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Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...

"KC ...And BTW, Dave was cool enough to give me a few of those "sissy
orange"
fish per my request <chuckle>, hey thanks again bro...lil suckers are laying
like a mama...what to do, what to do? ...Still can help but visualize you in
the sun sucking on a coconut w/a straw in it, while I sip on rot-gut under a
overcast sky <LOL>"

Congratulations ken you have now been infected with the AUS virus. They will
multiply like rabbits and you will spend all your time doing water changes
to keep all your AUS happy lol

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'killifish discussion list'" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 11:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...


> Changing the subject over to natives a lil....
> What type of bribery do the rest of us have to do to encourage you to do a
> lil native collecting down there? 10-20-50-100?
> I for one got no problem helping out with funding on a collection trip on
> your behalf, and I'd bet you could get a few bucks for gas, et. from a few
> others...Man, it'd be dang nice to get our collective slimy hands on some
of
> those Florida Fundululus, et....
>
> KC ...And BTW, Dave was cool enough to give me a few of those "sissy
orange"
> fish per my request <chuckle>, hey thanks again bro...lil suckers are
laying
> like a mama...what to do, what to do? ...Still can help but visualize you
in
> the sun sucking on a coconut w/a straw in it, while I sip on rot-gut under
a
> overcast sky <LOL>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: killietalk-bounces at aka_org [mailto:killietalk-bounces at aka_org] On
> Behalf Of David sanchez
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:55 AM
> To: killifish discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
>
> A terrible idea depending on your point of view from their point of view
it
> makes great financial sense. Of course their concern for the environment
is
> non-existent. But hey we have ornamental exotics over Florida so we pretty
> much know where this is going.
>
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Scanlan" <drkillinut at charter_net>
> To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
>
>
> > Dave, this idea sounds terrible!  There goes another native habitat in
> Costa
> > Rica?  Guppies, gambusia, what next?   Joe
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David sanchez" <barbax66 at peoplepc_com>
> > To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
> >
> >
> > > Lonny,
> > > Good point. It caught me by surprise myself. But I hear it time and
> again
> > > from the farmers and the wholesalers. Guppies for example are of
> > > very
> poor
> > > quality for the most part the ones produced in Florida. Now there
> > > are a few doing them indoors in recirc systems and these are the
> > > ones producing
> the
> > > top quality stuff.
> > > However with all the water restrictions it is difficult to produce
> quality
> > > livebearers. So how can you compete with an over seas operation
> > > where their are no water restrictions!. I know one major farm that
> > > has bought up a
> ton
> > > of land in Costa Rica to do just that. Why bother with an expensive
> recirc
> > > system when you can use mountain streams to create a flow through
> > > and ideal water conditions. Can't beat that and most US producers of
> > > Guppies
> anyway
> > > cannot compete from what I have seen. Years ago there was a Giant
> producer
> > > of Guppies here in Orlando but He moved the operation to South
> > > America
> and
> > > from what I hear is selling to Japan rather then to the US. So that
> > > also left a giant void.
> > >
> > > The other livebearers there is still a shortage even with all the
> > > producers we have here in the sunshine state.
> > >
> > > Anyway this is way off-topic ...
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "L. Langione" <lonlangione at suscom_net>
> > > To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:42 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
> > >
> > >
> > >> I though Florida was the livebearer capital of the world....
> > >>
> > >> Lonny
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message -----
> > >> From: "David sanchez" <barbax66 at peoplepc_com>
> > >> To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 8:13 PM
> > >> Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> > That is very funny you say J.C.. If someone wanted to make money
> > >> > in
> the
> > >> > industry there is a massive shortage of quality healthy
> > >> > livebearers especially quality guppies.  These days most are
> > >> > coming from Asia and
> > > even
> > >> > Jamaica.. FYI for anyone out there.
> > >> > \
> > >> > Dave
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > ----- Original Message -----
> > >> > From: "J. C." <hillbillynursery at yahoo_com>
> > >> > To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
> > >> > Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:14 PM
> > >> > Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Nostalgia, et...
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >  I am only 34. I started with fish when I was 12 and start
> > >> > > raising extras to trade for new fish and supplies the next year
> > >> > > and really took off shortly after that and grew until I went to
> > >> > > college. Man that was so long ago already. I can not imagine
> > >> > > being able to count back over 50 years with fish.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >   I maybe heading back into livebearers but it will be for the
> > >> > > big sailfin mollies(my old ones were 5-6 inch
> > >> > > males) if I can find them. Then some good swords because as
> > >> > > mentioned good ones have become almost imposible to find. The
> > >> > > LFSs that I am dealing with keep asking me to get back into
> > >> > > these species. If I do the swords I would also do platies as
> > >> > > crossing the 2 together to get the different color patterns.
> > >> > > But this will only come about if I can get a home where I can
> > >> > > put up a full fish room or building as they are not going to
> > >> > > kick killies out of the house LOL.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >                                   Later, John
> > >> > >
> > >> > > --- BrandtEdL at aol_com wrote:
> > >> > >
> > >> > > > John & all.  When I started in the tropical fish hobby way
> > >> > > > back in  1953, a common guppy was only about 5 cents.  My
> > >> > > > parents bought me a pair  and I've been into tropical fish
> > >> > > > ever since.  It's only been killies for  many years.  Ed
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > > John Cox of Cumberland Killifish  Honey Robber beekeeping and
> > >> > > removal services
> > >> > >
> > >> > >  Please join A Fishy World my new email group all  about fish
> > >> > > at AFishyWorld-subscribe at yahoogroups_com
> > >> > >
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