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[RuevenM at aol_com]

Hi Chris,

         Come on, now, take a breath and let's chill. There is no need to 
give up on killies, much less pour your eggs down the drain. I thought you 
cared about your fish? Chris, some people are more conventional in their 
manner and speech than you are and they also happen to be alot older. It's 
easy on a computer to forget anyone is reading and just write whatever pops 
in your mind at the moment. I spent 20 years doing theatre, so it takes a 
great deal to offend me, and besides, I think most religions are the single 
most obscene things on earth, but not everyone is me and since we are all in 
this together, our words just need a little bit of pre-thought before we 
write them. All those people wrote to you because they cared about your 
question and your fish. Personally, I feel killie keepers are too fanatical 
about population purity but I understand that in some cases it is crucial. 
One of the best strains of blue gularis ever in the hobby was a cross between 
an aquarium strain and a wild male. Not only were the babies fertile for 
generations but the fish were bigger and prettier than either parent. I am 
very old school though. I think the best thing for our fish is not to turn 
our fishrooms into make believe nature preserves, but to keep and breed our 
fish as best we can. Chris, people made a mistake with you here by jumping on 
the "keep the populations pure" soapbox. Just raise and enjoy your fish. Keep 
them together if it makes you happy and that is the best you can do. If they 
breed great. Give them to your friends. Plenty of other guys can save the 
populations for the world. Killies are a strange group of fish but they are 
more fascinating than any other. Give them a chance and don't let the guys 
make you mad enough to give up. Take what you need to be successful and 
forget the rest.

Robert 
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