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Note that this message was addressed to owner-killietalk @aka.org and not
to killietalk at aka_org. The former address comes to me and not to the list.
I am forwarding this. Note also that the abuse has ceased since my action.

Barry

Status: R
Reply-To: <John at johndeluca_force9.co.uk>
From: "John De Luca" <John at johndeluca_force9.co.uk>
To: <Owner-KillieTalk at AKA_Org>
Subject: Killies
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 02:49:28 +0100
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Too much personal abuse, not enough information on Killies.
As a member of the B.K.A. I found your page and thought what a great idea,
hoping to exchange knowledge about the hobby with A.K.A. members, so far I
have been disappointed.
I hope this little article may get things off on the right footing.
At present I am the treasurer of the Fife group ( the only group in
Scotland )
we as a group promote the keeping and breeding of Killies, to ensure that
other
members and of course the fish benefit from our collective experience.
Each A.G.M. we each decide on a species to maintain throughout the year
and show the results to the group as they progress, I live in a small
country
village where no industry is near, I keep all my Killies ( mostly
Aphyosemions )
in 100% rain water, the P.H. is about 6.2 and the general hardness about
12-15 ppm.
All my fish seem to thrive in these conditions and breed well, I maintain
about
30 different species, there is a small pond on the local estate where I
fish for wild
brown trout, here I collect most of my live food, Daphnia, Bosmina,
Cyclops,
Bloodworm and Glassworm, also I use the water from this pond ( 4.2 P.H. 5
ppm
general hardness ) to supplement my rain water, when added to my tanks, the
fish
seem to liven up and show their colours better.
This usually results in a heavy egg production, at the time of writing
this, I have
over 1000 fry from most species at various stages of development.
Anyone in the A.K.A. who is interested in my fish and egg list can contact
me
by E-Mail at John at johndeluca_force9.co.uk  We could maybe arrange to swap
eggs from different species.
John.

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Barry Cooper, Chair                      email:  bjc3 at cornell_edu
Department of Pathology                  Voice:  (607)253-3336
College of Veterinary Medicine           FAX:    (607)253-3317
Cornell University
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