Luohan craze back?

[aquarius]

I hope the LH craze don't come back. When it was first introduced in lfses, i find that they looked awfull! It took me quite awhile before i appreciate the beauty of the fish during the craze but i'll NEVER buy one cos i find the fish very BENG!!
I'd rather spend the money to buy a frontosa with the "Kok" head than to get the BENG fish.

[hwchoy]

cichlids are actually very interesting fishes and if you are into evolution, speciation, ecological niche and selection pressure, they are a wonderful subject to study. unfortunately the LH and parrotfish marred their image. some people even think that the kok head on some natural species are is artificial!

[XnSdVd]

Humans are horrific enough without cross-breeding the stupid creatures with something else...

[Jungle-mania]

You mean like this, http://www.insightnewstv.com/d05/
Here is something they didn't add, kidnappers are also known to steal babies and place a clamp on their head as they grow up and are beaten into submission to beg for the rest of their life.

[Justikanz]

Ahem... Kiasu me again... Before we go off track... Guys, do keep on track ah... Hmm... This thread should be at AquaTalk...

[zenscape]

LFS would certainly want the LH craze to come back as it was really good money selling them. There is no yardstick to determine a price. The sky is the limit. So long you come out with a new breed and give them prosperous names, churn rumors for enough people to believe that this fellow is really "lucky" and everyone rushs to get it and bingo! you can sell at ten of thousands a piece.

I remember when LH craze was at its peak, there were about 500 new LFS registered in Singapore. The same number of LFS disappeared after the craze is burst. And this happened within a short period of 2 years.

[hwchoy]

so the learned members of this forum, who can tell a strain from a hybrid, should actively advise and informs your friend, aunties, uncles, what the LH truly is and why they shouldn't support that trade.

instead encourage them to go for natural species which is farmed or caught by poor peasants in the source countries. most fishes are not endangered by fishing but by habitat destruction.