or, "what's new in the fish life of BrianNY".
I've a friend who had a spectacular discus hatchery here on Long Island. A while back he informed me he was moving to northern WI (which seems like an odd place to breed discus), because he wanted a more rural life and he could reduce his expenses (taxes alone on LI are ridiculous).
He asked me to do him a favor. He only wanted to keep his best breeding pairs and would I care for them until his new hatchery in WI was completed. In the deal I was going to get lots of equipment as I didn't have the tanks to house all of the fish he wanted to keep. So...prior to his move he began dropping off tanks, stands, filters and of course his prize discus. Fifteen pair to be exact. Hey, I was happy to help him out as I knew he just couldn't cart them there with the moving van and I was getting some 1st rate stuff. I would have done it for nothing, but it still seemed like a win/win.
The plan was he was going to fly back to NY, spend a few days here, pack up his fish and air freight them home when his new hatchery was completed by early October. A few weeks ago he told me construction was slower than expected (we all know how that can happen), and he didn't want to fly the fish during the winter months. Would I keep them until spring? Because I'm his friend and because he'd always been so helpful to me I said sure. Besides, what was I going to do, throw them out? Well anyway I began to think something wasn't right.
Today I got an email from him. He told me he was quitting the discus breeding business for a while. He was glad his best fish had a good home and I should start breeding them because he was giving them to me. 8O
I've a friend who had a spectacular discus hatchery here on Long Island. A while back he informed me he was moving to northern WI (which seems like an odd place to breed discus), because he wanted a more rural life and he could reduce his expenses (taxes alone on LI are ridiculous).
He asked me to do him a favor. He only wanted to keep his best breeding pairs and would I care for them until his new hatchery in WI was completed. In the deal I was going to get lots of equipment as I didn't have the tanks to house all of the fish he wanted to keep. So...prior to his move he began dropping off tanks, stands, filters and of course his prize discus. Fifteen pair to be exact. Hey, I was happy to help him out as I knew he just couldn't cart them there with the moving van and I was getting some 1st rate stuff. I would have done it for nothing, but it still seemed like a win/win.
The plan was he was going to fly back to NY, spend a few days here, pack up his fish and air freight them home when his new hatchery was completed by early October. A few weeks ago he told me construction was slower than expected (we all know how that can happen), and he didn't want to fly the fish during the winter months. Would I keep them until spring? Because I'm his friend and because he'd always been so helpful to me I said sure. Besides, what was I going to do, throw them out? Well anyway I began to think something wasn't right.
Today I got an email from him. He told me he was quitting the discus breeding business for a while. He was glad his best fish had a good home and I should start breeding them because he was giving them to me. 8O