Ok now I’m board at work… A few months back I came across a web site selling clown fish. I neglected to book mark it and have not been able to find it since. The site had some interesting cross breads. Some of the specimens had the craziest markings I have ever seen. Some looked almost camouflaged with the typical reds, blacks, and whites. I remember they called one of the breeds a Mustache Clown as it had a little mustache and unbelievable markings. I am desperate to find this site. I want to stock my new tank. Thanks.
What do you guys think about the cross-breeding of different strains? I remember there being a pretty lengthy thread at RC about a guy who had two different clowns (don't remember which) that happened to mate, so he began trying to rear the young. It turned in to quite a debate as to the ethical aspects of it...
I think that was some of the issues that people were taking. If these hybrids were to be re-introduced into the wild, it's pretty unknown what would happen to the wildtype breeds...
Humans have cross bread for eons, or take for example a dog, mutts are vary common. As far as introduction of a "new species or breed" into the wild, I think if a wild fish had the propensity to mate with a cross bread or species other than its own, than its not up to us any way. There would be cross breeding in the wild any way. All that’s assuming a reefer happens to take a trip to the south pacific and happened to bring a undesirable cross bread clown fish that they want to get rid of. If he brings one it’s not a big deal, but if he brought hundreds it could be.
That sounds pretty cool! I would love to see that website. As far as cross breeding, there shouldn't be much of a problem if you are breeding wthin the same family... and these fish are unlikely to make it back to nature.
I found this picture at another forum and thought this was cool. The only variant that I have seen was naked clownfish (perculas without markings, pretty cool), they were a raffle item at Saltwater U.
Humans have cross bread for eons, or take for example a dog, mutts are vary common. As far as introduction of a "new species or breed" into the wild, I think if a wild fish had the propensity to mate with a cross bread or species other than its own, than its not up to us any way. There would be cross breeding in the wild any way. All that’s assuming a reefer happens to take a trip to the south pacific and happened to bring a undesirable cross bread clown fish that they want to get rid of. If he brings one it’s not a big deal, but if he brought hundreds it could be.
i do have a different opinion and respectfully let me say it is true that that man cannot force a species to crossbreed, but we are certainly a key player. i believe that nature created one dog, Canine Lupis and man bred it into different species based on their perception of perfection or their needs. the "purebreeds" are a creation of man, not nature......and it is again man through his travels and interactions that allowed the "mutts" to be created. the abilitity that nature have is that it will always find a way to procreate. the failure to control the waste water of one public aquarium in monaco created a worldwide panic of the the takeover by caulerpa taxifolia. california is right now under attack by hundreds of non-native species that are competing with or overtaking natural species. the simple african bullfrog has now just about wiped out the leopard frogs and american bullfrogs from california, neveda, utah, arizona, and new mexico. the african tilapia has caused extreme environmental and economical setbacks to some south american countries. the california waterways are at this point choked with african lotus and asian snails. i bet each and every one of the items that i mentioned involved people that really believed their actions were just, but in the end it is man who wants to bring nature home and it is up to nature to overcome his stupidity. we must remember that blessed with the greatest intelligence on this planet, we are also the guardians of it's future. what if more than one person brought "one"?
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Last edited by fat walrus; 06-04-2006 at 08:44 PM.
sorry- I typed that wrong- its kudzu not kudzo! yup it's a vine and it grows over everything.... GA spends millions of dollars per year just to control it.
I do agree the introduction of an invasive species is problematic at best, but we are talking about apples and oranges here. I was not talking about the introduction of a foreign species. Cross breeding and species introduction are two different things. A species that is cross bread within two native species would probably not be a big deal.
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have we found this link yet?
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well put 