off topic-cloned fish

[tru conch]

i know that tank raised fish are now becoming more available, but it is only a matter of time before cloned fish will be available to the hobbiest.
the question i am posing is if anyone would buy cloned fish, espeically if the prices and the product (fish) are resonable....
personally i think that cloned fish would be along the lines of tank raised. by purchasing them, there would be a far less impact on the reefs around the world and thus a positive point. the only downside would be supporting the cloning industry. but it is only a matter of time before cloned pets/fish will be for sale on the market.

 

[wamp]

I would deffinetly buy them. May be "Moraly" wrong but it would help out the oceans striping problem. I would not introduce clones into the ocean however. You might end up with Godzilla or something. But I think it would be cool for the hobbiest to enjoy!
Think about it, A tang that is immune to ICH! Imagine the possiblities..

 

[tru conch]

tangs immune to ich... hmmm. also some interesting cross breeds would produce some amazing colorations...
but i agree about the introduction into the oceans would be a bad idea, a disaster waiting to happen.

 

[richard rendos]

Wouldn't a Yellow Tang look nice crossed with a Flame Angel? Think of the possiblities. Seriously though, I think I would stay away because every animal that has been cloned so far has had pretty serious health problems, haven't they?

 

[holacanthus]

The downside is you'd have fish that were a year old with cells that were the age of the cloned fishes, so effectively cutting the fishes life span as weel as encouraging some of the more detrimental trait like coral picking and aggressiveness! On a less serious note i once saw a hybrid of and Emporer angel and a Asfur angel, it was incredible it had like a lattice pattern of yellow stripes I would have paid anything for it but they just wouldn't sell it! Darn

 

[wamp]

Not the Kitten they just cloned... Said it was fine and as healthy as a regular kitten...

 

[wamp]

I once crossed a Bull dog and a chitzu...
we called it a

[hr]
.....
famous line form Dumb & Dumber!
one of the greates movies of all time!

 

[holacanthus]

I know same as in with the sheep but a few onths later they found cells that were nine yrs. old on a 3 yr. old sheep! Now go figure!

 

[steamboat1569]

Wamp, that was a good one!

 

[krusk]

I would definitely buy them
hopefully in the next 5-10 years we got some good news about this topic

 

[tru conch]

i once caught a thompsons angel, its a hybird between a queen and blue angel. beautiful fish, but very aggressive, so i let him go.

 

[broomer5]

Odd topic.
HolaCanthus - I may not be understanding you here, but I see no way that anyone could actually identify 9 year old cells in an animal that is only 3 years old.
These cells may have resembled, or had the appearance or responed to things like a 9 year old cell would - but there ain't no way they were actually 9 years old.
This goes against logic and common sense.
Am I the only one that is scratching his head on this ?
Maybe this explains why I am tired in the morning, I got older cells in my body <img src="graemlins//urrr.gif" border="0" alt="[urrr]" />
And oh YES - I am a clone <img src="graemlins//eek.gif" border="0" alt="[eek]" />
The original broomer1 only does freshwater and lives in St. Louis.
The other broomers .. 2,3 and 4 worked in a circus as a fabulous triplet flaming juggling team ... but there was a freaky accident a few years ago .... and they did not make it.

 

[reeferx]

No you are not.
But I wouldn't know a petri dish if it hit me in the face.
Anyway, I would prefer farm-raised to clones. Clones seem kinda 'fake' to me. Like I might as well buy the bubbling plastic fish aquarium from Walgreens or something.
But Wamp is on to something with Godzilla. <img src="graemlins//mischievous.gif" border="0" alt="[Mischievous]" />

 

[reeferx]

Did you just edit your post broomer? Or was that a clone that survived?!

 

[holacanthus]

tru conch it's a Townsends angel not Thompsons angel, and some hybrids show up with regulararity in the pet-fish trade!
Lol broomer5 thats pretty funny, but i agree in actual age the cells were not 9 yrs old, but were identified as being much older than other cells from different areas of the body!

 

[broomer5]

Uh oh .......... <img src="graemlins//eek.gif" border="0" alt="[eek]" />
Looks like one of my clone brothers may have survived afterall reeferX and DID edit my post.
got to go change my password I guess

EDIT: NO NO PLEASE DON'T CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD !
Broomer2

 

[aceiswild7]

golden moray crossed with a hawaiin dragon moray.....!!! put me on the list

 

[reeferx]

nice broomer.

 

[discusking]

hey, if there were all cloned fish, then the mother of all the clones could have a weakness against certain ailments, which could wipe out everyones stock of that fish, genetic diversity is best.

 

[joe's reefer]

cheaper helfrich's firefish im all for it.