tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436218126291303253.post5610542400273775847..comments2024-03-28T02:51:24.917-04:00Comments on Swordtail Guppies: A Passion for Topswords - Why So Little Interest in North America?Alan S. Biashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173118039101254912noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436218126291303253.post-24908047588963875582011-08-12T17:59:21.670-04:002011-08-12T17:59:21.670-04:00The lavender colour could be hellblau?
Bjarne
(ww...The lavender colour could be hellblau?<br /><br />Bjarne<br />(www.guppys.se)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436218126291303253.post-1677617278417564942011-08-11T14:14:41.340-04:002011-08-11T14:14:41.340-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436218126291303253.post-51768273293841863602011-08-11T14:13:24.995-04:002011-08-11T14:13:24.995-04:00Alan I think you answer the question posed in your...Alan I think you answer the question posed in your blog title in the blog itself through your expression of enthusiasm for swordtails. You have developed a passion for this fin shape and the wild type genetics it usually sports on its body. The question is why other people in the hobby have not gotten bitten by the bug. I would say it is because the organized form of the hobby in North America has through its show standards mitigated against this tail shape, favoring what is viewed as the native tail shape, the triangle shape (aka delta shape). The other problem is that it is very difficult to get guppies from Europe into North America. So people cannot acquire roundtails, spadetails, Giessens, swords and so on. The situation is analogous to local cuisine as the result of local food critics, the types of foods readily available locally and the sheer weight of eating habits. Add to this the aesthetic downside of a chunky, award shape of the swordtail when it is forced into the North American standard for the swordtail. I really think people should attend the Guppycon conference in Boston on Oct. 14-17. There are interesting guppies with fabulous fin shapes arriving their to compete in the World Guppy Association contest. And they are up for grabs at the auction at the end of the show. Great opportunity to bring hard to find guppies onto North American shores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com