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> > The obvious question is this: what's the possibility of introducing fresh
> > genes into the hobby? AFAIK, Rainbow eggs can be mailed reasonably well. So
> > the introduction and distribution of new fish should be fairly easy. Why is
> > it not done though?
>
> It is done, and it is kept quiet in Australia, as it is unlawful ;) A lot
> of folks want the glory of having new fish, but nobody is silly enough to
> want to get caught ;)
I need to qualify that last statement I made - I think that interstate
transfer of eggs is Ok within Australia (someone correct me if I am wrong)
but the international transfer is not. A lot of people do, as has been
pointed out, transfer eggs within Australia. As to what they do in the
rest of the world, I am not 100% sure.
Cheers, Andrew
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