Re: [RML] Fish And Eggs Available

chris drew (seegeedrew at hotmail.com)
Sun, 14 Sep 1997 15:42:09 PDT

Jack - As for your lacustris, I would not be worried about their purity.
I've never heard of anyone mixing these fish with anything else and
I think the results would be pretty obvious. I have stock that I
obtained
through the aquarium trade nine years ago. At the time my remaining male
was adult sized. I put his age at 10 years +. This means he is offspring
from a fish that was/is 11+ years old. In turn this puts my fish very
close on a time line to
the first lacustris imported into NA. All the offspring he has produced
look
just like him. So although I have no clue as to his origin I do have
confidence in his "purity".

My Wanamensis are a combination of two sources: fish from Kevin Hosmer
who got his stock from Jorge Sanchez in a trade some years ago and
fish that a buddy of mine bought from Wet Thumb when they first had
them which is about 10 + years ago. These fish breed true, so while
their history is not completely known, I feel very confident in
advertising
them as the true wanamensis.

PNG and IJ fish are the ones with the weakest historical data. There are
some exceptions but I'm sure Mr. Bleher could recall most of that info.

Chris

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>caryho at ix.netcom.com wrote:
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>> PS Do you know if the wanamensis are pure? Seems nobody is really
>> positive if what they have is pure or not. And if somebody has a
>> source that they can trace to pure stock it would be invaluable.
>
>Cary,
> The wanamensis are from Chris Drew. Perhaps he can shed some light on
the
>original source. They sure look pure, based on the photos I have seen
>(Allen, Tappin site, various internet sites). The duboulayi and
trifasiata
>"Giddy River" are from Roy, F1 or F2 I would guess, depending on what
>generation he sent me. I plan on offering only fish that I can trace to
>recent collection or reputable bow folk. So you won't see any lacustris
or
>splendida "Drysdale" offered, although I keep them since they were
obtained
>locally from pet shop. If I can replace my current stock with fish I
can
>trace, I will do so. Until then they stay here.
>
>Jack
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