>Kaycy, probably neither you nor anyone else wanted to hear this much, but >I thought your question was interesting. > >Don Don, I don't think it was too much. I'm am finding everyone's responses quite interesting. I think it gets all of us fish keepers thinking about WHY DO WE KEEP THE FISH WE KEEP? Until I was asked what species and how many in a group I had spawned I really hadn't thought about it either. I spent a couple hours trying to remember and find all my records of fish I have spawned in the past and then asked myself why. I too like the killies. In 92-93 I had spawned 18 different species and 5 of these were Peat spawners. My other main love is the Corys. I started doing some of the cichlids because I wanted to see a fish that took care of their eggs and fry. Corys ignore the eggs they lay except to eat them afterwards. I like all the little fish that are very beautifully colored. I also don't have to put up with the nasty attitudes of the larger cichlids. I'm enjoying reading everyone's response and I hope everyone else is enjoying them as well. Kaycy