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Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
Ken,
Ich is still around, as a matter of fact it has
"mutated" to what some call "super ich". Having owned a
LFS for 12 years and having to close it in 1996 because of
the superstores, I have watched the business end of the
hobby go to hell. Large corporations bought up
distributers and also manufacturers. And they moved out
the "slow" selling stuff that hobbyists used to use. I
have started to work on an article to submit to TFH or
someone titled, "Where have all the shops gone..."
This is how bad it has gotten. I'll be 50 this year.
I've been keeping fish since I was 15. I walked into That
Fish Place the other day and asked a young clerk where the
box filters were. He took me back to the wet / dry
filters. I said no, I'm looking for box filters, little
plastic boxes that you put into a tank and fill with fluff
and charcoal. He looked at me and said," Oh yeah, I heard
of those, they used to use them in the old times....."
Well I finally found them, they only had 4 on the shelf.
I'm hoping these aren't the last four...
And yes, Metaframe once owned by toy great Mattel
is gone. I was driving a back country road the other day,
and I passed a pile of junk the homeowner had out for
trash. On top was a Metaframe, 5 gallon metalframed tank
with slate bottom. Looked like new, had a small crack in
the one side. It is in my fishroom now ;)
Lonny
On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:58:08 -0500
"Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Just musings while stuck in phone menu world....
>
> -Remember the 70's?...whatever happened to ich? Where
>the h*ll did it go and
> when was the last time you've seen it?...just dawned on
>me; Ich isn't reared
> it's ugly head in my tanks or at the LFS in a looong
>while (remember?; you
> could bet on seeing "speckled" gouramis at Wal-Mart,
>something's amiss as I
> doubt they've cleaned up their act that much already
><chuckle>)
>
> -remember "hole-in-the head"...is that still around? Or
>is it just renamed
> "Hex"?.. ain't heard from that one either in a while;
>might be the circles
> one hangs in, kind of like a non-killienut almost never
>see's velvet...
>
> -no scientific revelation here; but seems these aquatic
>diseases change over
> the course of the decades...seemed as you visited the
>LFS circa 90ish, you
> started seeing "wasting disease" all of a sudden about
>90ish...personally,
> never saw a single fish with it before then, now seems
>it's pretty common
> (esp. amongst danios & livebearers)
>
> -Same goes for the larger gill parasites & anchor worms,
>et....used to be
> "Lifebearer" & "Clout" were once common stock items at
>most LFS, not sure
> they've been adequately replaced those products, as you
>still see them,
> just not 4 "pegboards" worth anymore...in days of yore,
>you could count on
> seeing at least one anchor worm hanging off a feeder
>goldfish...I'm
> speculating the outdoor farmers may have done something
>to lower the
> incidence
>
> -Whatever happened to "Aquatic Warehouse" (or whomever
>had those 2 page ads
> in FAMA)
>
> -Is Metaframe defunct? O'Dell Aquariums? Any of you old
>geezers still got
> one of those 4-siphon "Super king" filters? "Silent
>Giant" air pumps....(oh,
> how far we've come...makes you chuckle when you think
>about it)...BTW,
> AquaClears ain't changed much...still gotta run em
>underwater to kill one
>
> -Boy has the aquatic stock in the LFS changed also...you
>could count on
> finding Firemouths, kuli loaches, severums, convicts,
>blue gouramis,
> et...seems our Swords and mollies have not only shrunk,
>they are sorrier to
> boot...anymore, you are lucky to find females amongst
>the "color enhanced"
> Asian import stuff..what gives? What's weirder is seems
>fish prices are
> "inflation proof"...sure discus are cheaper, but most of
>the "bread &
> butter" are still about 1-2 bucks
>
> Just offering up sumthin to ponder about (I'm currently
>stuck in "voice menu
> phone world", and typing this while I'm waiting
><LOL>)...NTM, thought I'd
> jinx the list by discussing a few of our long lost
>protozoan friends...<LOL>
>
> Basically Friendly chat/rambling to stir the list
>lil...Ken
>
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