Anyhoo, from what I understand, these fish come up occasionally when wells
are drilled. And certain unscrupulous collectors can buy them from certain
unscrupulous drillers. I don't think it's legal, but since the fish are
probably going to die any way (I don't know if there's a way of getting them
back down the well), I don't see too much harm in it UNLESS it encourages
drillers to go after them. I just know that it's possible to score these
fish that way.
Chris Scharpf
Baltimore
> From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
> Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 04:17:13 EDT
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Satan and Trogloglanis
>
> In a message dated 7/22/02 11:08:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> ichthos_at_charm.net writes:
>
> << Just curious, why was the person requesting info? Or was a batch of the
> critters purchased from an oil driller?
>>>
> That is a good question, when I started looking for info about the Satan cat
> I was very interested in breeding them. I was told that specimens were
> impossible to get. has this changed?
>
> Moon
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