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echo: nanfe
to: ROBERT RICE
from: ROBBY DITTMANN
date: 1997-01-07 09:43:00
subject: Re: chemistry

 RR> Actually most" PET STORE" fish are wild caught and the 
 RR> die off from collecting and shipping from such remote 
 RR> parts of the world is very high....FYI all neon tetras 
 RR> are wild caught in the rainforest of southamerica the 
 RR> natives ar paid less than 1/4 a cent......and the loss 
 RR> rate is well over 80%....
Wow.  Thanks.  I didn't know that.  I just assumed there were little fish 
farms growing them for the stores.  What is the scale of the depletion 
problem?
Robby
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