#what's that? me getting angry at the genetic mismanagement of another domesticated species?
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Goldfish post got me looking up Betta genetics more seriously this time and ughhhhh it's HAPPENING AGAIN I WILL BITE A GOD
If I ever get into breeding it's 120% going to have a health focus FIRST because at the current rate we're breeding them into the floor, we won't have anything livable left.
#kerytalk#fish nonsense#what's that? me getting angry at the genetic mismanagement of another domesticated species?#it's more common than you think#like very very on brand for me#followed by my very cranky plans of 'if no one is going to do it I'll do it MYSELF'#problem is getting any Betta here is probably going to be relying on thai bulk imports and I have no way of knowing lineage with these fish#either way I'd be waiting idk 2 years to see how they age/if they develop shit before even touching breeding#(breeding is also completely hypothetical at this point anyway)#also NO the solution to fixing them is 'don't breed them' either#what start from scratch with a wild type? sure but that means taking that out of it's native environment most likely - also bad if not wors#I want to breed a pet FISH not an ORNAMENT#man's obsession with controlling nature to the point it's an object makes me want to commit violence#this has been a tag rant#ventpost
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