Re: Re: [RML] wish list
Bruce Hansen (bhansen at ozemail.com.au)
Sun, 14 Sep 1997 08:26:03 +1000
> From: John Dowden <ejdowden at mindspring.com>
> To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Subject: RE: Re: [RML] wish list
> Date: Sunday, 14 September 1997 6:24
>
>
> I think Roy has done wonders for the propigation of rainbows in the US
and
> for the record he does NOT over charge for fish. Keeping a lot of fish (
> and he keeps a lot more fish than anyone in know) is very time consuming
and
> expensive, but add to that the cost of going to OZ,gettting the fish out
of
> OZ, and getting them into the US the cost quickly skyrockets.
>
John has been kind enough to highlight one of my little grievances - mostly
it is not possible to bring back commercial numbers of fish from collecting
trips, just enough to breed from if you are lucky. Then you get home let
your fish grow a bit and before you know it visitors appear from everywhere
and want you to give preferrably, or sell as a last resort, their pick of
your treasuresand at prices they couldn't get Guppies for at the local
petshop.
I have estimated that an average pair of Rainbows or blue -eyes from one of
my trips to Cape York or Darwin costs me about $50 all up. And I can tell
you I have never sold a pair of fish for even half that - most of the fish
I have parted with are gifts, exchanges or go through club auctions
Wild fish each have a story attached to themand that's why I like to write
my little "travelogues" for "Fishes of Sahul" so that others can get a feel
for the efforts behind the story and perhaps appreciate the fish, their
habitat and their multi-facetted value more.
Cheers
Bruce