Morcs Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Now my pair are readily spawning, although a spawn has yet to be successful (disappearing eggs) Im setting up a dedicated tank with a sponge filter and breeding cone to place them in as soon as they are ready... but, my male has stunted fins. I bought him at adult size from the LFS. My suspicions were that hed been given to them as the previous owner didnt have a big enough tank - didnt bother me too much at the time as didnt expect him to breed.. Well, basically do I move him on and get a better male specimen? how long until a new male and my current female hit it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 if he was stunted because of a small tank (phenotypical trait) - his genes will still be fine, and the offspring should be normal as long as they are also not shoved in a small tank. breed him and see what the kids are like, and then you will know if he carries a gene for bendy fins (highly doubt it) or if its just what happened because of external environmental factors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted June 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 if he was stunted because of a small tank (phenotypical trait) - his genes will still be fine, and the offspring should be normal as long as they are also not shoved in a small tank. breed him and see what the kids are like, and then you will know if he carries a gene for bendy fins (highly doubt it) or if its just what happened because of external environmental factors. Yeah Thought seeing how the sprogs turn out is the way to go. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 20, 2009 Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 As Phoenix has said it depends if the deformed fins were caused by a genetic thing (which will be passed on) or the environment the fish was kept in or and damage that might have occurred when the fish was young.. Personally I wouldn't breed from it as I would say it is likely to be a genetic thing and I believe there are already so many rubbish fish out there in NZ that if you are going to the effort of breeding something (especially something as easy to find as an angel) then you might as well breed the best you can. It is one of those ethics of breeding things at the end of the day it doesn't really matter and you wont make any difference as there will always be others who will breed anything and sell it regardless of quality, and an angel with a bent fin can still live a healthy and happy life As for breeding them to see what happens, it is possible that you will get all the babies being normal (not bent fins) but they may all be carriers of the bent fin gene and when they are grown up and bred together all or most of their babies may have bent fins.. Also the bent fins may only show at a large size, so it depends if you have the time/tank space to grow them out fully and breed them together to see if it is passed on What would you do with the babies if they did all come out with bent fins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morcs Posted June 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2009 What would you do with the babies if they did all come out with bent fins? Feeders for my central americans I agree with your points though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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