Re: [Killietalk] Glo-fish

[Paul_Jablinski at notes.udayton.edu]

If someone could fix some of our killies up like they were a number of
years ago, like the E. dageti - they used to have a strong red color by
their mouth, and stronger yellow and black on their bodies, but today they
are plain, not attractive anymore.
PJ

-----killietalk-bounces at aka_org wrote: -----

To: killietalk at aka_org
From: RuevenM at aol_com
Sent by: killietalk-bounces at aka_org
Date: 12/14/2003 09:33PM
Subject: [Killietalk] Glo-fish

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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