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Re Killietalk 767
Reply to Michael Gray. I totally agree with Barry, keeping Killies of the
same genus together is
asking for trouble, recognizing males is fairly easy, but females is very
difficult if not impossible.
Example Aphyosemion females can look so much alike even experienced Killie
keepers would
have great difficulty in determining which species they belong too, our
task as breeders of any
fish is to keep the strains pure, just take a look at the Gardneri species,
I wonder how many
times these fish have been cross bred? Keeping Killies like you do will
almost certainly lead
to infertility in some of the progeny, if the fry reached maturity and
bred, this will lead to hybrids.
As a member of the B.K.A. this organization will not tolerate or support
cross breeding of Killies,
I am a great believer, that all fish should be kept pure, just look at the
various colour forms of
Discus offered for sale to-day by retailers, in Scotland where I live, you
would have a job finding
the true silver Angel fish, nearly all that are on sale are hybrids of one
sort or another!! I bred
Labrador gun dogs many years ago, I certainly would never have used an
Collie or Boxer as a
stud dog, why do some people do this with fish? My own fish house which I
keep about 40 species
of Killies, the small Aphyosemions are housed in 12"x8"x8" tanks about 2
imperial gallons of pure
rain water, the larger Killies are in 18"x12"x12" tanks, all pairs which
could cross are kept well apart, Killies are excellent jumpers so all tanks
must have a tight fitting =
lid. I conclude by offering one bit off advice, join the A.K.A. read all
you can about the species you intend to keep, meet up with other Killie
keepers, we have local groups in the UK, you will learn more from these
guys than you can everread in books. I wish you lots of success in you're
venture.
John De Luca B.K.A. 268.04