Re: [Killietalk] A. Bitaeniatum (Ijebu-Ode)

["Bill Shenefelt" <william_shenefelt at verizon.net>]

Hi Nick;
Thought you might find this one funny.  I raised a male congicum. Jet black 
dorsal extended back past the end of his tail  Great orange and jet black. 
A regular Orcha when it was held up. Wow!  Tried desperately to "strain" 
this guy.  Got perfectly average ones from two generations of his offspring. 
As always with killies, once you have a bunch, you sort of neglect to set up 
breeders and after a while you notice you have very few.  Then took what I 
had ( worst of my offspring as I tent to try to pick out the best looking 
fish to mail or auction.)  Pitiful light yellow body with almost gray fins, 
but ya breed what ya got.  Offspring were absolutely gorgeous.  Ever since 
then I have tried to select breeders based on condition primarily.  Food and 
water probably mean more in color and appearance than genetics with most 
killies.  They are already so inbred in a location that attempts to change 
or pretty up a strain are usually futile.
Bill Shenefelt
http://sheneskillies.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Ternes" <woodland_gardens at gmail.com>
To: "killifish discussion list" <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] A. Bitaeniatum (Ijebu-Ode)


> It's important to keep in mind that everyone selectively breeds their 
> fish.
> It may be conscious or subconscious, but when setting up a breeding pair 
> we
> select the "best looking" fish.  So each breeder may have a slightly
> different strain, especially on older locations that have been around
> awhile. 


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