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

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at centurytel_net>]

Because they retain the genetic information that they had in that 
original location.

BC

Barry J. Cooper
Sweet Home, OR 97386



John Jabba wrote:
> 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...   
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> 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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