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Re: Fishes in the mail. Crawfishes, mollusk, waterbugs ....
I have had good luck getting styro boxes from pet stores, such as Petco,
etc. They get all their shipments in these boxes, which are usually
thrown away. I think that a few discreet inquiries might turn up a
whole pile of boxes that these stores would otherwise have to pay to
dispose of.
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>Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 18:43:17 +0000
>Subject: Re: Fishes in the mail. Crawfishes, mollusk, waterbugs ....
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>Luke,
>
>We are even up as far as Im concerned I wasn't keeping much
>score.................I think you should forward your need for boxes to
>the list along with an offer to help the newbies get started ..Never
mind
>I just did :).....the prob with purchasing boxes is the postage and
>storage would kill us... What I have done in the pastt is folks who
have
>an abundence of boxes will mail em to me and I pay the 2-3 buck
postage.
>Or they send me several boxs and I send one back with fish in it .....
>
>Maybey you could help Terry stock an in school tank....Maybe the NFC in
a
>few more monhs will have enough funds to start paying for those little
>projects.......BTW I think invert discusussions are very appropriate
for
>the email list and I encourage folks with an interest to speak
>up....................
>
>
>On Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:53:03 -0500 (CDT) mcclurg luke e
><mcclurgl at washburn_edu> writes:
>>
>>Hi Robert,
>>
>> Your fishes are 'bagged, tagged and in the mail' as of 13:30 today.
>>Look for them Wed. You should receive: 8 Longear Sunfish, 7
>>Orangethroat
>>Darters, 5 no ID Waynesville shiners, 1 no ID Waynesville Shiner(?)
>>and 6
>>Red Shiners. I had trouble with the female Reds, they tend to 'freak'
>>when a net comes at them and they go silver, which makes them look
>>just
>>like a Redfin Shiner. If I got one in their by mistake, just let me
>>know
>>and I'll replace it. If any of the fish are misidentified, kill me
>>later... :) Seriously, I'll cheerfully make any mistakes good.
>>It's an
>>excellent way for me to learn idenitification.
>>
>> With the exception of "'dem damn lizards" does this even up the
>>account?
>>If not, what else would you like? I'll be happy to pass on to you
>>whatever you feel is fair. (ain't trust a wonderful thing!? :)...)
>>
>> Had an idea for the NFC I thought I would run past you first. What
>>about trying to get together with someone who manufactures fish boxes
>>and
>>trying to purchase a large number for use by the NFC members. They
>>could
>>be resold at cost (plus perhaps a small handling fee) to members to
>>facilitate exchanges. I know I'm out of boxes now and can't get any
>>from
>>local pet dealers. (you'd think the darn things were made of gold!)
>>I
>>know I'd like to have 1/2 dozen around so I could help out 'newbies'
>>like
>>myself get started, as well as sending stuff to the old seasoned
>>'Pros'
>>like yourself. (you know, a little bit of soap might get rid of some
>>of
>>that seasoning :) tee hee! ) Anyway Mr. Prez. just an idea for you
>>to
>>mull over.
>>
>> How are the Orangespots doing?
>>
>>
>>Luke
>>
>>
>>
>
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