petition against the Flowerhorn

Originally posted by thom336
actually, if there is an opposite sex of its own species available, then it would much prefer to breed with them - which is one of the reasons it is important to keep pairs in cichlids communities. of course, if another member of its own species is not available, then it MAY go and breed with the opposite sex of another closely related cichlid species.
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From: http://www.cichlidsickness.com/hybrid.html
With my own eyes I have seen a male Convict spawn with a female Salvini, and there was a male Salvini in the same tank!
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women, go figure... ;)
 
thom was maintaining that a cichlid would always spawn with one if its own species if given the chance, however my research on the FH cichlid turned up an article (the one in the link) where the author had witnesses just the opposite occuring - the quote is from the article I linked to.

as for the last comment, just a little wisecrack - that musta been one jealous salvini!
 
the questions is...was there a female convict in the tank? read over your source...how reliable is it? is it substanciated by evidence? it is an opinion...and is no more so than any of ours. i think really instead of attacking each other over this, we need to sit back, read through what has been written, think over what we think about hybrids, and draw our own conclusions. because i dont think this is going to be settled any other way.

blueyes, can i just say i wasnt in any way trying to put your source down, i am just using it as an example to put across what im saying...it looks like a great read, and i will read it later when i get a chance.
 
QUOTE]...it looks like a great read, and i will read it later when i get a chance.[/QUOTE]

youre questioning the guys source and you didnt even read it?

it is an opinion...and is no more so than any of ours.
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how do you know? if you didnt read it, how do you know its an opinion?

i think really instead of attacking each other over this, we need to sit back, read through what has been written, think over what we think about hybrids, and draw our own conclusions.
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i'll read it if you will. at least he's providing some information for the point that he's trying to make.
 
sorry, i was in a bit of a rush when i came to writing that, and i hadnt a chance to read it properly - but i did skim over it, and got the jist of it. when i said i would read it later, i meant i would read it more fully later. i dont think this is the sort of topic that you can really draw up evidence for, as it would all just be opinions. i think we just have to all make up our minds. at the end of the day, there is really no 'right' or 'wrong' answer.
 
im not too familiar with the flowerhorn, i honestly dont see what the hype is but sum do and thats cool....

so, the flowerhorn is a mix of fish from the same genus but different species, true??

then no one needs to worry about it escaping and destroying waterways because if the parents are from different species the offspring are 99% sterile and have next to no hope in hell of reproducing.

however if the parent fish are from the same species we have a problem because theres a good chance the fry are fertile and can reproduce.

breaker
 
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Originally posted by jiggerpolebill
keep it up and maybe ill be able to hand over my award to you.
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i think you should consider handing it over bill. 2 pages is as far as i got, god, what a waste of space. :mad:

someone lock this so it can't be ressurected again please? :)
 
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