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"Rick" wrote in message
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I agree with Rick. Your most important parameters are...
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NetMax


as usual another well written response..
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Rick

I'm just more wordy than you are ;~)

If you don't mind my asking, at what size do you find that the Krib fry
transport well and what compensation do you get from the LFS? I had a
fellow offer me one month old fry, and he wanted a couple of bucks
apiece. I told them I'd give him 50 cents apiece in credit (to use for
store purchases) when they were 3 months old. I'd really rather not have
taken them, as their size demands a separate tank ($$) and they wouldn't
be marketable for a few months (more $$ lost in food, care and lost tank
space), but I like to help out hobbyists (who sometimes get annoyed that
I seem so cheap). Sometimes I'll put fry in plant tanks (and they slowly
disappear, inadvertently getting sold with plants ;~) I usually try to
dissuade people from selling me their fry, by telling them that they
should take them to the local aquarium society's monthly auction (put
them back into the hobbyists pool), but I think they find some
unsuspecting LFS who doesn't have much business acumen and probably kills
them off anyways.

NetMax



I do take a lot of fish to our aquarium society however just about everyone
has the fish or has had them. Some of the stores I deal with give me 50% of
their retail price of what ever fish I'm selling. These Kribs are 3/4" ,
some maybe a bit more and a few a bit less and they are going for $1.50 each
to the store. The main store I deal with and not the one that bought the
Kribs gives me credit which is good for both of us as he get's the fish at
50% of what he sells them for and I pay retail price for anything I buy
using my credit less my 10% discount they offer to Aquarium Society members.
If I grew the Kribs out to a 1 1/2 or so I would expect to receive about
$3.50 each on credit.

Rick