Regards,
Bruce Hansen
president at angfa.org.au
Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Harris" <peterharris at ozemail.com.au>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2000 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Mixed up Rainbows
> Doug
>
> I think it unfortunate these fish have survived to the point of beinging
> offered for sale but I question the possibility of them being hybrids as
the
> two parent fish are from different genus, is it possible for crossbreeding
> to occur? and if it could, would they be sterile?
>
> The trouble with hybrids, as I see it is with distribution of crossbreed
> fish entering the market, the availability of pure stock is diminished,
> eventually resulting in uncertain purity of strains in all breeding stock
> and the loss of pure stock to not only the hobby but also the trade.
>
> However, commercial viability is a driving force in all enterprises and if
> somebody can produce a new type of fish and sell it for a profit, hybrids
> will enter the market place.
> All we at ANGFA can do, is educate people about the dangers of
crossbreeding
> and refuse to raise the profits generated by the sale of unpure stock
lines
> by not buying the fish ourselves..
>