Fwd: Re: D. Maculatus available?

["Ed Pon" <edpon@hotmail.com>]

>On Mon, 25 Aug 1997, Ed Pon wrote:
>
>> In the August 97 issue of TFH magazine, on page 20, in the 
Interesting 
>> Imports column, it is stated that "Regular imports have only begun in 
>> the past year."  This in reference to Dicrossus Maculatus.  Has 
anybody 
>> really seen any of these fish?
>
>We saw these at David Soares' place about a year ago.  Don't know if he
>was able to breed them.  He had gotten them from Germany through Uwe 
Romer
>(of course!).
>
>  - Erik
>
I think I had heard about the ones that David Soares got.  I was more 
interested in if they were available through retail channels.  To have a 
diverse gene-pool, it would be desirable to have more individuals be 
available than the few that David Soares had for starter stock.

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