Actually I can get Desert Goby "Aquarium Strain" sorta locally if I am
patient. ;-) Not having to pay rarefish's *exorbitant* shipping prices is
a big plus for me. Only ever got dry goods from Wet Thumb, so have no clue
what they charge to ship... would not get em right now anyhow as it is still
too cold most places. ;-)
My point was that I had some rare ones with locations and lost em even tho I
put many into many hands. I would love to have those ones again, and am
truly sorry that I put stock in them being around to be able to get them
back. That was a mistake. I should have tried harder to find a way to keep
the ones I had. Hoping others will learn from my experience is all.
That being said, I have had an urge to play with the little buggers again
lately and may get some here soon. They are so darn CUTE! :-)
Thanks all for being so helpful. I will look into Wet Thumb and see what
they have to say regarding their shipping. Won't be seriously shopping for
those until later in spring so I have time to look.
Julie <><
>From: Gary Lange <rainbowfish4u2 at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [RML] Finding boesemani
>Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:44:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>kent also sells desert gobies on aquabid so you can find them under
>rarefish at lax thru his buddy Tanner. If you're in the LA area you can pick
>them up yourself.
>
>Gary Lange
>
>L Boorman <lisachromis at kent.net> wrote:
>Hi Julie,
>
>If you really want some more desert gobies, you might want to look at Wet
>Thumb Aquatics. It's where I got the ones I used to have. She also has
>peacock gudgeons. Also, some assorted rainbowfish. See
>http://www.wetthumbaquatics.com/fish_list.htm. The gobies are not always
>listed but it can't hurt to email and ask. Don't ask why, but the gobies
>are
>listed under catfish. :)
>
>Lisa
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Julie Zeppieri" <bowluvr at hotmail.com>
>To: <r_m_l at yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [RML] Finding boesemani
>
>
> >
> > Hah. ;-)
> >
> > Even when you take precautions and breed your fish pass your fish around
>to
> > a bunch of people, don't expect they will have any when you need some
>back
> > either. And sometimes you will. I have had this happen too many times to
> > ever believe it helps to to do things this way. :-(
> >
> > Not just rainbows either, but Desert Gobies (TWO locations of these!)
>and
> > Mogurnda pulchra. Gone, gone, gone. Never to be had again. Several
>rainbows,
> > too. If you get em, try to keep em. This can be difficult, sadly.
> >
> > If you can find a GOOD place to stash an extra group outside your fish
>room,
> > *keep tabs on them* so you know how they are doing and that they are
>still
> > there if you lose yours. Best yet, get a dedicated local rainbow buddy.
>Then
> > you can swap stock. I wish I had this here, since much of the stuff I
>gave
> > away/sent off/sold was to other parts of the country and I couldn't keep
> > track of it. Having someone locally would have helped me a LOT over the
>past
> > 6 years.
> >
> > I would kill for those Desert Gobies again. :-( I bred a bunch and
> > gave/sold them to LOTS of people, too. Figured that would be a good way
>to
> > get them established and be able to get more if I ever needed any. Now
>they
> > are both gone from the US hobby for all I know. Same with the Mogurnda.
>100
> > plus babies distributed all over the place. None to be had now.
>Depressing.
> >
> > Julie <><
> >
> > FWIW, I have occaisional mops fo Mel. trifasciata "Upper Coen River"
>eggs
>up
> > on AquaBid currently, as my group is in "cooperation" mode right now. I
>have
> > had this line for at least 8 years (and 2 states). The other bows I have
>are
> > not currently in cooperation mode, so no eggs available. If anyone else
>has
> > rainbows or eggs to sell or trade maybe you could let the list know?
>Also,
> > maybe put what country you are in so the appropriate people can connect
>with
> > you. Y'all know I'm a Yank, so that goes w/out saying, but I don't
>really
> > know where everyone else is from still. Working on it. :-)
> >
> >
> > >From: Gary Lange <rainbowfish4u2 at yahoo.com>
> > >Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> > >To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> > >Subject: Re: [RML] Finding boesemani
> > >Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:41:46 -0800 (PST)
> > >
> > >check out aquabid and look for rarefin at LAX. The fish that are being
>sold
> > >are from Kent Webster and he has a really good strain of boesemani
>going
>at
> > >the time. Some of the stuff that comes out of the fishfarms in Florida
>is
> > >really a joke and hardly even looks like the original fish. This has
>been
> > >my battle here in the States for the last 10+ years, trying to get the
> > >wholesalers not to keep and reproduce junk. They just can't help
> > >themselves. If you do get a nice strain of "whatever" rainbowfish,
>don't
> > >assume that you are going to be able to pick them up easily some time
>in
> > >the future. We've had so many stories of people that move, get a
>divorce
> > >or just get lazy in keeping their fish. They lose their fish and then
>they
> > >come crying because they didn't take any precautions. When you get
>them,
> > >breed them and make sure you have them in more than one tank.
>Hopefully
> > >that way you'll have them around for a long time.
> > >
> > >cheers,
> > >gary lange
> > >
> > >ACBoals <acboals at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >Hey bowluvr thanks for the r_m_l information.
> > >
> > >Anyone out there have M. boesmani stock worth a dang? Everything
> > >available that I can find are farm raised fish.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >