Dogs aren't hybrids in the same sense that a flowerhorn or bloodparrot it. Dogs are selectivly bred members of the same species. Canis lupus familiaris. Canis lupus being the wolf. There are a few dog breeds that are cross species (I recall a breed that has black-backed jackle in it) but most aren't. Where fish are concerned they can be compaired to goldfish and bettas. Selectivly bred members of the same species. Perhaps the most important thing to remeber is that fish hybrids can often survive and even reproduce in the wild. Dogs cannot, wild poodles would never become an established species and destroy the gene pool of wild dogs, though feral dogs can be a problem. Hybrid fish are also a lot more difficult to identify, unlike dogs where you almost always know what you're getting.
What do you think about Hybrids?
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comes down to honesty. as long as your not a bastard and you say its a hybrid who cares. i would rather have hybrids then wild caught fish...... lets be honest anyways........ i have never seen any wild freshwater fish as pretty as hybrids anways.. IMO except fronts and syns
i breed hybrids, and there is also somthign cool as you get down a couple gens. bc ur kind of creating a new fish. i think its fun and intresting. just have to be smart about it. i cull 95 percent of my fish. if i give fish to someone i make sure they know its a hybrid and make sure they know to kill it if they get sick of it or if they can't find someone to responisbly take care of it. and if they are a store i make sure it is reputable and they won't lie about its orgins ethier. it all boils down to honesty
i breed hybrids, and there is also somthign cool as you get down a couple gens. bc ur kind of creating a new fish. i think its fun and intresting. just have to be smart about it. i cull 95 percent of my fish. if i give fish to someone i make sure they know its a hybrid and make sure they know to kill it if they get sick of it or if they can't find someone to responisbly take care of it. and if they are a store i make sure it is reputable and they won't lie about its orgins ethier. it all boils down to honesty
There are some male jags that will give even the best looking flowerhorns a run for their money.fishtankdork;1148945; said:
I can't say that I am a fan of hybrids, but I have seen one or two I'd like to have gotten my hands on.
agreed... but i saw a pic of a jax/red texas.... OMFG was it crazy. i was wrong in my statement, sorry i know there is wild fish that are just as beautiful if not more, i just like the designability <made up word?> of hybrids. its eaiser for me to bring out features<colors, pearls.. bla bla> in them while breeding, and i was just saying only dishonest people are the only bad thing about hybrids. if we were all honest what would be the problem
I agree with a lot of what others have already said. So long as the hybrid is not introduced into the wild, if traded into an lfs, it is clearly identified as to what exactly it is, and the process does not result in a deformity resulting in difficulty swimming, eating or just living (such as parrots, heart shaped discus, veil-tailed oscars- I know they are not all hybrids, but the point is the same), it is fine with me. I would take a hybrid over a juiced or tattooed fish any day.
I'm not a big fan of hybrids. It's not that they're not good looking fish, I just don't like all the argument over whether or not so and so's fish is a trimac or an "FH" and the "What kind of vieja is this?" stuff.
Oh Oh Here we go again, Its hybrid bashing time from the "I hate hybrids and they should all be banned but FH's are ok cause they are cool" purists 
sandtiger;1148857; said:
FH and BP are Hybrids of different species of Fish. Man has been hybridizing since he was able too, Dogs, cats, cows, shep, chickens etc............ but when it comes to fish its seen as a bit to taboo.
Andrewtfw said:
Never owned a BP that had trouble with either. In fact I think Ive seen about 2 or 3 cases in 5 years at Blood Parrot forum. The much publisized apparent Swimbladder problem with BP's is something banneded around by the magazines and purists to put people off buying them. Lets face it fancy goldfish are far more affected by SD problems than BP's .Same goes for eating. BP's can eat every and any kind of food placed in the tank. In fact when I feed earthworms its more often than not the BP's that get them first as they suck them in much like we do with spagetti. I've feed all sorts of food over the years from flake, granules, bloodworm, krill prawn, cucumber, dry sticks etc and never once has the food been rejected because it couldnt eat it.
i think its a great part of the hobby and its kinda expected when people keep more than one type of fish in their tank.
