> From: "Bruce Hansen" <bruceh at powerup.com.au>
> Reply-To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au
> Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 07:48:17 +1000
> To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Subject: Re: [RML] Mop the lot
>
> G'day Gary
>
> Bay Fish Farm really tried hard to get the crosses to breed onand become an
> established line - I am unaware if they tried to back-cross to both parent
> species though.
>
> The problem of name changing as we go down the wholesale/retail chain is
> impossible to control. Similarly semi-accidental crosses e.g. using a female
> splendida instead of a parkinsoni because they look similar and "it might be
> one because I had some in the tank next door a while back" seem to be a
> fairly common method of stuffing up some of the captive populations of some
> species and forms.
>
> All we can do is push as hard as we can for the "truth in labelling"
> principle. Remember to ask yourself before you pair anything up - "Am I
> sure? Are they pure?"
>
> Bruce Hansen
> president at angfa.org.au
> Please visit us at http://www.angfa.org.au
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Lange" <gwlange at stlnet.com>
> To: <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 12:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [RML] Mop the lot
>
>
>> I guess my question is: Are they really sterile?
>
>