Tim, I believe the strain of halfbeaks we are holding is Nomorhamphus sp.1,Sentani, according to the Aqualog book on Livebears & Halfbeaks, But I could be...
Hey guys, I am a member of the ALA, and the Chairman of the PNWL. So tell me how you came accross the Nomorhamphus sp 1 that you are talking about. Doran...
... Hi Doran, Thanks for signing in. I have not seen these fish myself yet. We hope to get them round & put some out to BLA members but keep a brood stock in...
Tim, Saying that they are imported is fine. I just wondered if you had collected them or obtained them from someone else. I agree that all halfbeaks are...
Hi all. Placed a few photos of the halfbeaks we have in one of the photo albums, and it appears I was wrong in naming them Nom.sp.1 Santani I believe them now...
... Al, don't lose them I just cleaned out a tank to take them!!! Perhaps you better give them to me now. That clear roof in my fish house with all those sunny...
Ten members are now registered on this new site. A newsgroup can only become credible & survive if members participate with a few questions, comments or a bit...
Just out of curiosity how hard is it to import fish from the UK, to the US? Not professionally just a guy who has a few fish he wants to bring back in his...
... to the ... bring ... Hi Doran, I took tropical fish to the ALA convention in Kalamazoo last year. All I needed was to get an import/export licence from USA...
Now that I have joined the list I was interested in seeing who else has joined. There is a link to the Pacific Northwest Livebearer Club. The website has a...
The list at PNWL is a list of species of livebearing fish. It is a work in progress. We hope to someday have a picture and breif essay on each species. I am...
There is one species of halfbeak in which the male coloration is a dusky black. There is a very good article on them, with an identification, in an old aqualog...
I would be very interested in a copy of the paper that you mention, thankyou. I have posted a photo of one of my N. Towoetii. As soon as the tank was...
okay, I easily located the article but now I have to wait for my partner to come inside and see if he can figure out how to send it (our computer is new and we...
The new BLA site is now online & can be found at http://www.killifish.f9.co.uk/BLA/Index.htm I won't boar you with computer geek talk but eventually you will...
The BLA domain is now up & running & the site can be accessed at britishlivebearerassociation.co.uk It looks a bit of a mouthful but bla.co.uk was occupied....
The BLA website is up & running but the counter has been showing some problems with some browsers which I cannot understand. I will work on this later (it's...
Nothing on the group about the auction. I got the feeling it was poorly attended or am I wrong? Fish prices were a bit low as a result. For a spring auction I...
I thought that the auction was good in many ways. The attendance could have been better (I suspect that the weather was the problem) but as the venue moves...
... have placed a reserve of two pounds if they wanted, but clearly they were not worried about it. Oh Steve you are so right. At the Midland auction we do...
Just got back from the Danish Convention. Fish prices were really good and realistic. I think there was a record in the amount that they took. Excellent...
Hi all guys, I got back home yesterday evening...Just would like to thank you all (David,Peter,Ivan,Steve,Bob and John) for the great weekend we spent...
... OK you've whetted our appetites. Everyone seems to have been to Denmark but nobody has said anything about what fish were there, what was brought back & ...
I do not remember all the species that where on the auction,but will try to give you a idea of the selection. X.signum X.malinche X.alvarezi X.helleri ...
Hello Steve, Total sale in the auction in Denmark was a little bit over 25000 DKK,( 3333 euro) Personally I think the prices were quite good for buyers,as...
I have someone working on a report of the weekend which will be included in a BLA magazine. Have you seen the photos ? I have them here in my pocket.............
Regarding auctions, What about having a section for all european livebearer events on the website,then we would not have to surf around to find out what,and...
... I have an import from Holland I've kept going for a few years. How many populations are known & how do they vary? Mine are highly variable in colour...