In a message dated 2/21/04 12:27:57 PM Eastern Standard Time,
ashtonmj2003_at_yahoo.com writes:
> From: ashtonmj2003_at_yahoo.com (matt ashton)
> Sender: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net
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> I too am really not that alarmed with this. Just to keep these fish
> usually takes a little more interest than the common person going to the
LFS
> and picking up some tropicals. With that tends to come some responsibility
> and knowledge into things that are of expressed concern. Even being
natives,
> growing out of them and releasing a few fish is such a drop in the pan of
the
> gene pool for so many of the continents fish. Releasing something that is
not
> local to the area well thats a whole different story and again I think is
> covered in the responsibilities that come with the territory of keeping
> natives. No body is playing God here either, so many hybridizations occur
on
> a natural basis, Lepomis, some shiners and minnows that require a chub to
> spawn so they can spawn, it can be somewhat of a mess down there, and an
> aqueas environment can be condusive to naturally occuring hybridizations.
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