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Re: RE:price

Boat,
You can  be very succinct! Don't forget the ever present angelfish.
erny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allen N Sandra" <a.boatman at verizon_net>
To: <KillieTalk at AKA_Org>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:08 PM
Subject: RE:price


>
> Something that hobbyists miss, but that aquarium storeowners never miss,
is
> that one of the main concerns is "how much room will this fish take up?"
It
> is like room and board and the fish must pay for it!!  I started doing
> killies cause here in Tampa Bay, the leader in fish farms in the USA
(CONUS)
> with roughly over 250 fish farms in the area, tank space is at a premium,
> and, in addition to being readily available from fish farm ponds here,
> cichlids require just too much space.  I was a rift lake cichlid nut and
> studied them and their environment for quite a few years before even
moving
> here to Tampa 4 years ago.
> Back to the storeowner.  The only fish I know of that has held its value
as
> a bread and butter fish, though getting quite large is the Oscar.  Most
> other "Bread and Butter" fish are barbs and tetras and such.  (I left a
lot
> of small fish out here.)
> Killifish take up very little room.  They eat just about anything, the
hardy
> gardneri's at least, and, for the most part, they can tolerate harsh tank
> conditions.  ( you all can say what you want here, but I have a friend who
> does his water changes once a month and has no filtration on his 2.5
gallon
> tanks. )  Remember, we are talking " keeping " here, not breeding, when it
> comes to LFS sales.  Local fish stores live off of peripheral sales, and
> also, people who kill a lot of nice fish.  Sad but that is business, and
has
> nothing to do with the quality of the pet store/fish store, most of the
> time.
>
> Just a little light on the subject of fish stores and you can use this
> information for your benefit.  Let the fish storeowner know that these
fish
> take very little tank space, and show them how beautiful they are.  You
will
> probably have a customer for life!!
>
> $0.02!!!
>
> Allen "Boat" Boatman
> Tampa, FL
> TBAS, SKS, AKA 08298, SAA 96
>
>
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