Re: A. cf. pulchra (Abracaxis) / sp. Wilhelmi

[Ade Lau <adelau@uwyo.edu>]

Hey Dominic, How far are you from US border? I got a suggestion in helping
you getting fishes to US if you don't live too far. If you are selling your
pulchra sp., how much will you ask for them?

Ade

At 09:17 AM 4/4/02 -0800, you wrote:
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>Ok Thanks to all who responded to what I thought was just a sidebar!
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>Yes, it would appear that my fish is the same as in the pic kindly
>sent to me by Mike Wise - that is A. cf. pulchra 
>(Abacaxis)/sp.Wilhelmi. The original parents were a wild caught
>trio. I spawned them over and over in a 20 gallon high, with
>sand bottom. The tank was sponge filtered, packed with jave moss
>and fern. I never looked at the pH, but my water changes were
>about 90 percent RO. The fish fed on brine shrimp, mysis, bloodworms
>and tetra sinking bits. They shared the tank with a group of
>beckfordi pencil fish. I currently have approximately 30 fry
>of varying sizes, a few of whom are definitely sexable. I guess
>my first move is to start breeding them again (and remove the
>A. pucallpaensis pair from their tank).
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>Then I will definitely be looking for homes for the rest. However,
>I haven't shipped fish before, so I'm a little unsure as to how
>to proceed.
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>To be honest, I found the A. Hoignei and the A. galaxy? that
>I've just been breeding tougher. And you all know about my issues
>with borellii!
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>Thank you to everyone for your help.
>
>Dominic Stones
>Richmond Hill Ontario
>Canada
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