Re: [RML] Re: rainbowfish diets N Planted tanks

Rhonda Wilson (rhonda at naturalaquariums.com)
Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:17:51 -0700

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It seems that they intend to make it a permanent part of the ecosystem and sounds like they pretty much have. Here's a quote I noticed from their web site.

"Recently, scientists at Argent Laboratories research center have discovered an amazing fact! Apparently, not all eggs from a given years deposition hatch. In fact, there appears to be an "egg bank" extending from the bottom of the lake into the sediment. Further, there is evidence to support the conclusion that eggs from different autumn depositions may hatch during any given summer. This fact is of fundamental importance because it allows for an incredible mixing of the gene pool. The results of this are far reaching, as it allows the CYCLOP-EEZE® to further evolve to take advantage of their unique habitat while enhancing their proliferation."

I wonder how bioengineered they are? Was there really nothing else in the lake before they put them in? It seems odd that someone could just take a big natural body of water and be allowed to just dump something in there that wasn't there before, whether naturally occurring or not. Perhaps there's more to the story.

Rhonda


Brad Jackson wrote:
My biggest concern with cyclop-eeze is environmental as well as ethical. If in fact they do have a bioengineered organism it truly concerns me that they have released it into the wild regardless that this lake sustains no other life but then they mention the food that grows in the lake (? sustains no other life) what is Food but living organisms? If these are bioengineered organisms they have made a huge environmental mistake. It should have never left the lab. Maybe it is a good fish food but it should be raised in the lab not in nature no mater how remote it is. Man messes with his environment enough we don't need to make new organisms and release them. At some point I'm sure these organisms will find a way into other lakes and then the problem begins but in my opinion it has already begun.
Brad Jackson