Re: apisto pairs

["S. Ong" <sab_ong@yahoo.com>]

What was the price that they gave you for the fish you
bought?

--- John Wubbolt <BigJohnW@webtv.net> wrote:
> Hello Sam Yung
> I would venture to say i know the source of your pet
> shops fish.   Just
> north of Toronto in Orilla Ontario, there is a place
> called Rift Valley
> lake breeders that supply alot of african to the
> shops in southern,
> eastern Ontario and west Quebec.
> The people that run this place do breed quite a bit
> of the fish the sell
> but also bring in alot of wild caught fish.   I have
> purchased
> Cacatuoides and Borellis from them at the last OCA
> Cichlid Extravaganza
> this past november.
> The fish they sell are of really really good
> quality.   As a matter of
> fact I'm picking up fish from the at the end of this
> coming week.   I
> haven't had a single problem with the fish i bought
> from them, all still
> alive and doing well.  I picked up A. Agassizi
> Red/gold, Cacatuoides
> Double reds and sp Opal ( Borelli type) from them,
> very nice fish, plus
> they had a very nice selection of westies.   My
> point here being ( sorry
> for rambling) is that I would guess if there was
> problems with the fish
> you bought it came from inproper conditions at the
> pet shop and not from
> the wholesaler.    Judith Irwins fish are really
> good quality stuff, not
> just the apistos but her african rift lake stuff
> too.    I don't mean to
> plug her products but i will defend her.    I gladly
> and openly defend
> anyone i have had good dealings with.
> 
> I guess my next logical question would be what kind
> of water conditions
> are you trying to keep your fish in?   What kinds of
> foods do you use
> and how often do you do water changes?   Food,
> temperature, water
> quality and water changes will drastically effect
> the fish you keep.
> 
> If you have any other question, feel free to contact
> me off list if you
> want, i always love trying to help someone out who's
> into dwarf cichlids
> or any kind of fish for that matter.  
> 
> John Wubbolt
> 
> 
> 
>
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