Re: eunotus/cruzi/ or what?

[Scott <zerelli@yahoo.com>]

Mike, did you get the pictures I sent?

--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
wrote:
> Joe,
> 
> Yes, they will & I see nothing wrong in trying to
> reproduce your Steel Blues.
> We breed red swordtails and they are just the same,
> crosses of several species
> to enhance the color. The trick with Steel Blues is
> that females are almost
> never shipped. This could be due to their lack of
> color, some genetic effect of
> crossbreeding, or the temperature at which they are
> raised. I don't know why.
> If you only have bright blue fish, then you only
> have males. In this case I'd
> suggest that you use a female of one of the caetei
> forms. Just realize that
> many apisto people (including me) don't buy such
> hybrids. We just prefer our
> apistos more like the wild forms, so please don't
> sell them as a distinct
> species, which they are not.
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Joe Anderson wrote:
> 
> > will it reproduce?  Is it okay to try,
> apisto-ethically?  I know it is not
> > wise to do so with rainbow fish.
> > it IS done with discus, so...?
> > don't want to further the advance of an
> abomination! :-)
> > Joe
> >
> > ----Original Message Follows----
> > From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
> > Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
> > To: apisto@listbox.com
> > Subject: Re: eunotus/cruzi/ or what?
> > Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 14:14:06 -0600
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > This is the fish that comes in under many names
> Blue-head/Blaukopf, Blue,
> > New
> > Blue, Steel-blue. It's a domestic strain, probably
> a mix of several closely
> > related apistos species.
> >
> > Mike Wise
> >
> >
>
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