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RE: Culls
Hi Dave,
The opinion on culls varies. Some of the best breeders only breed their best
and brightest. Sometimes they produce larger and brighter fish than occur in
the wild. Not a bad idea.
On the other hand I have a beautiful strain of GUE. After losing several
very nice pairs in the learning process. I got a pair breeding and got my
first viable eggs. This was the dullest drabbest pair I had ever seen but as
I was learning I raised the fry. The next generation was OUTSTANDING. The
best I had ever seen. I still get some colorless males roughly every other
generation. I usually do not sell them but I don't even remove them from my
breeding colony. If you ever see my GUE, I guarantee that the nicest among
them are as nice as any anywhere and way more colorful than most. By the
way I have had STR who had broken lines when they were juvenile and the
lines filled in when they got older.
So I for one do not cull very often. Over culling can cost a loss of useful
genes in a strain too.
Best regards,
~RJ~
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of David Ramsey
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:13 PM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Culls
I don't remember the list ever having a discussion on
culls other that bent spines and obvious physical
defects. As far as how the fish looks, what is a cull?
Here is a quick pick of a A striatum Cape Esteria
http://www.djramsey.com/tropfish/strcull.jpg
Considering the lines are somewhat broken, is this a
cull or a keeper?
David Ramsey
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