[Killietalk] Glo-fish

[RuevenM at aol_com]

Hi,

    I have no problem with selective breeding and gene choice. In fact, I 
think some of the old strains of killies from the 50's, 60's and 70's were better 
aquarium fish because of it. I like albino fish. I like fancy livebearers as 
I like dog breeds, fancy chickens and hybrid orchids. I'm working right now to 
bring back veiltail mollies to what they were 30 years ago. The glo-gene 
thing just seems like something that is fine under the control of science but not 
something I would like commercialized in species after species. Its one thing 
to cross related genera and develop naturally occuring mutations but its 
another to play evolution just to produce tacky fish that grab the eye with whacky 
color. Once the motivation is purely financial trouble will follow.

Bobby

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