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Re: [Killietalk] Commercial imports; what to label them?

David et al;
      Okay, there are other fish that have collection codes. I'll give you that. But nobody has addressed one of my questions and the one I feel is most important. Why should a given pair of killies kept and bred in a hobbyists tank keep a collection code from a location that they are extremely remote from in terms of generations of fish. They have bee bred and have grown up in a far different biotope than the original pair of imported fish.  For example, a pair out of your tanks, if a collection code is given, should be DL01. Your initials and  sequence number. Actually from things I have heard in the past some of the codes really weren't that valid because the importers didn't like to advertise some of their collecting sites. And in a lot of cases in this day and age the importers are not even with the collectors and who knows if they are really giving a location or just satisfying us with some numbers and letters...   

Maybe I have too much time on my hands and thinking too much. But I believe these are valid points for discussion. we did get alopng for a lot of years without collecting codes and it didn't seem to harm the hobby...

John J.
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:33:40 -0700
From: "David Lains" 
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] Commercial imports; what to label them?
To: "'killifish discussion list'" 

Hi John

I would argue that many cichlids have locations and well not guppies but
species livebearers have both collection codes and locations.

It's true we'll likely never return fish to the wild but at least we can try
to maintain distinct populations.

Best Fishes
David  



 
       
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