I response to Ted Klotz statement on
disposing of young fish
that he has, he mentions C. Magnificus. I
agree with his point
about trying to sell them for a fair price,
or nobody seems
interested?
When C. Magnificus first came up for sale
within the B.K.A.
they were fetching around £25 a pair, by the next
year, they
were only fetching £1 per pair.
Poimt well taken, but now they are starting to get rare
again.
This seems to be a pattern when you are rearing young
Killies,
when they are ready for selling, you tend to flood the
auction,
and prices will drop and sometimes you can't give them
away!
My answer to this is, only auction small amounts at one
time,
Sorry, have to break in here. Small amounts
do not help with species maintenance. Many times the object of programs such
as these is to get the species as widely dispersed as possible. Limiting the
amount dispersed would only hurt the final goal. Please understand I am not
disagreeing with you but I am if this statement makes sense.
but this doe's not solve the problem for us who still have
tanks
full of them in our fish houses/rooms, what do we do with
them?
I'll tell you what happens in my fish room once in a
while. I get too many of a certain species and become very haphazard in
their care and soon lose the species altogether because a tankfull of them
has crashed or someting along that line.
One of my Killie friends sells his excess to local fish
shops,
personally I would never do this, my reasons for this are,
why
should we pay a membership to support a specialist
organisation,
to let others who are not willing to join reap the
benefits, another
reason is, some inexperienced people buying these fish
haven't a
clue how to look after them let alone breed
them.
I agree with you 100% here.
I reckon now that I have stirred up a hornets nest because
of this
statement, but I feel very strongly about this subject,
because I
realise not all aquarists are indifferent towards their
fish, but some
are and I would not like to think of the fish I have taken
so much
care over being mistreated in any way. My views are that
fish are
for breeding, thus ensuring their survival, man is ruining
their
natural habitat, in most cases leading to their extintion,
so it's
only by the dedication of the relevant organisations and
their
membership, that these fish will
survive.
I couldn't agree more.
Ted Klotz
9969 Bethel
Rd
Remsen,NY 13438
(315) 831-5682John.