Jools' point that hybrids lessen the impact on wild populations is true, and I think a positive point in their favor.
this is a non argument and it's also wrong.
what WOULD lessen the impact on wild populations is the captive breeding of the real species.
with or without hormones. UNMIXED.
now the demand for real species will stay, because many fishkeepers are aware of the hybrid issue and want true species, not Eastern European filth.
second; these hybrids aren't created to lessen any impact on wild poulations, but to earn money and also-as we have seen in this section when a hybrid creater joined in- out of 'boredom'.
third: the impact on wild populations aren't caused by our hobby, but by habitat destruction.
causes; overpopulation, deforestation, damming, pollution, war, overfishing and poaching.
frankly said: Africa is a mess. regardless of whó has caused it; today it's a mess.
even if we decide to stick to hybrid keeping and forego the keeping of real syno's; the rate of extinction of wild African fish qon't slowdown one tiny bit.
it's not us or our demand wich eventually will cause the extenction of -say for example- Synodontis flavitaeniatus or synodontis alberti etc.
it's gonna be massive breeding of people, wars, famine, habitat destruction and global warming and it's effect on the growing deserts in Africa that will do these fishes in.
i don't like the idea of breeding fish by sticking needles in em; but
as long as we keep them unmixed I don't have too many objections
especially if that fish is a threathened species!
it's the wanton mixing that iDO object to. a LOT.
because if you breed fish with needles and hormones, you CAN also breed them true.
the fact that those people don't bother tells me much and 1 thing above all: they have no ethics. no morals.
they
could do it right, but they won't. out of boredom or greed. but it's there.
and that hasn''t got anything to do with lessening any impact on anything whatsoever.