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Re: Taking it to the store




Hey Herb, SEE, I'm not crazy!  Somebody else has seen them too!  :) :)

Luke


On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Steven Frederick Oberg wrote:

> For laughs I picked up some "triops" at my local pet store a few months ago.
> They are actually quite amazing.  If you remove the water from the tank and let
> the substrate dry out for a couple of months, you can fill the tank with water
> and have a whole new colony.
> 
>  > > > Ooh, you want to be careful.  Local wildlife
> and parks officials might
> > have a field day with this one.  Check you local laws first.   Otherwise,
> > I think it's an excellenct idea myself.  I saw a display a couple of weeks
> > ago of these boxed sets containing those "triops" shrimps (I think) that
> > are found in the dessert.  You buy the setup and the eggs hatch and you
> > have strange looking shrimp in your tank.  If this can work, why won't
> > natives?  If the laws allow, give it a try...after all the worst that can
> > happen is it doesn't succeed.
> >
> > Luke
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Herb Harris wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > >     I received an idea from a member recently, and thought I'd run it by
> > > the list to see whether anyone has done this before, and if so, the
> > > upside or downside of it. Sounds like a great idea, long as any
> > > legalities are taken care of.
> > >
> > > Quote:
> > >
> > > "- is going to one of the LFS in which I spend way too much time and way
> > > too much money and talking them into letting me come in on Saturday,
> > > stocking a tank with a representative native, and spend the day selling
> > > the fish, handing out information, generally spreading the news, all
> > > while giving them their normal profit on what fish do sell out of the
> > > native tank. After all, more LFS would sell native fish if they
> > > perceived a market for them and the market for them would develop if
> > > more people knew about them, i.e. if more LFS sold them."
> > >
> > >     Anyone tried this?
> > >
> > > Herb
> > >
> >
> >
> 
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