Seperate Flowerhorn section...

[jeebus]

I brought it up to show the contrast and to bring a constant to the hybrid/mutilated fish debate. I think we're picking our poison when we will choose to buy or not buy a hybrid fish that overseas is being release into the local rivers & estuaries, but locally we might not recycle the water we used from our water changes of our kept natural fish.

I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I just think we're picking our poison.

[Kiovo]

I vote YES. There is an interest in it, and there are several box members who keep flowerhorns and other hybrids. Whether other people think its ethical or not, well, like EK said, to each their own.

[eklikewhoa]

(In the United States) dogs are not considered edible or a livestock. Fish can be classified as either or both.

That's the ultimate difference I see.

So it's ok to mill out fish to eat but not ok to mill out pups for all the little children who need a friend?

Two different things with different reasons but in the end is it not the same thing? Try to keep things pure?

you think out of all the flowerhorn fry produced every single one is kept alive? Now for those out there please raise your hand if you want to buy an ugly flowerhorn.

I haven't read not one post from anyone here saying how they picked a flowerhorn due to it's lack of "red", "kok", "pearls" or "characters".

[eklikewhoa]

hope you don't get all wound up again jeebus... to clearly point out my intentions...

I AM JUST PICKING ON YOU CAUSE YOU SEEM TO HAVE A VALID ARGUMENT. I HONESTLY CAN CARE LESS CAUSE I TOO FIND CERTAIN NICE LOOKING FLOWERHORNS PRETTY TO LOOK AT.

[jeebus]

So it's ok to mill out fish to eat but not ok to mill out pups for all the little children who need a friend?

Well, we're delving deep into a nasty black-hole. If we're going to talk about milling animals for food, then we could easily compare fish to cattle or fowl, and how in-humane they are handled. Just read Fast Food Nation to find out first hand how bad it really is.

I'm ultimately neutral on this whole thing and am just debating it for the sake of conversation. My way of showing disapproval of tattooed/mutilated fish is to just not buy them. Hybrid fish I have no issue with. I probably am a hypocrite for feeling that way though.

If I start to lose sleep over the issue, I'll re-address it.

[marauder_77868]

I put my original comments into a new thread so that this one can stay on topic and as it seemed as though some debate was occurring. Here's the link:

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=366028#post366028

[jeebus]

To stay on topic, "yes", I would like to see a Flowerhorn section.

[eklikewhoa]

Sub sub-forum perhaps like the Discus section or instead of just Flowerhorns maybe Hybrid section to keep from having each individual fish having it's own section.

[Armadillo_Del_Rio]

Yes have a subforum, but maybe not under SA/CA section...

[eklikewhoa]

What would it be under then?

[jeebus]

I think if they don't get their own section, then a sub-forum under SA cichlids would be more than appropriate as thats what fish were primarily used to make the flowerhorn. The other option is to start an Asian fish section I guess.

[jisatsuguy]

i think cs ca outta get a hybrid section... seems to work for monsterfishkeepers.com