Write to all the big chain stores and tell them how much they
SUCK! I did, and got free coupons in the mail. Then send the coupons
back, with another letter that says...Did you read the first letter?
Support the independents, travel out of the way if you have to,
buy your fish at local fish club meetings and auctions. Search out other
hobbyists...there out there, right in your area. And then there are the
native species, always cool and fun to catch...and FREE! (Most of the
time).
Rick Rego
MA/New England Reg. Rep.
On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 12:50:54 -0700 "Rhonda Wilson"
<gupp_at_naturalaquariums.com> writes:
> And they're often sick and don't live anyway. They also don't offer
> females if they can avoid it so you can't breed them yourself
> either.
> Not only fish but I thought I'd get some mice for some old cracked
> tanks
> I have. I've bred mice and gerbils several times in the past. They
> only
> sale males of those too. I looked at some parakeets they had for
> sale
> and sure enough they were all males too. So what we have is sickly
> mass
> bred animals of all kinds and only males to boot. Then the US
> postal
> service stops shipping animals (at least according to their rules)
> so
> that not only do you have the problem with lack of good availability
> in
> local stores but you can't reasonably trade or buy good animals
> from
> other breeders. It's a really bad situation.
>
> It's not just fish it's the big business crowding out all sorts of
> other
> things. As a nation we've traded low prices for quality and
> selection.
>
> Rhonda
>
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> http://naturalaquariums.com/
>
>
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