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[Killietalk] Gnatholebias zonatus CI Columbia 2005 news flash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi All,
I just picked up what I hope are 4 young pairs of wild Gnatholebias zonatus CI Columbia from my local fish store. I was stunned when my friend called and told me they had them. he had ordered them as he had seen mine from years past and wanted to surprise me. The Columbian form of zonatus was in the hobby in the mid-70's and was a fine looking greenish form with nice tail extentions. These are 2 inches long and fairly chewed up from collecting and shipping. There were 40 or so fish in the tank but the bad news was that 98% were males. I got the 4 that looked as if they might be females. These are coming from Ruineman's Aquarium in Miami and the wholesale price is ridiculously low -- think the wholesale cost of a swordtail! I have spoken to Ruineman's and asked them to tell the collecter to keep the ugly small finned zonatus they catch and not just the larger big finned ones. If you are interested in these I would suggest you get your good local store to contact Ruineman!
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order. if your store already orders from Ruineman's talk to them. Brian, the N&RSC might want to contact Ruineman's and arrange a shipment for the AKA as it would be worth it at these prices if females could be guaranteed. T. dolichopterus is also reported from Columbia as supposedly the original importation in the early-mid 60's (1963 or 64?) came out of Columbia and not Venezuela. I hope everyone checks their local stores as this is the second time Ruineman's has had a shipment of these fish. They are out there being sold. With the small nmber of females coming in it will take AKA'ers to get these established. Just for the record, I paid $2.99 each for my 8 fish. I'd like to hear if anyone else has any luck finding these in their store. I bet the NJ area has them.
Bobby
Larry Botkin <larbot at stx_rr.com> wrote:
Wright et al;
I have been using a Canon Digital for 7-8 months now with a lot of
lens changes in the field; i.e. Hot dusty areas in South Texas. I have
taken a little over 5000 pictures using any one of four lenses and
faithfully check for dust spots weekly. To date I have found 1 and that was
easily removed with a little air from a squeeze bottle... The only
precaution I use is to make sure I have the sensor pointed down and away
from prevailing winds. In short, I agree with Diane its pretty much a
tempest in a teapot. Actually one of the problems people are having is in
using some of the wet applicators that the scam artists are selling.
Larry Botkin In Sunny, Hot, Dry South Texas
At 11:00 AM 6/28/2005, you wrote:
>Message: 2
>Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2005 20:07:41 -0700
>From: Wright Huntley
>Subject: [Killietalk] Re: cleaning DSLRs
>To: killietalk at aka_org
>
>
>*Debunix *wrote, in response to my:
>
> >>I'm a fan of digital cameras *without* interchangeable lenses. Unlike
> >>film, you don't get a fresh clean sensor with every shot, and cleaning
> >>the sensor even voids the warranty in some brands! It is not a trivial
> >>task.One brand even tries to use sonics to clean the sensor
> >>periodically. IDK how well it works, tho.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm quite happy with my Nikon D70; I do change lenses fairly often,
> >> and have had to clean it once every few months, but the great sensor
> >> dust problem, IME, has been mostly a tempest in a teapot. Yes, I've
> >> had to clone out the occasional bit of dust in the sky, but that is
> >> not a common problem even when I'm shooting stopped WAY down (f57,
> >> anyone?) for a high depth of field in my macros. I haven't used a
> >> high quality fixed lens digital camera with good macro capability for
> >> full comparison, and maybe I haven't put it to the right tests to see
> >> problems with putting my lenses designed for film on the digital
> >> body, but I don't think there is any non-DSLR digital out there that
> >> can what my D70 did with a good dedicated macro lens:
> >
>Maybe it's that easy that for you, Diane, but I just picked this off of
>today's rec.photo.digital: :-)
>
> > Sheldon wrote:
> > > wrote in message
> > > news:1119911467_712077.207840 at g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > Well, the good news is that I didn't break the camera cleaning the
> > > > sensor...or rather the filter!
> > > >
> > > > The bad news is that I not only succeeded in simply moving the dust
> > > > spot around, I introduced a few new ones, as well.
> > > >
> > > > Though I'm not worried as I was totally nervous just doing the
> > > > procedure - I put two Pec Pads (for thickness and insurance that the
> > > > implement didn't break through) on the end of a sawed off, filed down,
> > > > dulled up plastic fast food knife. I think I must have squeegeed too
> > > > lightly or used too little Eclipse...I used three drops. I'm going to
> > > > have another go tonight when things settle down around the house.
> > > >
> > > > Ben
> > >
> > > Here's what I think. I was extremely nervous the first time I cleaned my
> > > sensor, but I think you are trying to save money where it shouldn't be
> > > saved. Go ahead and buy the premade wand to wrap the PecPads
> > around. It
> > > has a little flex to it, so you have a better feel for what you are
> > doing,
> > > and mine is the perfect size to do my D70 in two swipes (they sell
> > them to
> > > match your camera).
> > >
> > > Like, you already bought the Ped Pads. You already bought the
> > Eclipse. So
> > > why grind up your own plastic knife?
> > >
> > > If you're really nervous you can always try the brush method. You don't
> > > have to spend $100 on them. They sell equivalent brushes on eBay
> > for about
> > > $15 under photography/sensor cleaning. It might be too late for the
> > brush,
> > > but it can't hurt.
> > >
> > > Good luck. I nailed it on the second try, but it was a bit
> > nerve-wracking.
> > > :-) I know how you feel.
> >
> > This is precisely what I'm going to do. The second swipe made things
> > maybe not worse, but by no means better. This time I tried the rubber
> > spatula tapered off method. No luck. So I am going to plunk down the
> > $40!! for the Sensor Swabs.
> >
>
>This little episode is more typical of what we see and it certainly
>should be considered before coughing out the big bucks for a DSLR..
>
>Wright
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