied to the cart by the cutomer at time of sale.
Gift Coupons and Floating Banner Discounts: See my Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) Page for a video on how to apply these to an order.
Customer Service: The best way to contact me is by email at cichlidsarespecial1@gmail.com I often am tied up with maintance or other customers and can not get to the phone.
2nd Day shipping is now available as long as the weather stays above 45F in both my location and your location. Please note: Seconday shipping can only go out Monday through Wednesday.
Internet Store: CAS is an internet based store. We can not sell from our physicall address due to township rules. Local pick ups are avaiable at Metro Bank 2160 Sotuh Queen Street, York, PA 17402 by appointment. Hours are for answering email, the phone and local pick ups by appointment.
Next CCY meeting is June 22 at 1:00 p.m. I will not be attending this meeting.
Cart Completed Orders: Once you submit a completed order through my cart system, that order can not be modified through the cart system. Please email me for assistance. More inforamtion about this issue is listed in my FAQ area of this web site as well. Cart orders not already submitted can be modified prior to finalizing.
Fish Sizes: To see all the sizes of each fish currently available; once you open an individual fish, click on its name and the drop down will show all the sizes and prices for that fish.
Specials: The programing for this site displays the lowest price for the smallest size fish in a group. As a result when a special is on a larger size fish or a group of fish (Example: six Pack), the special price may display as a higher price than the regualr price. (Example: Fish $6.00/ $24.00, may mean that a 6 pack of 1" fish are on sale for $24.00 or that a larger size of this fish may be on sale). To find out what size or group of this fish is on sale, click on the fish name and the drop down will show you.
Shipping: I ship to the Continential U.S by Fed Ex or SWA Cargo. Honolulu Hawaii is now available through SWA/ Hawian Airlines Cargo as well. All shipments to Hawaii require a customer inport permit. San Juan, PR is also now available through SWA Cargo. I do not ship outside of the US or to Alaska. When you do an order, the cart will give you the shipping costs and options for your area. If shipping is too much, consider using SWA Cargo, or abort your order before making the final submisson.
Welome new Cichlid Club of York Members. New members of the York Cichlid Club receive a $3.00 voucher to use on an order of $10 or more on this site. To claim your vocuher first sign in as a member to the Cichlid Club of york on their site http://www.cichlidclubofyork.com Next create an account on this site and send me an email at cichlidsarespecial1@gmail.com telling me you are a Cichlid Club of York Member. I will verify your membership and send you a $3.00 voucher.
Minimum Order using Pay Pal is $25.00 unless a gift coupon is used for part of the payment.
More information is available on my FAQ (Frequently asked Questions), Advice pages, Ways to Keep African Cichlids, Policy Pages and our About US page. Please feel free to check these pages out.
