Just a quick reply, as my acct connection is not good right now...
I actually do not prefer hybrids *or* crosses, nor do I care for color
forms other than wild being created for fish that have not already been
"messed" with. I do keep angels, discus, and fancy guppies, but I prefer
the wild forms on all those spp. The genetics of color is kinda fun to
mees with tho, I must admit. ;)
Later
Julie <><
On Sat, 31 Jan 1998, C. Shamsid-Deen wrote:
> Julie,
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> At 12:49 AM 1/31/98 -0700, you wrote:
> >As for discus and angels and livebearers, it depends upon what was used to
> >make the individual "end product" . With discus, there actually are at
> >least 2 recognised species, and these are regularly hybridized. With
> >angels, only Pterophyllum scalare is used to create all the different
> >color forms/scale types -- same as in goldfish. These are not hybrids, but
> >rather crosses. A similar thing would be to breed a M. splendida splendida
> >with an M. splendida rubrostriata. They are both subspecies of M.
> >spendida, so the offspring would, technically, be a cross and not a
> >hybrid.
>
> Thanks for the explanation...so, two subspecies bred to each other is a
> cross, and two full species bred to each other is a hybrid? And are you
> saying that the issue is only with hybrids, but crosses are acceptable?
>
> Carvi Shamsid-Deen
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> http://www.csi.com/pets
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