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A Look at the American Killifish Association

The American Killifish Association (AKA), founded in 1962, is the oldest national aquarium group in the hobby and has served as a model for most of the other national groups which followed. Being a national association, it has no monthly meetings or other general activities associated with a local aquarium society. Rather the AKA promotes the study, enjoyment, propagation, conservation and dissemination of information about killifish. The AKA has established many programs to ensure its goals are met (i.e., committees which focus on publications, video and slide sales, fish and egg listings and species maintenance). A number of regional clubs throughout the United States have become affiliated clubs. These clubs meet regularly, and some hold local shows. The affiliates are one of the best ways to find others locally who share an interest in killifish. The AKA holds a single annual meeting at its national convention and killifish show.

The establishment of the AKA has led to the formation of other killifish organizations worldwide. Organizationally, two critical parts of the bylaws drawn up by Al Klee (one of the AKA’s founding members) and approved by the Charter Committee ensured that the group would not become a local or regional group as others had so that there would be representation from different parts of the country.

Marketing and Selling Aquarium Fish | Infolific

Successful fish breeders obviously need to find homes for all the young fish they produce. Buying more and more aquariums in which to house them rapidly loses favor as an option for most people. Giving them away to family and friends is often a popular way to find homes for the young fish, but usually just for the first few. Selling the fry at fish auctions or to pet stores is by far the most popular way to move large numbers of fish out of a successful breeder's aquariums.

Selling their surplus fish to pet stores is an attractive option for many breeders. They know that the store is making a monetary investment when they buy fish from them, so the fish will likely be properly cared for. In addition, getting money or aquarium supplies in exchange for the fish certainly has its appeal. Pet stores are businesses and, as such, operate differently than a hobbyist may think they do. The first thing you need to understand is the general pricing structure used by stores. If you just look at the retail price tag of the fish in a pet store, you might get the impression that there is lots of money to be made breeding fish and selling them to these businesses; an example of this is a fancy angelfish that might retail for $5 in a pet store. Most people understand that the stores need to make a profit, and that the store obviously didn't pay $5 for those fish. The shock sets in when you learn that the pet store may have paid only 75 cents for that fish from a wholesale fish farm in Florida.