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Why Buying From a Licensed U.S. Fish Farm Matters for Your Aquarium When you buy fish online, the quality can vary more than most hobbyists realize. With so many sellers importing fish from overseas, using holding systems, or flipping stock without proper quarantine, it’s easy to end up with stressed, weak, or short-lived fish. There is one factor that consistently makes the biggest difference in long-term health: Whether your fish come from a licensed, tank-raised U.S. aquaculture farm. Tank-raised American fish are stronger, ship better, adapt faster, and live longer. Fish raised in clean Florida water, under steady temperature and...

November 14, 2025 As cooler weather settles across the country, our focus at D&G Farms shifts toward careful winter shipping preparation. Running a licensed Florida aquaculture farm means adapting to the seasons, and November always brings new challenges — and new opportunities to serve aquarium hobbyists with healthy, farm-raised fish. Every order we ship begins long before a box goes out the door. In the weeks leading up to winter, we adjust feeding schedules, strengthen our stock with high-quality diets, and monitor tank temperatures closely. This ensures every fish — whether it's Platys, Cherry Barbs, Mexican Dwarf Crayfish, Guppies, or...

A look inside D&G Farms — how we raise and ship healthy, tank-raised aquarium fish and crayfish from our Florida aquaculture facility.