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Mail order killies
I have recently had some bad mail order experiences and would like to know
how often other members are disappointed when they open up that long
awaited Styrofoam box. In order not to offend the shippers, at this point
I won't be too specific. I have recently received two separate shipments
from different breeders where the males did not show the same color
patterns or intensities that I have seen on the specie's photos in both the
AKA gallery and the AKA Killifish Atlas video. I'm not talking about
variation in species here. I'm talking about major variation in the color
pattern of fish that are supposed to have originated from the same
location! One fish that I have recently received should have no yellow in
its fins, according to both of the previously mentioned AKA references.
The ones that I have, have a wide yellow stripe on both the dorsal and anal
fins! That's disconcerting enough but what's even worse is the fact that
three out of the four fish are belly sliders. Who raises belly sliders to
adulthood??????? I am fairly new to the AKA and do not wish to be labeled
as a complainer but it seems to me that the code of ethics is being
ignored here. Do the rest of you out there have similar experiences? Is
this type of thing common in the AKA? The fish that I am talking about are
young but large enough that they should be showing adult color patterns and
intensities (1 3/4" Aphyosemions). They are being kept in soft (less than
50ppm tds) slightly acid (PH 6.5) water. They are eating newly hatched
Brine Shrimp and adult Brine shrimp. My apartment is a little on the warm
side (80F) so that could explain some of the lack of color intensity. The
fish are all basically healthy. They are all laying eggs and eating
everything that I give them but they are no things of beauty!
Christopher J Graseck, Mamaroneck NY