What are you going to do with the spawn that you raise?

[atlantis_child]

Well the question says it all. My plan is to keep some of the offspring, enough to make my 5 in the 10 gallon tank more happy schooolwise, then raise enough generations after that till adulthood to get a decent number to sell to an aquarium shop. I already have a fairly local fish store that would most likely be happy to take them.
I wouldn’t have a clue how much to charge for them though. I’d guess we’d have to barter or something.

[Darkmoon Bettas]

When I get offspring *crosses fingers* first I’ll take some to auction tthrough the local fish club I attend. I know there are several people there really interested in some, but who want to buy only captive-raised stock. After that, I’ll start selling them through the fish store I work at, that also won’t be offering them again until captive stock is available.

[krib cichlid]

Im new to the forum but im getting some to breed them and i will also sell to a Tropical fish shop i work at and also keep some.

[chr15_8]

1st
i will swap them for other baby Celestial Pearl Danio (hopefully with a member on here) for breeding purpose

2nd add them (about 20-30) into my 45 gallon planted as a general fish if they bread i would leave the baybs in there as it would be a nightmare to try and catch them

chris

[atlantis_child]

Does anybody know if it’s bad to breed the parents with their offspring?
I thought it was ok for fish. At least, for a few generations.

Another thought I had. I’m not just going to keep just any of the offspring, I’m going to keep some of the prettier ones for future breeding. That makes sense, right? Afterall, most people that buy the fish probably won’t buy them to breed them.

[chr15_8]

@atlantis_child wrote:

Does anybody know if it’s bad to breed the parents with their offspring?
I thought it was ok for fish. At least, for a few generations.

Another thought I had. I’m not just going to keep just any of the offspring, I’m going to keep some of the prettier ones for future breeding. That makes sense, right? Afterall, most people that buy the fish probably won’t buy them to breed them.

i heard if you breed offspring together they are weaker so i would assume its the same with parent/offsring breeding which is why i would leave the fry in my planted tank as they would probably get dissposed of quite quickly

i know where your coming from in terms of selecting fry for future breeding but from pictures that ive seen of young fry you would have to wait t least 10 weeks to be able to see the colouring on them and i would think longer to sex them

chris

[atlantis_child]

Yes, but I got the feeling that stores won’t buy them till they got their adult coloration anyway.

I should probably do a bunch of research on danio genetics and stuff. I just don’t want to have to buy more wild caught galaxies.

[chr15_8]

@atlantis_child wrote:

Yes, but I got the feeling that stores won’t buy them till they got their adult coloration anyway.

I should probably do a bunch of research on danio genetics and stuff. I just don’t want to have to buy more wild caught galaxies.

totaly agree with you on that one but if you can find someone local you could swap fish (at say around 15 weeks old when they can be sexed)

i also agree on the fact stores probably wont buy them of you untill get the adult colours though

chris

[Darkmoon Bettas]

@chr15_8 wrote:

@atlantis_child wrote:

Does anybody know if it’s bad to breed the parents with their offspring?
I thought it was ok for fish. At least, for a few generations.

Another thought I had. I’m not just going to keep just any of the offspring, I’m going to keep some of the prettier ones for future breeding. That makes sense, right? Afterall, most people that buy the fish probably won’t buy them to breed them.

i heard if you breed offspring together they are weaker so i would assume its the same with parent/offsring breeding which is why i would leave the fry in my planted tank as they would probably get dissposed of quite quickly

i know where your coming from in terms of selecting fry for future breeding but from pictures that ive seen of young fry you would have to wait t least 10 weeks to be able to see the colouring on them and i would think longer to sex them

chris

Generally, with most aquarium-type fish, a couple generations of linebreeding/inbreeding doesn’t seem to greatly weaken the strain, so I’d personally feel comfortable with doing a F1 or F2 with my current stock before really needing to bring in new genetics. It’s the accumulation of multiple copies of weak genes that really causes problems. Unless the parent fish are really faulty to begin with, genetically, I don’t see the harm in a limited gene pool for the very short term.

[tan]

my idea is when i get fry to swap them with someone on here or my lfs(local fish store) to keep a good geneitc mix but not to reduce my population. surely the more i have the more fry i’ll get. hopefully one day i’ll get the fry i long for!!

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