RE: NANFA-L-- OT: Sales of Males

Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS (Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil)
Sun, 11 Dec 2005 15:47:35 -0600

>>>I know that for a long time only male blue or red crayfish were being sold

so no one could breed them and undersell the people who were breeding
them.<<<

That might be true with a specialty item like crayfish, but the overwhelming
majority of customers likely to breed guppies are home aquarists and teachers
with a few small tanks. The likelihood that they could cost-effectively
produce and distribute a sufficient number of fish to significantly undercut
established breeders is hard for me to imagine.

- Jan Hoover
Vicksburg, MS
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