Some of the aussie people that are on this list will know that I have had
a thing about maintaining fish stocks in good genetic condition. Last
year at the ANGFA convention I made the prediction that praecox had
already been inbred too much and that deformities would appear. I was
thought to be a bit strange for saying that, unfortunetly it is now true.
Yesterday I went to our local aquarium store in the ACT and had a look at
the praecox tank. There were some of the most miserable fish I have ever
seen in this tank, they were not the disk shape that praecox should be,
but thin (more like a nigrans or exquisita) and bent like a banana
through the spine. Unfortunetly the dealer has the attitude that he will
sell any fish, personally I would have sent the fish back pickled.
This I think goes to show that having a fish commercial does not
guarantee its long term vialbility without continued effort on
everybodies part to maintain them properly.
Hopefully this problem will not get worse and people will not breed the
things from this stock.
Peter