Re: [Killietalk] Setting the hook

[Debunix <debunix at well_com>]

I never heard of killifish during my first round of fishkeeping; I kept 
a community tank, getting fish and supplies from some good and some not 
so good LFS in Berkeley and San Francisco.   But when I decided I 
wanted to get back into fish again, I started reading about fish on the 
internet.  I think I found killies by way of the "Good and bad beginner 
fish" article on fins.actwin.com, which mentioned cinnamon killies.  
Googling that species name led me to sites with pictures of yet more 
spectacularly beautiful fish, lots of which were killies, and to the 
amazing photo galleries of killies on so many sites.  And I just loved 
the first pairs of gold australes I saw at the local fish club auction 
(although when the bidding went to $25/pr on the second and last bag of 
them I gave up).  At the next auction I was more determined, and they 
were cheaper, and though they didn't ever reproduce for me, the 
gardneri I bought at the same time did.  And I was hooked--they were 
beautiful, hardy, and gentle on my plants.  Plus, they reproduced 
themselves without much effort on my part, without ever threatening to 
overwhelm the tank.  Perfect.

Diane Brown in St. Louis

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