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RE: hydroponics
<flame on>
Okay ... now I am a bit upset ...
I asked someone who was advertising a non-killie-related website and
only advertising a non-killie related website to not post those
advertisements. I have absolutely no problem with 99.9% of the topics
discussed on this list, but why should people advertise a cichlid website
on the Killie List? I think it is unfair to call me names because I asked
someone to reconsider advertising until its about our hobby. I would not
think the Discus group would appreciate any of us going to their list and
advertising Killie Websites for example. Geez I even chatted nicely with
Max off-list about it and while we may disagree - it never became a
name-calling issue. I also did not respond to his most recent post -
because I believe it inappropriate to continue the debate on the list. But
personal insults are unacceptable.
Topics which relate to the Killifish Hobby is what Killie Talk is
supposed to be about. Killies breed in plants - seems we should learn more
about growing them. Killie Keepers take pictures of their fish - seems we
can all learn more about that here. Filtration systems - Convention
Chat (even the Tolkein humor because it was part of people getting
together at the convention for fun) - Discourses on AKA projects (pro or
con) - Culturing different types of food - discussions about
environmental issues affecting killie habitats - even advertising tons of
websites that have something - anything related to killies is appropriate
as far as I am concerned. All those things are educational and help us all
improve our skills at killie-keeping as well as fish keeping in general.
But the advertisement I saw and went to 3 different times - each time
he posted it - showed only dwarf cichlids, discus and long-range pics of
tanks at Baltimore Aquaruim. He has never posted about anything else on
the list - ever. If the link is purely digital photography - then at
least talk about how you do it on the list and use the site for
examples. But he never did that - he purely advertised. Please go back
and look at his posts if you disagree with me. To me - this is SPAM - not
contributory to the list.
Personally, I would love to see him become a killie-keeper - be active
in the organization - he seems like a real nice guy - but his only interest
in killies is as dither fish (private communication). I won't go into the
8 reasons he listed as why he posted here - 7 of the 8 do not fit the
criteria and the eighth says someone may someday post some killie pics and
articles on his site - which I would certainly support.
I really resent the nasty comment listed below.
<flame off - last comment on this issue ever>
> > Sorry to any one if I have gone too off topic.
>
>Don't let a couple of pricks spoil the rose garden.
>
>Gary Harman-Hobbs
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