FREE FISH

[apistodave]

To anyone who wants I will send 5 gibbiceps, just pay shipping--20.00

 

[themountain]

You will send to Peru too?? If yes, tell me how much it will be!

 

[apistodave]

You will send to Peru too?? If yes, tell me how much it will be!

Sorry no

 

[themountain]

I thought so...its damn hard to get good fish over here...its ridiculous

 

[Mike Wise]

I thought so...its damn hard to get good fish over here...its ridiculous

Then why am I spending 4 weeks collecting new apistogramma species (hopefully) in Peru during September?? Honestly, Peru has some amazing apistos that are easy to get right outside of Iquitos.

 

[grumpy55]

To anyone who wants I will send 5 gibbiceps, just pay shipping--20.00

Dave,
I'd love some gibbiceps, I've had great luck with the other fish I've gotten from you.
Please give me until tomorrow to get our new account on paypal.
Thanks in advance,
Larry Kean

 

[themountain]

Then why am I spending 4 weeks collecting new apistogramma species (hopefully) in Peru during September?? Honestly, Peru has some amazing apistos that are easy to get right outside of Iquitos.

Unfortunately that I live in Lima though and the shops here cant sell this kind of fish because to the last of them they are exported

 

[Mike Wise]

Round trip LAN flight from Lima to Iquitos is ~$250/800 Soles. Add another $250 for living expenses for a week. I know it seems like a lot but if you brought back only 100 fish and could sell most of them in Lima, you would pay ~$5/16 Soles/fish. It's just a thought. My trips? I calculate that I pay ~$150/fish. Expensive fish but well worth the experience for me. Just think, almost stepped on by water buffaloes in your sleep (poor TomC), stepping over deadly Fer-de-Lance pit vipers, and being eaten a alive by swarms of mosquitoes who think insect repellant is a condiment? Priceless.

 

[rr16]

Round trip LAN flight from Lima to Iquitos is ~$250/800 Soles. Add another $250 for living expenses for a week. I know it seems like a lot but if you brought back only 100 fish and could sell most of them in Lima, you would pay ~$5/16 Soles/fish. It's just a thought. My trips? I calculate that I pay ~$150/fish. Expensive fish but well worth the experience for me. Just think, almost stepped on by water buffaloes in your sleep (poor TomC), stepping over deadly Fer-de-Lance pit vipers, and being eaten a alive by swarms of mosquitoes who think insect repellant is a condiment? Priceless.

Sounds like my dream. Part of me wishes I'd kept up on the research side of things as could have ended up working in Peru. Still, I'll go one day!

 

[rr16]

Think I'd be after some pencilfish if I were there too!

 

[Mike Wise]

Pencilfish always come home with me.

 

[rr16]

I recently bought some N. rubrocaudatus, so am hoping to be able to keep them ok. Had never taken an interest in pencils until I swapped a load of Poecillia wingei fry at an lfs for some N. beckfordi. Have liked pencils ever since. Only have those two species and N. eques (which were exhibiting spawning behaviour yesterday but couldn't see any eggs), but hoping to get some N. nitidus soon. Will be interesting to see what other fish you guys come across too.