Re: [APD] Cardinal tetras: wild caught?

["Ellen O'Connell" <oconnel4 at ix_netcom.com>]

> Whereupon the owner, who was standing nearby, said they were bred, not 
> wild-caught fish, and this was the first time ever he had gotten 
> any.  They've been in business for a while, and have the most exotic 
> freshwater stock I've seen in my area.  I thought it was worth mentioning.

A couple of years ago I had this same conversation with a guy in a store in 
this area (Colorado).  He said he'd been to the breeding farm (or whatever 
they call it) in Florida and seen the cardinals there and that was their 
supplier.  Everyone on the list has always sounded so sure that all 
cardinals are wild caught I figured the guy I spoke to was just an employee 
and was wrong about what he'd seen or fibbing to me for fun or whatever.

The last cardinals I got were also better looking than any I'd gotten 
before.  I got a dozen and didn't lose any of them.  They not only have 
great color, they seem to me to have shorter and deeper bodies.


Ellen O'Connell
Parker, CO
mailto:oconnel4 at ix_netcom.com


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