Wild caught E/Blue

[Savage_roo]

How dam hard is it to breed a wild caught Electric Blue?
I have tryed him with 5 difftent femals even a nother wild female but i think i was riped $60 for 1 fish shit!
I think the fish pool in Australia is over breed and over priced
Fish with weak jaws , bad colour,a drop in fry batchers, fish that won't hold
Breeders that don't pick the best colored male and just going with the Dom 1 at the time?
I'm not knocking the breeders you guys just don't have that much good stock to work with
And good quality fish are a bit hard to find
 So you own the fish you breed the fish just do the best you can with what you got
and I find that you guys do sell good priced fish keep up the good work

Well dont know if its just the way im reading it, but if your keeping him with only one female at a time that could be your problem, With mine i found that at least 3-4 females in with the male, As i found the females also sort out there own pecking order in which the females will breed first.

As for bad stock, well yea maybe, but there are quite a few good e.blues around.

[Savage_roo]

I have had him with more than 1 female and he just chasers them all day and won't do his job
I have a few up and coming f/males from good stock(thank god lol)
So he is going in his own tank with them so with luck i might get a good batch and if so
I will give away the first few batchers just because i can lol
So a few good fish might improve the line for others

[wazboyne]

Dribble

[GTR73]

That's a bit harsh  :?

[madbob101]

[quote:5e7bcd33cd="wazboyne"]Dribble[/quote:5e7bcd33cd]

What a valuable piece of input  :?

[ashhhh]

[quote:a5cf5a52a1="madbob101"][quote:a5cf5a52a1="wazboyne"]Dribble[/quote:a5cf5a52a1]

What a valuable piece of input  :?[/quote:a5cf5a52a1]

maybe wazboyne could elaborate on that comment just a little??

[Savage_roo]

So how long have you kept fish for Waz????

I have had fish for 25 years and I have breed and kept a lot of them
So how long have you been in the game :?
And i have seen and a lot of shity and over breed fish in my time
And over priced as well
Fronnies sold here for $15 and the same size fish selling in lfs for $75
Yellows $4 in here sold for $15 to $20 in lfs
I know there are a heep of over heads but fair is fair
But there are a lot of good shops out there i know i have been to quiet a lot of them and some i wouldn't even buy feeders off of
But for good fish the price is good
So waz you go look in ya tanks and  say to your self are these fish good enought that you would buy them from a shop if not flush the lot and start over :evil:

[Savage_roo]

Ps if i have afenderd any 1 elce I'm sorry i know a lot of you here and you are all good guys and girls to me

[nemo1981]

i hope my fish are good enough for me not to flush :o

I just flushed a heap of mine, they went straight out to ippy LOL Just Kidding.

[Savage_roo]

I know
I was a little pissed but you get that  8O
And yes I have flushed a few of my fish in the past
But I realy put them in the frezer if there beaten up too much

[hareysfish]

i agree with wazboyne ,but have to admit there are a lot of shitty overpriced fish around(up this way anyway) and you have to see the parents first before you buy the fry.it just common sence ,as for the lfs being overpriced well buy from the breaders instead of the lfs and you get to see the parents. :twisted:  :P  :D  :twisted:  :evil:

[dammwoman]

Not buy from your LFS.  Who do you think brings the fish into the country for you to buy in the first place.  If you think the fish is poor quality or overpriced don't buy it.  I don't think you're under any obligation.
And who sells these poor quality fish to the LFS...Local Breeders who don't care what they breed  as long as they make a few bucks.
Sure theres far too many poor quality fish out there but its irresponsible breeders who put them there.
If you don't support LFS you will be limited to only the fish that any fool can breed.
Cheers Linda

[Robert1964]

Im in fish keeping for about 3 years and treat this as a hobby.(befor that I was breeding Boxer dogs for 10 years and done quite good, was vis-president of the club. Alot to do with blood lines in that if you know what I mean)

I can only agree with Linda partially.

If the Lfs would care a bit what they sell, they would not buy the fish in the first place from "any fool" that comes to the shop, and wants to get rid of his fish for half price that the shop can normally buy from reputable or local breeder. I'm talking from experience.
 I got number of wild caught or F2-3 fish. When I went to my closest LLfs (Large Local), they don't care about the quality of the blood lines in the fish as long as it looks ok and the price is good she will be right mate.
The quality of mainganos and blue dolphins I'm talking about was appalling. Not saying anything about the yellows or 6 bars with twisted jaws.

 So Money speaks and that is Ok in business, but please don't tell me that the lfs support the genuine local breeder.

Robert