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RE: OT. bettas
Insert Tongue in cheek
Killies just happen...Except when they are put in a basement, and raised by
John Doe and fed brine shrimp. We may not be trying to select for a new
strain but selection is at work even in our basement and it is on a
different track than those in the wild.
Plus most of our fish are inbred that's why there are so many varieties and
though most of us won't pay $305 for a fish, I've heard that some rivulus
keepers can get kind of crazy with bidding at the convention. And talk
about inbreeding they take it to the extreme: Rivulus marmoratus!
Best Fishes
David Lains
><{{{>Killies just happen. And as long as we avoid hybridizing and selecting
><{{{>for our tastes, we'll get to see more of what happened in the
><{{{>forests of
><{{{>Gabon or Cameroon, and by extension, spend less time admiring what was
><{{{>produced in John Doe's basement with John Doe's hard work and
><{{{>exquisite
><{{{>taste. John Doe may be a great guy, but I want to learn about killies,
><{{{>the places they come from and how they have survived so beautifully.
><{{{>
><{{{>Plus I'm too cheap to spend $305 US on an inbred fish...
><{{{>-Gary Elson
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