Re: Nannochromis tranvestitus

[Dave Gomberg <gomberg@wcf.com>]

Please, please, please don't believe everything you read on the net. 


At 06:21 PM 11/29/1999 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 11/28/1999 12:54:55 PM Mountain Standard Time, 
>ls691035@bcm.tmc.edu writes:
>
>> In
>>  another pair (in a different tank) female is somewhat deformed (accordeon
>>  spine), and male is chasing her, she stays in plants. Does she have a
>>  chance to reproduce, or male will never forgive her for her deformity? 
>>  Thanks,
>
>You should see to it that she does NOT have a chance to reproduce.  You may 
>not have the fortitude to put her in a bag of water and then put the bag in 
>the freezer, but fully half of the resultant genepool will also have the 
>deformity stored in their genes.  It will be all but impossible to get it 
>bred out.
>
>Bob Dixon
>
>
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