Roy Hunter
Co-Chairman
ANGFA of North America
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> From: Cary Hostrawser <caryho at ix.netcom.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [RML] Home page
> Date: Wednesday, January 29, 1997 9:03 PM
>
> Actually Roy I get all the response to my mops via the Rainbow Times
> that I can keep up with. There was a time when I sold things via the
> net but most folks just picked my brain for alot of info and never
> ordered. Its not that I mind helping folks out, but once somebody has
> shown enough interest to join a club like RSG or ANGFA they've already
> qualified themselves as being serious about raising bows from mops.
> Most people that contacted me via the internet just wanted higher
> quality fish than the shops have, at a price less than it costs me to
> raise them. They generally didn't even want to try a mop. On occasion
> they've tried to talk me into selling my adults, without which I
> wouldn't have future generations. I hope you have better luck with the
> internet than I did, excepting folks already in RSG, I found internet
> sales were fish that never stayed around to breed anyhow. I know they
> certainly didn't stay around for other serious bow keepers to get
> stock from.
>
>
> In The Dawn of the Third Age "Roy Hunter" <rainbows01 at sprynet.com>
> woke me from my contemplation by writing
> >Cary, I sure would like to put your fish listing on line if you dont
mind,
> >and any other ANGFA member that is offering fish or eggs for sale. All
the
> >newbees are wanting to know where to get fish and if you guys dont give
me
> >your lists then they wont know what you all have.. It is like trying to
get
> >blood out of a rock with people on this and here we are preaching that
we
> >need to make fish available to people to help insure the fish will hold
> >their own in the hobby but we dont list... now to me that is an
oxymoron!
>
> Cary Hostrawser
>
> Minnesota Aquarium Society
> http://www.mn-aquarium.org/
>
> Rainbowfish Study Group of North America
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