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Re: ebay/SLAKA/Wants/diapterons



Try www.aquabid.com,it is the ebay of the fish world ;)


>From: "Bob Meyer" <bmeyer at parkland_cc.il.us>
>Reply-To: killietalk at aka_org
>To: <killietalk at aka_org>
>Subject: ebay/SLAKA/Wants/diapterons
>Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 21:06:45 -0500
>
>Just spent some time looking at ebay.  Addictive isn't it??  There are a 
>couple of nice things that they do.  There is a feedback report that lists 
>whether buyers have been satisfied with their purchases.  There is also 
>paypal.  Which I have not looked into thoroughly. But apparently you can 
>pay for things and not have to give your credit card number, nor does the 
>seller have to worry about whether your check will clear. Ebay auction 
>items are listed almost immediately.  I know it is in the distant future, 
>but I am sure some of these technologies will trickle down to the aquarium 
>hobby and the AKA.  I was hoping that ebay listed killies, but apparently 
>they will not list live animals/fish.  They do however list plants.
>
>
>
>I'd also like to thank SLAKA/MASI/St Louis for putting on a great show this 
>past weekend.  The speakers were excellent, the killies were excellent, the 
>hospitality was excellent.  There were probably 100 killie entries and I 
>did not see one dead or distressed fish!  The auction must have had at 
>least 3000 items and was very well organized.  Rosario LaCorte gave several 
>great killie talks.  The SLAKA members invited killie keepers to tour their 
>fishrooms.  Jim Gasior looked so comfortable at Nevins pondside 
>gazebo........ Nice job St. Louis!!
>  (I stayed at a friends house and got to experience 14 inches of rain and 
>got to see lightning burn down  his neighbors house.  Overall, a very 
>exciting weekend.)
>
>
>
>
>I have several fish on my wish list and if anyone has any leads on these, 
>please contact me offline.
>I have some fish to trade or I can part with cash.     
>bmeyer at parkland_cc.il.us
>
>Wanted:  eggs preferred
>N. albimarginatus
>N. furzeri
>P. podoxys
>Pterolebias (any)
>Rivulus isthmensis
>Fp. amieti
>
>Some of the above are to add to my gene pool, others are just old favorites 
>that I let slip away.  I know there are a couple of typos (no KMI handy) so 
>please forgive me.
>
>
>
>Finally, I am starting to experiment with diapterons.  Any advice??  I kept 
>two pair of cyanistictum alive over the winter (55F).   The fish room will 
>get warm this summer and I plan to put them into a cooler basement.  Egg 
>production is low and no fertile eggs yet.  Feeding baby brine, daphnia, 
>and whiteworms on alternate days. Fish are in rainwater with a little 
>instant ocean sea salt added.  I would guess the pH is about 5.5.  Potted 
>plants, mops, sponge filter, 10 gallon tank ½ full, window light, 75F.  
>Fish look happy.
>
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