Re: NANFA-- pet store forays

Bill Flowers (bloomin-in-indy.net)
Tue, 04 May 2004 05:49:46 -0500

I do this quite a bit. You never know what you will find. Sometimes you
will find something in there regular tanks too. I have to be careful
tho. i once told them that they wee native fish from Florida and they
refused to sell them to me because they were afraid of getting in
trouble with the law for selling native fish.

Bill F.

Prizma-in-aol.com wrote:

>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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