I'm glad you guys had fun Rich............but the question we all have that were with John at the ACA show in Cleveland is..............."did you set eyes on the "Blue Goop""?................now at Cleveland HE was drinking it.........it is now purported that he actually puts it in his tanks to stimulate breeding.........in a weak moment did he speak of this mixture????? Mike Mike Jacobs Center for Advanced Technologies Lakewood H.S. St Pete, Fl 33705 mjacobs2@tampabay.rr.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Grenfell" <rgrenfell@snet.net> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:15 PM Subject: NEC event > Went last evening, and for a bit today... great event guys! Met up with > Big John and traded in my Cacatuoides breeders for a group of his > njisseni > THANKS JOHN! They are settling in nicely. Not much in the way of fish > vendors... but waterlife was there, with some pretty nice stuff. Triple > red cacs, super red aggies, and some REALLY nice rams. I was going to > pick up a few today, but they were gone by the time i got there :( > There were a few people with fish in their rooms and I stumbled upon a > GREAT find! Biotoecus opercularis, (Steindachner 1875) really neat > little guys! And expensive! For reference see Linke and Staeck DC's a > handbook for ID care and breeding p. 163 > For better pics go here : http://blackwater.50megs.com/bio.htm > > I think Big John picked some up too so he'll probably post about them as > well. It was actually pretty funny to go into a room at a hotel like the > marriot and see people with fish tanks set up all over the furniture! > The maid musta loved it! > I'll be going tomorrow as well, for the big auction. but with the loot I > dropped on those Biotoecus.... I probably won't buy much unless I see > something REALLY irresistable. Had too much real life stuff to do today, > so I didn't get to see any of the speakers. big John did though, so > you'll be hearing from him. Anyway, just wanted to drop a line... and > i'll post about the auction tomorrow... > > Be well, > Rich > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. > For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, > email apisto-request@listbox.com. > Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!