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Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 08:45:40 -0800 (PST)
From: Victorea Earnest <victoreae@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: bettas
To: Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com>
OK, this is what I'm thinking of right now:
1 pair b. coccina $7.50
(likes acid water)
5 unsexed b. imbellis $7.50
(neutral water is fine)
2 pairs b. falx (donated by me)
(neutral water is fine)
1 pair b. unimaculata (waiting on the price, most
likly around $15)
(Big fish related to b. macrostoma, OK in neutral
water)
This would be five bags of fish, and a pretty good mix
of species complexes.
Shipping will most likey be around $30 (two sources,
this is half)
The total would be around $60 (I'm guessing on the
shipping and the price of the b. unimaculata).
Is this OK? I will need to know today to make sure
that the fish are here in time.
Thank you
Victorea
--- Bob and Judy Holmes <jbholmes@nwlink.com> wrote:
> Hi Victorea. Thanks for the prompt response!
> The bettas you have would be most welcome as FOTM.
> A few days ago I contacted Yohan via email just to
> touch base with him. I
> gave him my phone # per his request so I expect a
> call soon. He wants to
> finalize his travel plans. Last I heard he was
> planning to come out a few
> days early to sightsee and maybe visit friends, so
> it might be inconvenient
> for him to bring fish with him. I'll ask him about
> it anyway when he calls.
> Our normal budget for FOTM averages about $40 but we
> can go higher - say
> $80 - for fish that would be considered rare or
> difficult to obtain. We
> like to have at least 4 bags containing 2 -6 fish
> per bag depending on the
> species. With bettas I would think a pair per bag
> would be good.
> I guess I'm really out of my league here, having no
> experience with either
> bettas or shipping fish, so I'd really like to leave
> it up to you to choose
> the species and source, if that's OK with you.
> Shipping would be fine if
> you wouldn't mind handling the details and all can
> be kept reasonably close
> to the budget. The FOTM winners may not have any
> experience in keeping wild
> bettas, so some of the more forgiving species would
> probably be best.
> Thank you so much for the effort you're putting into
> this.
>
> Bob
>
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