Re: [Killietalk] RE: Where have the killie gone? -- reprise

["Robert Tucker" <tucker at covad_net>]

Up here in the city (San Francisco) I can't produce my Fp. Gardneri fast
enough for demand. I  sell many fish retail a pair at a time at a good
price, or trade a bunch to the LFS for food and grow out tanks. IMHO that
species and similiar are great for hooking beginners on to our colorful, hot
wheels-esque fish. We also get to teach a little about killies each time we
move some on.  (i.e.  localities, care and breeding). A small percentage of
those who get these fish will end up in the AKA. To paraphrase Tip O'Niell;
all killinut growth is local. In other words, where keeping a type in the
hobby is concerned, each new home will be found retail, a pair or two at a
time.

Is there a one pager on the AKA and killifish that I could print out and
give to each proud new killi owner? Maybe a .pdf or such?

(Will, if you'd like to lay some extras off on me I'd be glad to find homes
up here and split any proceeds. I think the market up here is just a little
larger)

Tucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "wm crash" <wm_crash at hotmail_com>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Killietalk] RE: Where have the killie gone? -- reprise


> >Did you
> >consider instead of feeding them to the oscar to just give them to the
> >local
> >LFS?  So they make money on the fish and not you, what is the crime?  It
> >might happen that someone who buys the killie might come back for more
and
> >more and more...  You might just have converted another killienut, a new
> >member and, gasp, more tank space for killies.
> >
> >Dave Koran
>
> I have personally considered giving them to the LFS. I was out one day
> buying plants, and the guy at LFS told me I can bring plants in if they
> overgrow in my tanks. So I thought this was perfect timing to bring up the
> free fish subject. He told be bluntly that they are not interested because
> it is not geared towards their customer base. I got similar response from
a
> few stores.
>
> It's enough that I was volunteering myself to net the free fish, bag the
> free fish, and drive them to the LFS. If finding an LFS to take them
> requires considerable added effot, I am inclined to give up.
>
> take care,
> wm_crash, the friendly hooligan
> AKA #08840, SAA #162, HOOLIGAN #1
> San Jose, CA
>
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