Did you peddle rainbow eggs at the WCW Julie?
Sometimes killie groups will allow that, others will
not. The CKA has a healthy regard for many "honorary
killies" whichg are welcome, so long as they are not
in overwhelming numbers. To my dismay though, the last
guy who sent livebearers to a killie auction about got
booed off of the stage.
By the way, a couple of us ran down to Peoria, IL for
last Saturday's auction of the Tri-Counties Tropical
Fish Society. He was dumping cichlids, I was dumping
extra livebearers so we would have, you gessed, it,
any wextra tank space.
As per previous arrangements, a couple of well
populated mops from the rainbow tanks were packed in
widemouth gallon pickle jars. Also soaked, dried and
packed a bunch of old medicine vials.
After the auction, the TCTFS members were invited to
pick so many eggs and place them in a vial. Kidded
about the vials, "... sure the eggs will be ok. And
their blood pressure should be great too."
Instructions in terms of incubation, getting the eggs
out of the vial and feeding were given. Those eggs
will be their "grow-out contest" this year.
Every fish club member loves a bargain, and while we
know that "free eggs" aren't so free once an aquarium
or two has been put into service on their behalf, that
is a fun way to plug rainbows and even encourage
gun-shy aquarists to try raising tiny fry.
All the best!
Scott
--- Julie Zeppieri <bowluvr at hotmail.com> wrote:
---------------------------------
Heh,
Yeah, we Bowheads do tend to get into killies -- or
vice versa -- over time
don't we?
Just to rub it in a bit further, you just missed West
Coast Weekend here in
Portland OR this past weekend. Awesome show with great
speakers and LOTS of
eggs/fish for sale and a generally fun time for all
who attended. I took
home more than I had room for, of course, and managed
to get decent prices
for the fish and eggs I sold. Y'all should attend next
year. We do this one
up right.
Oh yeah, and we have the best beer in the continent
here in OR. Even the
Germans were impressed. ;-)
Julie <><
>From: Scott Davis <unclescott at prodigy.net>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: RE: [RML] NANFA-L-- new US postal
regulations (fwd)
>Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 12:01:26 -0700 (PDT)
>
>That would be great. Always nice to hang with kindrid
>"spirits." Didn't you also frequent one of the killie
>lists sometime back. Maybe your moniker is just
>familiar from the RML.
>
>Every now and then we sneak some rainbow eggs into a
>killie auction. We have to work to pay the bills on
>killie evenys, but there is something of a community
>of interest among killie and rainbow keepers. I think
>of rainbows as large killie who swim well. What works
>for most lampeyes works for many blue eyes. What
works
>for Lamp. tanganikanus works for large rainbows.
>
>Heck maybe a killie show with an aside on rainbows
>would lure somebody like Gary Lange up here. In fact,
>I think I met him at a killie show here many moons
>ago. Some of the same shops which carry decent
>rainbows also carry killies.
>
>There're too many other agendas to follow this week.
>I'll try to remember to mention that to the killie
>faithful here a month or so after our show. :)
>
>Probably a long shot, but who knows.
>
>All the best!
>Scott
>
>--- "Brett E. Kemker, Ph.D." <kemker at latech.edu>
>wrote:
> > Scott-
> >
> > Yeah, I caught that when I wrote it and wondered
if
> > anyone would comment. I
> > have the same sense of humor. Wish I could attend
> > that killie meeting.
> > Maybe next year as I have a brother who lives in
> > Chicago. It would be a good
> > excuse to see him.
> >
> >
> >
> > Good things,
> > -Brett
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >
> > From: Scott Davis [unclescott at prodigy.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:07 PM
> > To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [RML] NANFA-L-- new US postal
> > regulations (fwd)
> >
> >
> >
> > > These services cost an awful lot but I never
seem
> > to
> > > mind too much after the fish arrive in good
> > spirits.
> >
> > Wouldn't water be a better shipping medium? ;)
> >
> > All the best is fun.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > Anyone in the Chicago area this weekend? There's a
> > pretty darn good killie show on the docket.
> > http://chika.aka.org/
> >
> >
> >
> > _____
> >