Wish that I could, but the LFS's have all but gone out-of-business down
here! The Petsmart's and Petco's have taken over and are not user-friendly
at-all...........
Had a friend that was breeding African Cichlids by the 1000's and guess
what, he arrived-in-his aquaculture farm one morning to find that all his
stock had been poisoned, sabotaged and therefore ruined his operation.
They didn't burn him out, just used chemical methods to ruin him and that's
what I find so suspicious, if you know what I mean!
Maybe I'm paranoid, but I don't think so. Have you ever tried to even "give"
fish to a big retailor that I've previously mentioned? They say that they
have no way to accept them........hummmmmm.
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: <Prizma-in-aol.com>
To: <nanfa-in-aquaria.net>
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:15 PM
Subject: NANFA-- pet store forays
> i just returned from a bunch of errands and stopped by a pet store that i
> happened to pass. i needed another compact flo and also took a look-in-a
big 3lb
> bucket of fish food for the cement pond. a friendly fella ( he described
the
> fish food as a fruity pebbles texture :) asked if i needed any help and
before
> long i was talking natives, cement pond and wondering if he ever got any
> oddities in his ghost shrimp or feeder fish shipments. he said no but
mentioned
> some unusual insects. we walked over to the tank and there was a plump
young
> female least killie. oh boy... that is what im a talkin about! he fished
her out
> and a few big ghost shrimp and i looked up and right-in-the surface was a
> pretty male golden ear topminnow. wowee! now the fella has my number and
will ring
> me when these "oddities" arrive in subsequent deliveries. :)
> just a couple weeks ago the fish store i frequent rang me and they had a
> pretty male bluefin killie on hold.
> these treats are like mini snorkeling trips to florida for me. :)
>
> do any of you folks do this?
>
> casper
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