Re: Opal borellii... or false fish

[George and Carol Richter <richter@erols.com>]

I have not put in my two cents for a long time but here goes:

 Selective breeding and hybrids are two different things.  I understand that some
folks do not like either but let's make sure that difference is understood.  Does
anyone keep wild guppies anymore?  I'll bet some of the people reading this have
guppies though, and not anything like wild. Maybe you even say one thing and do
another.   I do not really care for hybrids myself but I sure like my triple
reds.  I don't hear many of you complaining about them either.  No criticism of
any one's point of view is intended, but there is room for all of us in this
hobby.  I think that is what it is to me anyway, a hobby.  I do agree that you
should not deal with people who have obviously lied though.  Hey, how about some
wild-caught triple red Caucatoides?

See y'all in Cleveland and we can wrassle about it.

Sip, sip.

Dujardin Colin wrote:

> "Hi,
>
> I'm wondering...
>
> I trust Mike Wise when he says that this blue head fish is a domestic
> hybrid designed to produce a nice fish, for commercial purpose I think.
>
> The true question is :
>
> for Apisto and cichlid lovers, is this fish worth the interest ?
>
> a false fish is for me a false fish and should not be bought ( unless by
> unknowing people ) bred (unless for research purpose) and sold (always)
> by cichlidophiles.
>
> In France the AFC is hardly fighting versus money seeking breeders who
> are designing colourfull hybrids made from rift lakes fishes and so
> loosing rare fishes genes. Selection of fish sold in the cichlids
> convention are drastics, no fishes of (even slightly) uncertain purity
> are accepted for selling.
>
> So why seeking for catei or resticulosa females to cross with blue-head
> males of uncertain origin ?
>
> A catei, A resticulosa and true A borellii are not worth the breeding
> interest ?
>
> There's is no personnal arttack in this post, as I'm not an Apisto
> breeder, and that i'm still wondering how can i know if my Pv taeniatus
> "moliwe" strain is really a "moliwe" strain ;-)."
>
> I guess you will just have to trust it.  Ask it.
>



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