ae2359;680684; said:
I guess we're safe so long as you're not made the chairperson of the "you better like what I like" department. Or else we'll all need to learn to appreciate only the "certain traits" you find desireable.
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I guess we're safe so long as you're not made the chairperson of the "you better like what I like" department. Or else we'll all need to learn to appreciate only the "certain traits" you find desireable.
lol, what i mean is that traits that people find desirable not nesscarily me. i.e. betta and koi both have been bred so that they barely resemble their native populations, but i have no problem with them. Anything you can give a genuine scientific name to is fine by me.
ae2359;680684; said:
so... are you just mad because you got hybrids instead of wild-caught? I'd say just learn from your mistakes(or the fish stores), move on and don't condenm a sertain species because it has different genes. I do think, though, that producing a fish that has harmfull traits isn't good. just keep informed and you'll keep happy!
Oddball;680699; said:
Although that did put me over the top it was not what this thread is about. I can't walk into a fish store anymore without questioning what I'm buying, unless I know for a fact that the fish was wild caught there are no guarenties. And when cichlids are young many within the same complex will have very simalar traits. The only sure way to tell is as they age certain traits will become more defined, confirming the species
this is the second thread you have made dissing hybrids. i seriously doubt you have changed anyones mind about keeping hybrids.you surley havent changed mine. i dont understand why you keep on making new threads dedicated to the hate of a fish because it is not "pure bred". you kind of sound like the Adolf Hitler of fish.
I think it is a shame that fish are bred out hybrids, and you have to rely on wildcaught fish (which is never really that good a thing). Maybe you've been looking in the wrong places for captive bred purebreeds, or simply there aren't enough of them.
As much as in a very very slight aspect and at a different angle i agree with some of what you say, but i'm sure as YOU have started a thread people are gunna go "damn that dudes right, i'm gunna go kill my prized flowerhorn" or whatever hybrid fish. It simply won't happen. It's cool your into purebreeds, which i'm a big fan of, but there will always be people happy to buy intentionally, or sell intentionally hybrids, for their own enjoyment, or their pocket.
As much as in a very very slight aspect and at a different angle i agree with some of what you say, but i'm sure as YOU have started a thread people are gunna go "damn that dudes right, i'm gunna go kill my prized flowerhorn" or whatever hybrid fish. It simply won't happen. It's cool your into purebreeds, which i'm a big fan of, but there will always be people happy to buy intentionally, or sell intentionally hybrids, for their own enjoyment, or their pocket.
true humans are all the same specie whilst fish are not.
but he still wants a fish that is "pure" and the idealology of a pure human and a pure fish seem paralell to me.
but he still wants a fish that is "pure" and the idealology of a pure human and a pure fish seem paralell to me.
I think you have a point, I would hate to see my favorite fish become contaminated with all sorts of hybridized genes but if people are responsible about their breeding I don't see it as a huge problem.
In my area I do not have a problem with finding natural strains of fish and I am confident that I am getting the real deal.
In my area I do not have a problem with finding natural strains of fish and I am confident that I am getting the real deal.
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