[Killietalk] Roger What

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What is Youur current phone number?
Sorry to the list for the private questiopn.
Al Anderson
killiman666 at yahoo_com
317 253 2170


--- On Sun, 3/29/09, Roger L. Sieloff <isodox at sbcglobal_net> wrote:

From: Roger L. Sieloff <isodox at sbcglobal_net>
Subject: [Killietalk] Newbies
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 10:12 PM

I got into killifish after not having had an aquarium for nearly 20 years. A
coworker was into the hobby, and after setting up a 10 gallon tank, I got a
pair of A. biv. lykoko for something around 6 dollars. An obscure reference
to "lyretails" in an aquarium pocket encyclopedia suggested these
fish
required soft water and live food. I provideed neither. The fish survived
and if I initially lost any killies, it was probably their eggs. The biv's
were shelved in favor of new species like A. schelii (now fundalopanchax)
and A. striatum. These fish bred like rabbits, filling 10 gallon tanks with
20 adult fish or more. It was then I took them to auctions, but not to make
money. I felt the amount of time and effort involved in reproducing 2 fish
into 40 was most likely impossible to recover, so the fish I raise are
always donations to whatever club I am attending. Reguarding the biv's,
they
languished in rock hard water with perhaps a feeding once a week and amazed
me with several fry.

I can understand why it might seem reasonable to prohibit the sale of
killifish to people who have never had aquariums before. I myself did quite
a lot of research before I got my first pair of killifish, meaning I already
knew it takes a new tank two weeks to "cycle", not to mention it is
fatal to
dump any fish into fresh tapwater. None the less, I quickly appreciated the
fact I could roll the nearly indestructable eggs of these fish around
between my fingers and also realized many of the things I've read about
killies were quite untrue. In the final analysis, I think the most important
aspect of this hobby is simply breeding these fish and making them available
to as many people as possible. To those who require some financial
recompansation, more power to you. Do be aware of the fact that the real
worth is in spreading as many of them around as is possible. The gold
australe, gardneri morphs and "golden wonder" are just some examples
of what
a dedicated breeder can do. Just look what guppy breeders have done - and
this is a single species!




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