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missing thread not missing: breeding (was: Re: Food Shrimp)
The thread was posted yesterday.
Erik
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> Von: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]Im
> Auftrag von Jeff Shoffner
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2002 02:50
> An: killietalk at aka_org
> Betreff: breeding (was: Re: Food Shrimp)
>
>
> >> I've read on here & other places that a good staple for
> killies is brine
> >> shrimp. How about ghost shrimp
>
> >
> >Too big (for all but really large species).
> >Too expensive.
> >They probably eat eggs.
> >Except for that, go for it. ;-)
> >
> >Wright
>
> Oh. Okay, that'd be a slight problem. See what I mean about asking dumb
> questions to folks who automatically know the answer so wouldn't bother
> discussing it on the list?
>
> Well, I'll ask another "duh" question. All along I've wondered about the
> practicality of breeding fish from the same spawn. In fact, one other has
> posted here the problem of inbreeding of cichlids in Australia. So,
> ideally, the way I would go about this is (1) get a batch of eggs of T.
> dolichopterus from say, breeder A, (2) get a batch of T. dolis
> from breeder
> B, (3) try to incubate them around the same time, (4) breed males from A
> with females from B, then (5) trade these eggs with another T.
> doli breeder,
> preferably that isn't breeder A or B.
>
> Is that how it normally goes?
>
> Also, what do breeders normally look for in potential parents? Color I
> assume, but also size? This is assuming you're going for the traditional
> looks for the fish; I personally wouldn't breed albinos, but
> there are those
> that breed specifically for them. Can you breed for temperament?
>
>
> Jeff Shoffner
>
>
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