If you really want some more desert gobies, you might want to look at Wet
Thumb Aquatics. It's where I got the ones I used to have. She also has
peacock gudgeons. Also, some assorted rainbowfish. See
http://www.wetthumbaquatics.com/fish_list.htm. The gobies are not always
listed but it can't hurt to email and ask. Don't ask why, but the gobies are
listed under catfish. :)
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Zeppieri" <bowluvr at hotmail.com>
To: <r_m_l at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [RML] Finding boesemani
>
> Hah. ;-)
>
> Even when you take precautions and breed your fish pass your fish around
to
> a bunch of people, don't expect they will have any when you need some back
> either. And sometimes you will. I have had this happen too many times to
> ever believe it helps to to do things this way. :-(
>
> Not just rainbows either, but Desert Gobies (TWO locations of these!) and
> Mogurnda pulchra. Gone, gone, gone. Never to be had again. Several
rainbows,
> too. If you get em, try to keep em. This can be difficult, sadly.
>
> If you can find a GOOD place to stash an extra group outside your fish
room,
> *keep tabs on them* so you know how they are doing and that they are still
> there if you lose yours. Best yet, get a dedicated local rainbow buddy.
Then
> you can swap stock. I wish I had this here, since much of the stuff I gave
> away/sent off/sold was to other parts of the country and I couldn't keep
> track of it. Having someone locally would have helped me a LOT over the
past
> 6 years.
>
> I would kill for those Desert Gobies again. :-( I bred a bunch and
> gave/sold them to LOTS of people, too. Figured that would be a good way to
> get them established and be able to get more if I ever needed any. Now
they
> are both gone from the US hobby for all I know. Same with the Mogurnda.
100
> plus babies distributed all over the place. None to be had now.
Depressing.
>
> Julie <><
>
> FWIW, I have occaisional mops fo Mel. trifasciata "Upper Coen River" eggs
up
> on AquaBid currently, as my group is in "cooperation" mode right now. I
have
> had this line for at least 8 years (and 2 states). The other bows I have
are
> not currently in cooperation mode, so no eggs available. If anyone else
has
> rainbows or eggs to sell or trade maybe you could let the list know? Also,
> maybe put what country you are in so the appropriate people can connect
with
> you. Y'all know I'm a Yank, so that goes w/out saying, but I don't really
> know where everyone else is from still. Working on it. :-)
>
>
> >From: Gary Lange <rainbowfish4u2 at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> >To: r_m_l at yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [RML] Finding boesemani
> >Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 08:41:46 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >check out aquabid and look for rarefin at LAX. The fish that are being sold
> >are from Kent Webster and he has a really good strain of boesemani going
at
> >the time. Some of the stuff that comes out of the fishfarms in Florida
is
> >really a joke and hardly even looks like the original fish. This has
been
> >my battle here in the States for the last 10+ years, trying to get the
> >wholesalers not to keep and reproduce junk. They just can't help
> >themselves. If you do get a nice strain of "whatever" rainbowfish, don't
> >assume that you are going to be able to pick them up easily some time in
> >the future. We've had so many stories of people that move, get a divorce
> >or just get lazy in keeping their fish. They lose their fish and then
they
> >come crying because they didn't take any precautions. When you get them,
> >breed them and make sure you have them in more than one tank. Hopefully
> >that way you'll have them around for a long time.
> >
> >cheers,
> >gary lange
> >
> >ACBoals <acboals at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >Hey bowluvr thanks for the r_m_l information.
> >
> >Anyone out there have M. boesmani stock worth a dang? Everything
> >available that I can find are farm raised fish.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >