Re: [Killietalk] Shows - new members

["Bill Shenefelt" <william_shenefelt at verizon.net>]

If you want new members, sell them real nice fish at fair prices, help them 
a lot with setup and husbandry info showing real concern, and treat them 
great all around.  I do sell and ship a lot of easy species to new people 
and in the end get most of them hooked and new AKA members.  I take the time 
to find out what they have kept in the past, what their water chemistry is 
like, what temperatures they would have a tank at, what size tank they are 
interested in having.  Only then will I sell them anything, and nothing over 
$10 a pair or over two species to start with.  With that info, they are 
likely to have success and become really interested in keeping killies.  It 
is not a good bet that a show will attract many though.  Killie folk think 
nothing of a 200+ mile drive to a show, but they are ALREADY addicted.  New 
members need good fish and great support, then they may venture out to a 
show.
Bill Shenefelt
http://sheneskillies.com/ 


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