Wild caught E/Blue

[hareysfish]

i agree with robert  the lfs should have some idea of what they are buying instead of taking the sellers word for it.yeh the LARGER  lfs do get in new bloodlines for us breeders but it is the smaller ones who dont know a lot about cichlids who take in the crap and bugger up the fish lines for a cheap buck

[dammwoman]

Robert I do see what you mean. I too have a background in breeding good stock that you take pride in but I have also done my time behind the counter of the LFS and most customers are only interested in paying bottom dollar. If more people refused to buy these mongrel imbred things that are constantly offered up then both shops and breeders alike would have to lift their game.

Cheers Linda

[dammwoman]

Savage Roo I neglected to say that  I wish you luck with your wild caught Electric Blue and it would good if more people did keep an eye on their quality and lash out on some good new blood
Cheers  Linda

[turtle]

there is a lfs that sells fronnies for $15 ,you have to buy 10 or there $19 but we bought some from down at h2o in ippy and i would say that all his fish are cheap and good .its been a long time since there has been a cheep shop about and i think its great.

[Robert1964]

Savage Roo let me know when you get fry. I wouldnt mind to grow out my self few males for my disp tank.

Robert

[here fishie fishie]

Any chance you can put a pic up of your male. How many did you originally buy, & from who? I know a few people after some.

Frenchy :D

[here fishie fishie]

Sorry just read this
[quote:5a0fbecf5d]please don't tell me that the lfs support the genuine local breeder. [/quote:5a0fbecf5d]  :lol:

Obviously you shop at the wrong LFS then, poor business skills on your behave ah.  :wink: I can think of a few lfs that only get some species of specific people only.
Sure its business, but if you shop around you will find good lfs. Who will get in nice fish for you & at good prices.  :D

The joys of dogs is its easy to see a nice one from shit, you can get papers with history....I have had a bloke from some a Sydney dog club wave me down, to droll over my dog (Whippee) :lol:
Unfortunitly you can't get the same for fish.

Also when fish come into shops its in bags or buckets, fish are stressed dropped colours, not to active....sometimes hard to really pick the quality especially with some cichlid species(eg, electric yellows) & the lfs is relying on the good will of the breeder.  

Then again one lfs I know of has a 10 foot tank to throw the duds into.

Frenchy :D

[ashhhh]

[quote:502c151d73]Then again one lfs I know of has a 10 foot tank to throw the duds into.
[/quote:502c151d73]

....the "recycling bin" :lol:

[here fishie fishie]

:lol: classic

Makes for good fun too

Frenchy :D

[Kimbo]

wouldnt it be better NOT to breed the wildcaught male with the regular females that we have here as no one can really tell if they are ahli or fryeri (Sp?)  i mean if they are wild caught i know sooty in sydney had some and they had a location so it would be best not to breed them with others? and isnt that kind of your argument trying to keep the gene pool in Aus good? Sorry if im on the wrong track but it soudns like you only have 1 wildcaught male.

[wazboyne]

I must have been tired and cranky the other day when i posted up "dribble" to the first few comments. Must be tired again this morning. I had better go and worry about my own backyard.

[Savage_roo]

Well looks like I put the bull in the china shop lol
Well there goes a nother batch of eggs down the drain  :(
I made a tumbler the other night put the eggs in and today there moldy (shit!!)
I will have to get a bottal of thet meth blue or what its called
So its only a matter of time i'm going to get this right b 4 it killes me
I will keep you posted
P.s
Oz pets at lawton I give a 3 in fish care
They still have dead and dying fish in their tanks
I don't think you can sell fish with dead 1's floating around the tank
I asked the girls that run the fishy stuff and thay say
They just come in they through some stress coat in the tanks and dump them in
You would think that if somthing isn't working thet you would try somthing elce
They loose 40% of their fish they bring in

[dammwoman]

There are plenty of LFS that work their butts off for the hobby and the industry and do genuinely look after the breeders but basicly you get what you give.  I look after them too and they in turn look after me.
Supermarket style Pet and Aquariums are  generally speaking only staffed with casual Juniors whose knowledge is questionable at best but these shops usually only stock basic fish and therefore  aren't usually supported terribly well by hobbists either.
Good staff with a good history in aquarium are hard to find and hence well paid and valued (or should be) so it all comes back to overheads.
Really if youre not happy for your local shop for whatever reason don't buy there.  Plenty of good shops are out there so keep on shopping around.
Cheers Linda

[flipingout]

How dam hard is it to breed a wild caught Electric Blue?
Not that hard..Sciaenochromis Fryeyi..quality...Maleri Is or Cape Maclear

[here fishie fishie]

Weel put Linda. :D

Frenchy :D