Hi M,
The ocampo location was very nice but I ran out of room so I choose the unspotted strain as they have better color. I use to have X. nezahaulcoylt (3 populations), montezumae (3 populations), signum, clemencae, hi fin and hi fin lyretail swords, gordoni, couchianus, evelynae, helleri Jalapa location(spelling?), cortzei, xiphidium, monty x helleri hybrids and malinche. It was just too much!
I'm going to get a Beginner's Guide for sure. I was asked to do the Introduction but just never got to it.
The World of Killies are great books if you are really into killies. The keeping and breeding information is the weakest part of the book but the more scientific/species information is excellent. Vol 4 is very good -- mainly on Nothos. For information, old copies of JAKA that they sell would be better so I'd use the money for those. When I send the monties I'll copy a great resource for you.
Bobby