Would you prefer your Cichlids, especially the colorful kinds, Wild or selected line bred? When saying selected line bred, I mean they look nice for their kinds.
Wild or line bred? Why?
Wild or line bred? Why?
Wild or selective line bred?
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I choose Line bred because they look nicer. Wild is only nice inside the mind but it's mainly for the eyes to me.
I voted wild b/c I am interested in Africans, and since many species in the Rift Lakes are becoming scarce, I think it is important to preserve wild species
I think it's a shame to pull a fish out of the wild and stick it into an aquarium for one persons pleasure...
I completely understand the benefit to adding wild caught blood into a breeding line and I fully support breeers using wild caught fish for that purpose. But to own a wild caught fish and not breed it and not thoroughly distribute it's fry is the misuse of a wild caught fish (in my eyes).
I completely understand the benefit to adding wild caught blood into a breeding line and I fully support breeers using wild caught fish for that purpose. But to own a wild caught fish and not breed it and not thoroughly distribute it's fry is the misuse of a wild caught fish (in my eyes).
I took the question to be wild color forms vs line bred color forms, not necessarily wild caught fish ... but I could be wrong.
I've really yet to see a line bred fish that rivals a wild form fish, let alone surpase it. The closest would be the electric blue dempsies, which look better than our hobby dempsies ... but if you have seen the pattern on true wild caught dempsies, even the blues fall short.
It should be noted I like interesting patterns over color though, and usually to bring out those bright colors in line bred fish, the patterns are overshadowed or removed all together. This would deffinately 'color' my perceptions.
I've really yet to see a line bred fish that rivals a wild form fish, let alone surpase it. The closest would be the electric blue dempsies, which look better than our hobby dempsies ... but if you have seen the pattern on true wild caught dempsies, even the blues fall short.
It should be noted I like interesting patterns over color though, and usually to bring out those bright colors in line bred fish, the patterns are overshadowed or removed all together. This would deffinately 'color' my perceptions.
I would rather have F1 than wild or line breed.You get the good color of wild caught but a hardier fish.
darth pike;3642668; said:I took the question to be wild color forms vs line bred color forms, not necessarily wild caught fish ... but I could be wrong.
I've really yet to see a line bred fish that rivals a wild form fish, let alone surpase it. The closest would be the electric blue dempsies, which look better than our hobby dempsies ... but if you have seen the pattern on true wild caught dempsies, even the blues fall short.
It should be noted I like interesting patterns over color though, and usually to bring out those bright colors in line bred fish, the patterns are overshadowed or removed all together. This would deffinately 'color' my perceptions.
If you were to choose 1 fish of the same kind, which would you rather own.
A FISH THAT IS WILD
or
AN OUTSTANDING FISH THAT IS MUCH MORE BETTER LOOKING BUT IS NOT WILD.
the animal guy;3642710; said:
I don't understand, if it's been altered it's not better looking than the wild fish ...
In other words, if I had to pick between a wild or line bred, it would always 100% be the wild.
As I mentioned in my post, I've yet to see a line bred fish that equals the looks of a wild fish.
ok then that's your answer.
So you said you've never seen a line bred better than a wild. I can undertand.. But what if one day you do? What if it exist? You can only afford one and the other one will be sold.
So you said you've never seen a line bred better than a wild. I can undertand.. But what if one day you do? What if it exist? You can only afford one and the other one will be sold.