Tony
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Steffen Hellner wrote:
>
> Mark,
>
> that sounds reasonable to me. Only one thing to raise for reflection: I
> assume welaka to be the Holy Graile only because it4s native, relatively
> rare, and difficult to maintain and breed. Plus the dominant males
> suppressing the others. if a tropical fish would be as sensitive and
> difficult I bet hardly anybody would care. It4s always nice to have the "on
> the edge" species. I am not free from this! There has to be a thrill, an
> impact on a species, whatever this will be for an individual. That4s what
> divides enthusiasts from mere fish-keepers - in my mind.
>
> And try to get a hand on Phoxinus oreas from here. If that species is nearly
> as prolific as SRBD, gee, go flood all ponds in the world. ;-)
>
> Steffen
>
> > Von: Mark <nanfa_at_jonahsaquarium.com>
> > Antworten an: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Datum: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 22:54:05 -0400
> > An: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Betreff: NANFA-- Fish Non-Release Policy, welaka, better than welaka
> >
> > At 1:16 PM -0500 9/15/03, Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS wrote:
> >> Like NANFA, Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (an
> organization
> >> for herp enthusiasts) also has a policy on not releasing captive animals.
> >> You can access their brochure here:
> >> http://www.parcplace.org/publications/index.htm#PARCanimalPolicy
> >> Something like this should be included in any order of aquatic organisms
> >> bought, sold, or traded by anyone.
> >
> >
> > We inlcude this notice with all shipments:
> >
> > http://www.jonahsaquarium.com/noreleasenote.htm
> >
> > Help yourself if you or anyone wants to use it. That's what it's
> > there for. Also, maybe we can do more to promote captive breeding.
> > One successful breeder could produce enough welaka or whatever to
> > supply all the native fish heads I know of who want them. (I think
> > Steffen already said that!) Also, all this focus of attention on
> > welaka, as though it were some Holy Grail of fishes, is likely to
> > only intensify pressure on the species. I'll chime in now and say
> > that Phoxinus oreas is the fish I've always considered the standard
> > for beautiful color and form. If you can get hold of a copy of
> > Freshwater Fishes of Virginia, there's a perfect one among the color
> > plates in the back, it's also in the monster Axelrod tropical fish
> > atlas; Plate 17 in American Aquarium Fishes by Robert J. Goldstein;
> > and plate 67 in Freshwater Fishes of the Carolinas, Virginia,
> > Maryland and Delaware. Here's a less than perfect shot:
> >
> > http://www.jonahsaquarium.com/picphoxoreas1.htm
> >
> > Six reasons not to catch Pteronotropis welaka for your aquarium:
> >
> > They are very fragile and drop dead if you look at them sideways.
> >
> > They are tiny, defenseless little fish that will be destroyed by any
> > tankmate bigger than a baby Heterandria formosa.
> >
> > They likely only live for a year even under optimal circumstances.
> >
> > The males are the only ones that are colorful and they only have the
> > color and long fins if they are in full breeding condition and happen
> > to be a primary male, or whatever the term is, that happens to have
> > the long finnage. Many mature males do not display this character.
> >
> > They are very difficult to collect, prefering waters that are deep,
> > dark and unwadable. Their habitat in also prefered by alligators and
> > water moccasins.
> >
> > There are _lots_ of fish that are easier to collect, easier to keep,
> > easier to breed, _and_ more colorful! And which are not in trouble
> > in the wild. If you need recommendations, let me know.
> >
> > There, I did my bit for welaka conservation. Maybe NANFA can write
> > its own grant proposal and use some of the Conservation Grants monies
> > to recruit a qualified researcher to do some hard field and
> > literature work to find out what's really up with welaka and how it
> > can be preserved. OK, stepping off soap box...
> >
> > --
> > Mark
> > Ohio
> > USA
> > <))><
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