I'm not blaming you Deadman
you totally took it the wrong way
I'm blaming the Czechs...
obviously they listed stuff
and substituted without telling me
after you made me aware of the problem
I realized they did that with a lot of my order
tetras, killis, rainbows
some of those substitutions didn't matter that much
because most people just want a pretty fish
I never change the name of a fish I'm sold
unless I KNOW it was incorrectly identified FOR SURE
I wasn't trying to cheat you
the Czechs were trying to cheat me
the last time I pre-posted Czech fish for special order
I didn't even list the Vics
...obviously they were unlikely to ship the correct ones
but if they sub say an orange Apistogramma
for a red Apistogramma
it not a big deal
....but if they sub a rare Vic for a cross bred fish
it matters to the customers
so
anyway
I won't do Czech Vics anymore
hopefully I will find some good sources elsewhere
the problem is when I get Czech stuff
it comes from probably dozens of breeders,
none of whom I know personally
obviously
some are good (cuz from what I understand, you were happy with some of them)
and some are bad
you have a right to be particular
basically
I won't order the Czech fish again
because they were not good enough
so
I'll stick with breeders I know
if you have a connection in France or anywhere with good new stock
go for it ....
I don't have a connection for good new Victorians ...
just 2 partys in the States that I trust