Re: [Killietalk] Killie Supplies

["Hillbillynursery" <hillbillynursery at charter_net>]

This is a joint reply to save time and space. It is a reply to Bill and 
Curtis.

I kept and raised fish I liked when I started keeping fish. I then had 
several good batches of fry which brought enough money that I stocked up on 
feed(flake mostly). The next batch I still had plenty of feed so I purchased 
more tanks and expanded under the direction of the shop keeper I was selling 
to. He had problems keeping certain fished stocked. The large sailfin 
mollies was one of these expansions. I had a few old books that my parents 
had aquired during there aquarium keeping days. One of these had some 
beautiful pics of Killies and a short description on how to raise then. I 
searched and searched for these fish over a time of about 6 years. I never 
found any until I have started getting back into fish in the last few 
monthes and nearly the only place is the internet. More people want these 
strange fish and just do not have the means to find them is a strong believe 
of mine. I am a beekeeper. I looked for 2 years trying to find the American 
Bee Jurnal(ABJ). This mag is only distributed to subscribers. We got a 
computer and got on line and I found it in less the 3 minutes. Access is the 
key to getting these fish more popular. Yes alot of the fish fanciers will 
never raise any. I have paid so outrages prices to get the rare and unusual. 
$40 each for blushing angels 16 years ago and now they are more common and 
much cheaper but at the time they had to be ordered direct from the 
breeders. I would gladly pay my local LFS 3 times your wholesale $6 a pair 
for these fish to have access to them. I can not get a pair to me that cheap 
from you once you add shipping(overnight or at least 2 day) with heat packs 
this time of year. That is another side I have seen while trying to get 
these fish is club/society you need to be in to really get these fish.

John Cox
McMinnville TN

There are a lot of "black holes" in our hobby.  a black hole
> is someone who, when a new fish goers into their fish room, it is never 
> heard of again.

If a shop were to pay $6 + for a pair, they would have to sell them for a
lot more.  I could not sell a fish for $3 that it cost me $6 to raise and
make it up in volume.



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