I am growing out some fry. Father is a HRP Rio Deppi, and mom is a HRP of unknown origin.
Can I sell these to a LFS as HRP?
Thanks....Bill
Can I sell these to a LFS as HRP?
Thanks....Bill
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Would they be hybrids if the same species from different collection points? I'm not and HRP expert but if you collected a Midas from lake A and another from lake B and breed them would they be hybrids? I'm sure plenty of people are breeding the same species without knowing the exact point of oragin. Unless ofcorse there is a marked differance in apperance. Interesting conversation topic though.
That's what I thought. ^^^ Unless there are very selective collectors who want their stocks purely from one origin only...
Bderick67;4791821; said:No they are not hybrids
I agree!
driftwood;4791669; said:
What exactly makes them hybrids?
Lots of fish are bred without knowing the origin of one or both of the parents. If both fish were sold as HRP's and look to be the same strain then why can they not be sold as HRP's. The OP bought one HRP with a collection point, then bought another without one. This does not make a hybrid. On top of that HRP's are undescribed fish to begin with. Mitch Tobler gave a talk at the Cincy ACA about HRP's were his research showed that HRP's collected over a broad range were the same fish even though each location had a slightly different look. I just don't see how you can automatically classify a fish as a hybrid. Collection locations do not make a different fish in many cases.
That's like saying if I bought a carpintis from a pet store and ordered it a mate online with a collection location that the offspring would not be a carpintis.
OP - you can sell or trade them as HRP's you just can't use the collection or generation info with them anymore. They are just tank bred HRP's
I don't see why you wouldn't be able to sell them as HRP if the parents are HRP. Nothing hybrid about them, unless you're unsure if they are both HRP.
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