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    Whoopie! I thought we'd lost it! so glad it's...

    Whoopie!
    I thought we'd lost it!
    so glad it's back up and running
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    Sad news. He was one of the few remaining people...

    Sad news. He was one of the few remaining people trying to inject some activity into this site.
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    Me too!

    Me too!
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    Hi, I'm in the UK, so can't help you with breeder...

    Hi, I'm in the UK, so can't help you with breeder suggestions, but welcome to the forum.
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    Well a month and a half on and it's too early to...

    Well a month and a half on and it's too early to make too many definitive statements, but there are some things I can say...

    There are a number of pinoy offspring, but so far I haven't spotted a...
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    Here are some better shots of him......

    Here are some better shots of him...
    https://stored-edge.slickpic.com/MjIxMTIxZjdmYzdjOGQ,/20190917/MTY0MDAyMTBjZmY3/p/1600/IMG_4172.jpg...
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    Still no luck with this one yet. But I'm going to...

    Still no luck with this one yet. But I'm going to keep trying, this photo shows why....

    I was trying to take some photos of a Bulgarian Green, but this photo really shows the glitter on this...
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    https://stored-edge.slickpic.com/MjIxMTIxZjdmYzdjO...

    https://stored-edge.slickpic.com/MjIxMTIxZjdmYzdjOGQ,/20190803/MTYzMDgwMTdkZGQ3/p/1400/IMG_3116.jpg
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    Going all the way back to 2017 and post #6 and...

    Going all the way back to 2017 and post #6 and batch #1, you may recall that I got just 1 veiltail Bulgarian green fish from 64 Bulgarian Green offspring in a mixed batch where both parents were het....
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    No Dice, they started fighting, have moved him...

    No Dice,
    they started fighting, have moved him to the tank in my dining room, hopefully he'll chose a mate, or vice versa, and once they've bonded I'l put them into a breeding tank.
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    I've paired him with a different female and at...

    I've paired him with a different female and at least they're not fighting, but no eggs yet.
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    The problem is I have far too many potential...

    The problem is I have far too many potential breeders, and far too few tanks to put them in.
    He has put on a bit of weight though, so I will try again soon.
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    Sadly not yet. I tried him with a couple of...

    Sadly not yet. I tried him with a couple of different females and both just beat him up. I'll try him again when I have a suitable younger/smaller partner for him.
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    This is definitely a male, his breeding tube was...

    This is definitely a male, his breeding tube was down the other day.
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    All that glitters...

    When it comes to selecting fish as potential breeders I find it really helps to look for negatives, "That ones got a misshapen fin", "I don't like the body shape of this one", and so on. I find...
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    in post #44 I said... sometimes these...

    in post #44 I said...



    sometimes these things work out quicker than others. i paired the female with a veiltail paraiba koi ...
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    Development of Albino Fry

    Quick question to anyone with experience of raising albino fry.

    In general I like to let my fish parent raise, but albinos seem to struggle with this presumably because their eye sight isn't as...
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    Just a couple more if both parents are D/Gm,...

    Just a couple more

    if both parents are D/Gm, Given the black tail band this can't be Gm/Gm and most have at least one Dark gene, but it doesn't look quite like any of Raiko's photos of blushing...
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    This one is probably my favourite ...

    This one is probably my favourite
    https://www.slickpic.com/pic/url/15639852/MjIxMTIxZjdmYzdjOGQ,20181130MTU2Mzk4NTJmY2Nm/photo/1400...
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    Now on to batch #3 I have also selected 14 fish...

    Now on to batch #3
    I have also selected 14 fish from this batch to grow on as potential breeders, most of these are blushing. As I have limited tank space it helps to keep track of which fish are...
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    Back to the Bulgarian Greens. I kept back about...

    Back to the Bulgarian Greens.
    I kept back about 15 from Batch #2 as potential breeders, most I selected were classic "BSP's" as both parents were homozygous for pb, all are pb/pb.
    I also kept a...
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    This is probably worthy of another thread, but...

    This is probably worthy of another thread, but personally I suspect that pearlscale may have an influence, it also seems to be associated with fish that have lemon shaped rather than round bodies,...
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    The more I work with this gene the more puzzled I...

    The more I work with this gene the more puzzled I become... :confused:

    Batch #3 are disappointingly slow growing, I've recently moved about 15 mostly paraibas to a seperate tank to try and grow...
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    One further thing to mention... In post #17 I...

    One further thing to mention...

    In post #17 I highlighted that from a mixed batch which included 64 Bulgarian Greens, I only got 1 rather than the 30+ bg/bg veiltails that I was expecting, and...
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    That looks like an impressive site, I shall...

    That looks like an impressive site, I shall investigate further....
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