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Re: [Killietalk] list problems
>So, if anybody would like to
tell me what the heck I am supposed to do with the N.
ravovii eggs I bought several weeks ago, I'm listening.
I can share with you what I do with the N. rachovii eggs I incubate.
First I take the peat out of the bag and spread it out gently onto a white
piece of paper. I gently comb through it with a magnifying glass looking for
small, light yellow/brown eggs. If the eggs are fresh you won't see any
development. The reason I do this is that I don't want to have expectations
for fry if I don't see eggs and this has happended a lot. Whether I see eggs
or not I rebag the peat and with N. rachovii, I wait between 5 and 6 months,
usually 6 months from the time the eggs were originally bagged to wet them.
Before I wet them I spread them out again on paper and with a magnifying glass
look for the developed eyes in the eggs. I usually don't wet the peat until I
see the eyes developed. PM me if you have additional questions and I will try
to answer.
I have no opinion about whether the website is easy or difficult to use. I
have been using it for years and am somewhat familiar. I am watching closely
the number of posts to the forum, the dates and the activity level.
HOWEVER I do pay attention when anyone says they find the site difficult. And
I take them at their word.
I was fortunate to have a few mentors when I started raising killies and I was
so close to giving up when a member unknowingly passed along the keys to the
kingdom. I have never looked back. It's difficult for me to picture what my
life would have looked like without killifish. I have spent a lot of time and
a lot of money but I have received much more in return.
Finally, in my experience, there is no substitute for a good mentor.
JoeB
--- Becky Schultz <stayingup2late at yahoo_com> wrote:
> Okay, I'm going to come out of lurk mode. I am a newby
> to the Killie world, and I will give you some
> feedback. The AKA website is impossible. The forum is
> impossible. I cannot find basic information that a
> newby wants, like, how am I supposed to hatch the eggs
> that I ordered? How do I keep killiefish? You all seem
> so clique-y that you have forgotten that the life
> blood of any hobby is getting new people interested.
> You guys (whoever that is) have made it nearly
> impossible. It seems like all you care about is
> collecting obscure varieties of the fish and showing
> off who can have the *most* obscure collection.
>
> I have bettas, and as a comparison, go visit some of
> the plentiful betta websites. They are very
> user-friendly, they all have basic informaiton, and
> they are very welcoming to all. I emailed the guy who
> runs the Killinutz website and let him know that maybe
> the reason that *nobody* posts there is that they
> physically can't== because the mechanics of it are
> horrible.
>
> So, if you want to have a thriving fancy, then you
> have to ask yourself how hard is it to be a part of
> your group, starting with the very basics. If you
> don't care about the newbies, then you're going to go
> the way of the dinosaurs.
>
> Just my two cents worth. So, if anybody would like to
> tell me what the heck I am supposed to do with the N.
> ravovii eggs I bought several weeks ago, I'm listening.
>
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