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zeketaz Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 78 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-May-2009	I have been looking into getting some shrimp and what I read is that they're not compatible do to crossbreeding. What is so bad about crossbreeding?
Posted 04-Jan-2010 13:05
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	There isn't anything objectively bad about crossbreeding, but it can be argued on moral/ethical grounds. First of all, crossbreeding results in organisms that are "unnatural", and I have found that most aquarists that are serious tend to want to keep things as natural as possible. Secondly, crossbreeding makes it confusing for buyers of hybrid young, especially when sellers mislabel the animals as pure. This is an increasing problem with Synodontis species. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 04-Jan-2010 20:48
Kellyjhw Big Fish My bubble... Posts: 405 Kudos: 217 Votes: 471 Registered: 22-Nov-2008	Edited 05-Jan-2010 00:18 As long as you are not intent on selling said shrimp and are raising them for your own use/enjoyment, there's really not much of a problem. It's when you trade/sell the shrimp or fish or dogs or cats that people get into a tizzy. What could possibly be wrong with mating a Wiener dog and a Saint Bernard? Also this thread should have been posted in "Invertebrates". TTFN --->Ta-Ta-For-Now Kelly ;o}
Posted 05-Jan-2010 00:10
zeketaz Hobbyist Posts: 114 Kudos: 78 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-May-2009	Shinigami I like variety and the shrimp I am interested in can crossbreed which i dont mind. Kelly I don't plan on selling them unless I start getting overrun then I would sell them as feeders, I heard after I posted that the offspring were ugly lol. I love your breeding a wiener dog and saint bernard. I could almost imagine what it would look like.
Posted 05-Jan-2010 00:39


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