some beani pictures
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kennye86;2782705; said:
house64 and i sold sold some of our beani to don conkel (4 fish in total). we believe right now he is the best person with the expertise and space (how can you go wrong with acres and acres of land with ponds etc.) to bring this fish back into the hobby.
when we first got beani we had this vision to try and be the people to breed them and bring them back into the hobby. fast forward a few months later we started to realize the enormity of that task
also, reality checks came along the way with work commitments and just the hectic pace of life in general. hence we made the choice to keep some of our beani, but to sell the 'extras' (are there really extra beani lying around?? 
lol) to don, who we have bought fish from a few times (do NOT make this a thread about don conkel... if you have opinions on him, keep them to yourself. my honest TWO cent opinion of him based of my own experience is he's an awesome person to deal with and all the BS about him having diseased fish or promoting hybrids is just that), spoken to in person, and honestly believe has the space, time, dedication and expertise to raise these little guys into true monsters and hopefully breed them in the future. furthermore, there are other excellent hobbyists doing their part to bring the beani back into the hobby; joefatfish, ruck fules amongst others, so we felt safe in the knowledge that efforts to bring the fish back were underway and were not contained just in one or two people.
so if you contacted me in the past about getting these fish, hopefully you understand why i made the choice to sell to a commercial breeder. it has nothing to do with you or your abilities to breed fish. we wanted to send our fish to someone who can make it available to the wider hobby.
i'm glad you guys like these fish. they are pretty neat. they are finicky at times but you just need to know what to do with them. hopefully some day they will be as common again as red devils or convicts...
ewok;2783438; said:house64 and i sold sold some of our beani to don conkel (4 fish in total). we believe right now he is the best person with the expertise and space (how can you go wrong with acres and acres of land with ponds etc.) to bring this fish back into the hobby.
when we first got beani we had this vision to try and be the people to breed them and bring them back into the hobby. fast forward a few months later we started to realize the enormity of that task
furthermore, there are other excellent hobbyists doing their part to bring the beani back into the hobby; joefatfish, ruck fules amongst others, so we felt safe in the knowledge that efforts to bring the fish back were underway and were not contained just in one or two people.
so if you contacted me in the past about getting these fish, hopefully you understand why i made the choice to sell to a commercial breeder. it has nothing to do with you or your abilities to breed fish. we wanted to send our fish to someone who can make it available to the wider hobby.
i'm glad you guys like these fish. they are pretty neat. they are finicky at times but you just need to know what to do with them. hopefully some day they will be as common again as red devils or convicts...
Amen.
ewok;2783438; said:
I'll be keeping an eye out for them to become available from Don... As they are virtually unavailble in the UK... rumour is there is none in the UK....
Come on Don get them fishies breeding lol.... The UK needs them!
ewok - You mean they aren't 12" and breeding for you yet man? What happened to that magical MV tap water?!?!??!
darth pike;2783782; said:ewok - You mean they aren't 12" and breeding for you yet man? What happened to that magical MV tap water?!?!??!
LOL
i haven't turned on the tap yet
i've actually had a horrible fish keeping streak in the last couple of months. got a huge disease breakout right now in my south american grow out tank.
ich, white spot, fin rot all at the same time. i think i got it from these wild swordtails my friend got for me... lost a ton of fish 
in any case, back on topic. thanks for the comments
i really hope don does them good. i think he said they were going to a 1500 grow out tank of sorts. they should hit 10-12" by years end at that rate 
i'm thinking we sold don 1 male and 3 females. mine were a bit too small to sex. but i'm sure we have at least 1 male and 1 female.
VMike;2783814; said:Kudos to you Ewok! Good job!
cheers, mike.
hopefully everyone can enjoy this great fish in the coming year and beyond!
ewok;2783438; said:
meant to say 'we'...
actually house arranged this whole thing with don, so more kudos are due to him. i just made the crazy drive to infinite aquatics to deliver the fish for shipping. nothing else. nope, nothing more than that other than sitting through awesome california traffic, bagging up fish, spending time, getting drenched in tank water. nope... nothing else other than that.
i'm just messing around.
