whats your opinion on hybrids? eg blood parrots, or flowerhorn cichlids. Personally, im pretty against them, not religious but it is sorta playing god IMO. I just don't see the point in it. If the fish produced served a real purpose then maybe it could be justified. But for something purely ornamental I just think it should be done

so yeah, yes or no on hybrids. With reasons lol

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I dont think it a neccessary, the fish look deformed, its a bit different in dogs and even snakes and the parrot fish look ugly to boot!

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most of the hybrids i know of are ugly.

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i say no but... people buy what they wanna buy , if someone wants a parrot cichlid theres gonna be a market for them,its the same with fancy goldfish their just deformities not to my taste but they sell like hot cakes......

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It's very differant in dogs as these are not hybrids but are differant versions of the same species.Snake & lizard hybrids are just as wrong as blood parrots and flowerhorns IMO.And the thing i hate even more is how a hybrid can be more expensive than a pure bloods.

Sady it's give people what they want and sady people are buying.Blood parrots i like not one bit they just look odd.Flowerhorns look ok but are hybrid like you said if the served a purpose then maybe it could be justified well to that i say flowerhorn is a good size a pan fish.I've eaten Tilapia-(Mozambique mouthbrooders) before they was nice so no reason why flowerhorn wouldn't tasted nice either.You said blood parrots and flowerhorns but there are still a fair amount of hybrid out there that always happening redtail X tiger catfish,t-bar cichlid X convict ciclids,livebearing fish are all ways hybriding balloon mollys for a start.There are 3 strong Known species of discus cichlid and even all them have been hybrid to each other to give the colours and strain of discus we have today.I do beleave that hybrid is a part of evolution as much as genetic hickup selection that works.But only when mother nature let it happen no man.

You can't really object to a fish on the grounds that it is purely ornamental - isn't that the purpose of any fish in a tank?

i agree with it as it brig diversity to the breeds!

no, tank fish are not just ornamental at all. Some are yes, but I don't keep fish because the look good. You ever seen a full grown giant gourami? they are UGLY. I keep fish as I like to learn. There aren't many animals that are as strange as a lot of fish species. I can't explain it properly but not all fish are just there to look pretty

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that's not a valid reason, there's enough species of fish for anyone to find something they will like. ranging from fish like neon tetras right up to arapaima. No one can say there isn't already enough selection.


You can't really object to a fish on the grounds that it is purely ornamental - isn't that the purpose of any fish in a tank?

if you start arguing this, then you open the gate to dyed fish. Making something look better is not an excuse to start trying to create new animals. What's next? genetically engineered animals with big heads or whatever just because they look better. what bugs me is if this was monkeys for example being bred together just to look better there would be uproar. But most people have the attitude of its only a fish.

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