Valley Fisheries ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Our most important achievement has been the building of a system of tropical fish hatcheries which facilitate the breeding and raising of the most beautiful tropical fish in the world. For years we were advisied that we could not raise quality oddball tropical fish efficiently enough for our hatchery to survive in the market place. We believed we could and have spent the last 20 years developing our hatchery to support our belief that QUALITY IS INDEED WHAT THE HOBBYIST WANTS.

Not only has our early "belief" in quality been confirmed, but QUALITY IS THE CORNERSTONE OF EVERYTHING WE DO. We are very proud of our hatchery, of our beautiful fish, and of our quality staff who make it all happen. This belief in quality has been confirmed by the many awards we have won at the Florida Tropical Fish Farmers Association Shows. Although we only entered five of the ten years it ran, and submitted relatively few entries per year, we were in the top three or four “medal count” winners every year.

Following is a brief summary of these awards:

1993 – First Place – Neotropical and Misc Dwarf Cichlids – German Blue Ram

1994 – First Place – Neotropical and Misc Dwarf Cichlids – German Blue Ram
1994 – First Place – Anabantids – Spiketail ParadiseFish

1997 – First Place – Breeders Award – Pacific Blue-eye Rainbow – (P. signifer)
1997 – First Place – Fancy Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – Threadfin Rainbow
1997 – Second Place – Fancy Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – Celebes Rainbow
1997 – Second Place – Aequidens, Geo., Cichlasoma, Neotropical & Misc. – German Blue Ram
1997 – Third Place – Aequidens, Geophagus, Cichlasoma, Neotropical & Misc. – Gold Severum
1997 – Third Place – Breeders Award – Forktail Blue-eye Rainbow – (P.furcatus)

1998 – First Place – Anabantids – Spiketail ParadiseFish
1998 – Second Place – Breeders Award – Popondetta Rainbow - (P.connieae)
1998 – Second Place – Fancy Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – Forktail Rainbow

1999 – First Place – Fancy Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – Threadfin Rainbow
1999 – Second Place – Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – New Guinea Rainbow
1999 – Third Place – Breeders Award – Ctenopoma ansorgii
1999 – Third Place – Fancy Danios, Minnows and Rainbows – Celebes Rainbow
1999 – Third Place – Anabantids – Red Gold Honey Gourami
1999 – Third Place – Aequidens, Geo., Cichlasoma, Neotropical & Misc. – Gold German Ram