Re: [Killietalk] shipping fry

["Ken" <ken_combs at sbcglobal.net>]

Shipping fry seems to be one of those practices not "widely
practiced"...taboo maybe? ...I dunno, but the thought keeps crossing my mind
as I loose another 50 austrolebias fry due to over crowding and fear that
over-culling a species with horrible sex ratios might yield too few pairs (I
can't be the only one with that dilemma)

..thing is; some of these huge hatches gobble precious resources, esp. the
deltaense , SJO & fast growing annuals...I don't mind halving the
fundulopanchax and such, cuz you get "reasonable" sex ratio's...but annuals?
ARRRGH.... I think I had to give Keith, Carrol and a few others "BAG-O-Fry"
(with an odd look), or waste em...whadda do?

...and a 9-5 gig means, those 2 feedings a day gets really tiresome
fast...I'm sure I've stunted my share of hatches with the ole single BBS
feeding in the evening...I doubt I'm alone here

And pachypanchax...OMG...slooooowest growing, greediest fry on the
planet...eat non-stop, sex out late, non-alpha males "mimic/cross dress",
and you are left with a tankfull of 1-2" non-sexable juvies after 3mo's
...heck wasn't until I started growing playfari, I was thinking those sach's
were stunts despite the H2O changes & generous heaps of BBS...If there was a
killifish candidate for disposing of/shipping out juvies, this genus is
it....

Ya'll let me know what the "status quo" has ruled on these proceedings, and
I'll abide...otherwise I'll continue suffering the slow & painful learning
curve as I purchase, stunt & kill assorted experimental victims of the
killifish sub-order

KC  



-----Original Message-----
From: killietalk-bounces+ken_combs=sbcglobal.net at aka.org
[mailto:killietalk-bounces+ken_combs=sbcglobal.net at aka.org] On Behalf Of
Joseph Scanlan
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 6:54 PM
To: killifish discussion list
Subject: Re: [Killietalk] shipping fry

The only problem I see with shipping fry is their appetite.  They  
will not survive as well without food and feeding them during  
shipment is likely to fail.  Overnight shipments should all do  
well.    6 per bag is conservative.       joe in Al.
On Jul 23, 2007, at 11:24 AM, rj rj wrote:

> Anybody have any experiences to share shipping fry?  I have a tank  
> of fry I don't want and was going to get rid of.  I was thinking of  
> 6 per nice sized bag.
>
>   I was thinking of shipping at one month with 6 per bag.
>
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