Re: Aquatek of Austin.

[Dave Gomberg <gomberg@wcf.com>]

For you apisto followers who are also into plants, Aquatek is pretty cool 
on plants too.

At 02:41 PM 10/1/01 +0000, you wrote:
> Hello Fellow Apistonuts,
>
> Boy oh boy!!!  I wanted to give anyone who is down in Austin, TX the heads 
> up on a wonderful store that caters to the South American enthusiast.  The 
> store is called Aquatek and it's the candy store of apisto-south American 
> nuts.  I haven't been to a store like this in Dallas or in Oklahoma City, 
> two towns I've lived in for a while.  It was literally like going into a 
> candy store and not knowing what type of candy you wanted to get.  All I 
> can say is WOW!  I was able to get a bunch of apistos that I've been 
> wanting to work with for a while.  Let's see, there were some great 
> looking wild borelli, some crenicichla compressiseps that had paired off 
> in the store, a beautiful pair of macmasteri that had just spawned in the 
> store recently, and some pandurinis.  All were beautiful fish and were 
> extremely healthy.
> They adjusted to the tanks and some even started displaying to each other 
> immediately.
>
> Anyways, thanks Tom Wood for mentioning the store on internet.  I would 
> have never thought to go to the store, if someone on this list hadn't 
> mentioned it.  There were so many types of apistos, rare tetras, 
> pencilfish, rare gouramis, west African cichlids, etc. that I couldn't 
> make up which to get for almost 2 hours.  Too much fun.  I also got a 
> chance to meet Marc Whittle who was a very nice host and showed told me 
> about the fish and where they were collected from in the Amazon.  Very 
> knowledgable person and a very cordial host.
>
> Anyways, thought I'd mention the store if anyone is in Austin.  Drop in 
> the store and meet some of the great staff they have in the store.
>
> Bailin Shaw
> DFW Aquatic Plant Club
>
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