Re: [Killietalk] New collections was N. steinforti

[George & Melanie Caruso <caraway at erienet_net>]

I guess what you are saying is that unless it is a fish that is not in 
the hobby for some reason or another, or it is a fish that has been hard 
to keep going in the hobby there is little chance of seeing it 
collected  from the wild. I certainly can understand  why that is based 
on what you have said. I am still not happy about it though. I have made 
it my goal to work with some of the established species we presently 
have, no matter how plentiful they are. I went thru that period of 
always looking for new species and never really keeping a good 
population of any. Decided that was not for me so I have found my little 
nich in the hobby. There are many Gardneri species and most are very 
beautiful. Some are easy to get to spawn  and others are not. This in 
itself creates sufficient challenges for me. I  hope
that all of the new species  found or reintroduced  are cherished by 
those who get them and that every effort is made to keep them in the hobby.
George

Tony Terceira wrote:

> At 12:08 PM 11/13/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>
> > I for one would gladly pay the higher costs due to collecting and 
> > shipping expenses.. It would be a rare oppotunity to be able to 
> > obtain these supposedly common killies which in this situation would 
> > be anything but common. I suppose there is not much hope in this 
> > happening but I will remain ever watchful for the opportunity if it 
> > should ever happen.
> > George
>
>         Exactly you and a few others would, but how about  the 150 to 
> 200 pairs that would compose a minimum order. ????
>
>         It is a good time, we are seeing more and more wild killies, 
> and with a little political luck areas in West African may open up 
> again to commercial exports, and we will see some new imports of old 
> fish. Look how many new imports of fish like Aphy.. cognatum, A. 
> christyi,  A splendopleure, A. bivittatum, A poliaki, Procatopus, 
> similis, P nototaenia, Epiplatys annulatus, E. singa, E.sexfasciatus 
> have appeared in the last four years...................  It is a good 
> time to be in the hobby.
>
>
> Tony Terceira
> Scituate, Rhode Island
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