> As for the syndicate idea, I've done it the past and yes, it is
>"caveat emptor". People know BEFORE they put up their money that all
>the fish may arrive at their door dead or someone may not be
>successful with his or her fish but on the whole everyone accepts the
>risk and rolls the dice. In my most recent experience with this format,
>6
>guys put up C$125 each and in return now have 5 different
>species/[populations swimming in their tanks. Everybody on average
>received 5 fish of each species produced from the original purchase.
>About C$5 per fish!! That works out to US$3.50 per fish!!! You can't do
>any better than that!
Actually I think its a great idea. But for folks that haven't
participated in this type of thing I thought I'd point out possible
risks. Personlly I feel it is worth the risks. And I've enjoyed the
thinking out loud, it helps to stimulate new ideas.
>BTW what news do you have on the Species Maint. program?
I've had much less response than I would of liked :-(
But everything has to start somewhere. I'll be speaking more about it
at the convention. If I spill everything here I won't have much to
speak about next weekend. But I am planning on keeping the list of
breeders on a web page. Its up now but needs to be updated. I'd also
like to have permission from particpants to put up a blind web page
with contact info. This means no links from anywhere. Only
participants would get the URL to access it. I feel one of the things
we need is more contact between people keeping bows and having easily
available contact info could help.
later
Cary Hostrawser
My Rainbowfish Home Page
http://pw2.netcom.com/~caryho/home.html
Rainbowfish Study Group Web Page
http://home.stlnet.com/~gwlange/rainbowfish.index.html