I (fixed) my Madness spiked water.....
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Not to rail on Dominic as he is a great guy, the amount of hybrids in that store are truly a reason to :vomit: ! His freshwater section is pretty much hybrid infested at this point. I understand that they sell and he has a business to run but The fact that he now has a constant source for a few different types ( i believe "hoffas" and red tiger/dovii mixes) is terrible as these will quickly infiltrate the market and create even MORE hybrids! If it were up to me a giant tub of clove oil and a massive net would do just fine! Sorry for the rant, I truly dislike hybrids tho!
its unfortunately the reason i stopped making the trek out there. too many hybrids and unknown fish to take a chance (especially for the price there). i remember once i saw a cyp of some kind in there for 100$ (some black neon or some BS) anyways sry to tag onto the rant but the only way to stop places like this is to stop going there. saltwater theyre amazing but they need to just get outta freshwater.
unfortunately, the kid I got that midevil from who had bought my old texas/dovii (accidental hybrid from a poorly stalked tank of mine a few years ago before I really understood the differences in male vs. female ) would not sell it to me. Instead he is trying to get it to breed with a female texas of his . I would love to have it back and it could live with some other males in my house (and thus preventing any more hybrids)....., but he isn't willing to part with it(I kinda think because I want it)
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Is that the same kid madness has tried to deal with? I know he he goes off when the subject comes up! Maybe not the type of person that is pleasant to deal with!
Sorry for derailing to the hybrid topic lloyd, quite an irritating topic for me and others on here when it comes up!
I agree Anthraxx. I let them know about a way to reach a bigger customer base in the freshwater department by basically redoing the fresh and bringing in a sizeable order of healthy, colorful cichlids from rapps or the like. I said they may be amazed at the new types/amount of people that come in if that were to happen. As of late I have been unable to buy fish that I really don't know the history. Well, hybrids are here to stay so the best I can do to help is get in on group orders on here to KNOW I am getting awesome quality fish and if I breed them I will be putting pure, quality fish into the hobby, like most breeders on here.
Cheers to the fishbox breeders! :cheers:
Sorry for derailing to the hybrid topic lloyd, quite an irritating topic for me and others on here when it comes up!
I agree Anthraxx. I let them know about a way to reach a bigger customer base in the freshwater department by basically redoing the fresh and bringing in a sizeable order of healthy, colorful cichlids from rapps or the like. I said they may be amazed at the new types/amount of people that come in if that were to happen. As of late I have been unable to buy fish that I really don't know the history. Well, hybrids are here to stay so the best I can do to help is get in on group orders on here to KNOW I am getting awesome quality fish and if I breed them I will be putting pure, quality fish into the hobby, like most breeders on here.
Cheers to the fishbox breeders! :cheers:
Yes, same kiddo. no worries on derailing. I enjoy the discussion as I am not opposed to hybrids completely. In fact, I even own 3 (but with zero plans to breed) and they definitely fill a niche in the hobby. I also enjoy looking at them and trying to guess what the parents are. But I also feel sad that the hobby is going toward having to collect your own fish from the wild, or special ordering them from select vendors to actually get the fish that you want.....
Addicted, I also would love to have a LFS that was a direct importer of Rapps fish, or the other reputable sources that seem to be sprinkled along the east coast and florida.....until then, I will just buy from people on here that are trustworthy.
thanks for the good discussion. I have enjoyed this thread!
Addicted, I also would love to have a LFS that was a direct importer of Rapps fish, or the other reputable sources that seem to be sprinkled along the east coast and florida.....until then, I will just buy from people on here that are trustworthy.
thanks for the good discussion. I have enjoyed this thread!
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Exactly! People think that ordering from Rapps or the like for a business order is far too expensive. I say if his prices and shipping are more than reasonable for me, they most certainly will be for a business! It's worth a shot and I'm still not done bugging him about it! If all the breeders on the Box got together we could essentially create a west coast faction of Rapps/Gauges' operation! hehelloyd378 said:
sorry, I tried my hand at African's last summer /fall, but unfortunately wasn't my cup of tea (I apparently had low quality fish). But that doesn't mean that I wouldn't appreciate the chance to have local breeders in the area with high quality Africans to fill one of my empty tanks.Anthraxx said:sigh, no mention of awesome african breeders
Maybe we can talk Aquarium Co-Op into opening a second store in Tacoma that focused on CA/ SA ,and also African cichlids.....that could be a win-win for all of us!