RE: Gender ratios.

["Genade Tyrone <tgenade at sun_ac.za>" <tgenade at sun_ac.za>]

My first kilomberoensis wetting yielded 7 bellysliders and one fat female... My second wetting gave me several more belly sliders and 4 males. Go figure... They are spawning now though so I should be able to stuff up with another generation.

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Birgit McKinnon [mailto:birgit_mckinnon at telus.net] 
	Sent: Tue 7/1/2003 9:21 PM 
	To: killietalk at aka_org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: Gender ratios.
	
	

	Hi Dave,
	
	I'm one of those who was having an attack of "the hell with it" but since
	we're going to do this for interest sake I'll add my bit of data.
	
	On the second wetting of N. kilomberoensis Minepa TAN 00-14 I got two fry
	both of which were female.  I was quite pleased with this since the first
	wetting gave me about 75% males and I only had one female left.  When I wet
	the eggs I have incubating, I'll try some containers with two fry each and
	see what happens although its going to be like comparing apples and oranges
	because I did not incubate the original bag of eggs.  I got it in the mail
	and customs sat on it for 3 weeks.  The eggs were eyed up way ahead of the
	incubation time and I wondered if they had stored them on the heat register
	while they had them.
	
	Birgit McKinnon
	AKA 08341
	
	
	----- Original Message -----
	From: "Dave Wood" <daviduu at btinternet_com>
	To: <killietalk at aka_org>
	Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:35 PM
	Subject: Gender ratios.
	
	
	> Hi all.
	> This whole discussion is in danger of getting out of hand.
	> I appreciate the well-meaning input of the scientific types in the
	> hobby....HONEST, I DO....but if we start to insist on more and more
	controls
	> members will probably have an attack of "the hell with it" and drop out.
	> SO, lets play KIS. (Keep It Simple) , and settle for any results that we
	can
	> get.
	> I assume that people will use common sense, and report as honestly as they
	> can, 'cause there's no prizes for getting the best results....whatever
	> "best" may be.
	> By leaving members their independence we should end up with a wide range
	of
	> results, which will prove something or nothing. Let's just have fun.
	>
	> And for the scientific doubters out there..."I said it to Wilbur, and I
	said
	> it to Orville.. That damn thing will never fly."   :-)
	> Dave Wood,
	> BKA 550
	> AKA 08684
	>
	>
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