Re: [RML] breeding

Mach T. Fukada (fukada at hawaii.edu)
Wed, 14 Oct 1998 07:25:17

Hard to say. Really can't tell how large your fish are. Most bow seem to
breed long before they show full adult size and color. Might be a problem
to do this in that you would not know just how well the fish really
conforms to the optimal/ideal characteristics util it reaches adulthood.
thus it would be possible to unintentionally breed "scrubs" and pass on
the bad genes to the next generation. Of course if they are really good
fish might not be a problem. This is more a concern withthe larger bows
(trifasciata) and a few Pseudomugi that seem to be developing odd
appearances late in life.
MTF

At 05:52 AM 10/14/98 -1000, you wrote:
>As a new comer, I have a basic question (but after all the encouragement you
>gave Shamus here in the last little while I decided to ask it anyway) :-)
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>At what age/size would my praecox be ready to breed? I have some juveniles
>(from a good source) of various sizes in a community tank. I'd like to breed
>them in a separate tank, but I wonder if I should wait until they get
>larger. So at what size would they be sexually mature?
>TIA
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>Michael Eckardt
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>"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." Unknown
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