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Re: Anyone Know a good fish?
I am a newbie getting as much info about natives as I can by "listening in" on
the list, and the idea of a "try a native" special sounds perfect.
>
> Shouldn't be a problem with the eggs of most of our plant-spawning
> killifish, which can be handled the same way as eggs from non-native
> plant spawning killifish.
>
> ALSO: H. formosa is a good starter fish or candidate for
> freebies/introductory packets. Due to small size, the postage is
> minimal, as they don't need a lot of water to ship in. I sent abot 50
> H. formosa, packed three trios to a bag, with all bags inside a
> styrofoam box which was inside a cardboard box and postage was about $7.
> I would think that we could ship a trio of H. formosa for less than $2.
>
> Suggestion: advertise a "Try a Native" special, which would include a
> trio of H. formosa for $5, plus $2 s/h, which includes a NFC Beginner's
> Guide to Keeping Natives and 10% off coupon for their next purchase of
> fish from the NFC.
>
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> >Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 21:34:22 -0500
> >From: Herb Harris <top_side at geocities_com>
> >Organization: Native Fish Conservancy
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> >Hi Luke,
> >
> > Would these be easy to raise? Looking for something that might serve
> to
> >be used to "introduce" folks to the keeping of natives, so may go to
> >"newbies" to the aquarium hobby. Sort of want to keep it simple for
> >them.
> > I know the smaller native catfish I have are SUPER easy to care for,
> >just watch what ya put in the tank with them, if ya want to keep it! :)
> >
> >Herb
> >
> >mcclurg luke e wrote:
> >>
> >> Just a 'guess'. How would some of the Madtoms do? I know larger
> species
> >> of catfish take several days to hatch.
> >>
> >> On Sun, 7 Jun 1998, Herb Harris wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > Thinking about fish eggs. Shipping them. For "starter" setups
> and
> >> > "free" offers. Killie folks do it all the time to "evangilize"
> with. Any
> >> > of the NA fish that we deal with good candidates for this sort of
> thing?
> >> > Egg needs some "shelf life", say at least 3 days before hatching.
> >> > Anyone know a good fish?
> >> >
> >> > Herb
> >
>
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