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Originally posted by Serrateeth_2002
Why do some people hate hybrids SO much
I personally hate hybrids for a variety of reasons. Here we go... Tank space in fish stores is a fixed factor. If one store has 100 tanks one day, the next day they will probaly have the same number. The more popular hybrids get, the less room there will be for
real cichlids or any fish for that matter. I see more and more flowerhorns, bloodparrots and "mixed african" everywhere I go and it is becoming harder to find cichlids that deserve the tank space. (Its almost impossible to find a
real orange chromide).
Hybrids pose no significant breeding challenge to a
real cichlid keeper. They tend to mate with anything and everything... I mean thats how they came to be. Either an irresponsible owner who had two fish breed and distributed the fry, or someone trying to make a quick buck breeding for the purple of a trimac and for the reds of a devil with the spangles of a texas. These poor things had their origins from ignorance.
There a so many hundred of species of cichlids one could keep, why create more? What biotape shall we keep a fish that does not live anywhere but in captivity in?
Originally posted by Serrateeth_2002
the poor things deserve a home and to breed.
I really hope you don't believe that. Unfortunatly I feel a lot of people have this attitude with animals. If people would just get their dogs and cats fixed, the populations would become under control and
thousands would not have to be put to sleep.
Do those cats and dogs deserve a nice home? Yes, but nothing deserves to breed.
However, by you purchasing hybrid fish because you feel sorry for them (I am going to assume that is your stance because of the "poor things" statement), you are telling the store and the market that these fish will sell, causing them to raise the quantity supplied meeting your demand while jacking the price up.
Please don't think that by you as one person buying a hybrid will not affect the hobby. That is similar to "the tragity of the commons." What you do or think most likely is what the rest of the uninformed mob will also do.
Say no to hybrids, why waste your tank space?
ttl
Oh by the way, I am still waiting
any argument for hybrids other then they are 'pretty'.