Re: [RML] bogus diet

Chris Drew (drews at webgate.net)
Mon, 17 Feb 97 09:47:44 PST

Bruc wrote...>>Obviously there are many aspects to this and some
compromises need to be
made along the way but at least in the hobby as opposed to the
commercial
side of things I can see a tendency for hobbyists to prefer to get their
stock from other breeders and auctions because they feel that the fish
they
obtain will breed better, are of better quality an d will live longer. No
wonder some of the commercial breeders of native aquarium fish are
trying
to shut us down with red tape :-)...<<

Thank goodness there are some people more eloquent than myself on
the list. Again it is the motivation behind certain viewpoints that I am
really taking exception to.

Nearly all my dealings with the commercial end of our hobby and
especially when it comes to Rainbows, has been and continues to be
negative. Case in point: I recently visited a large chain store in Toronto
and found "M.marci" for sale. I expressed my views on crosses and the
sale of crosses and they said flat out they didn't care. By the way the
name of this fish also demonstrates the arrogance of some of these
folks and in particular the developer of M.marci. I was told by someone
that in Dutch, Marci roughly means " mother slept with many people"
as did the mother of these "rainbowfish".

Chris

Chris Drew drews at webgate.net