Helen My practices of fish rearing aren't for MONEY purposes as you suggest. Truthfully I rarely sell them, most of the time, i use my offspring for trade bait or give them to friends. Of all the apistos that I sent out to people this summer so far are only 2 people actually gave me money for fish. All the rest were for trades, I do like other types of fish, not just Apistos and many times people are willing to trade me uncommon anabantoids or killies for some hard to come by Apistos. I hope this doesn't make me a bad person. If so, oh well. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://altavista.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!