kiwiplymouth Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I define pure strain as selective breeding resulting in all offspring resembling the parents and or grandparents I am not trying to cause an argument either but I wouldn't class a strain as pure after only two generations and i certainly wouldn't use the word "resembling" in my definition. eg I could cross two separate species of Aulonocara and get all the offspring to "resemble the parents" but they would be far from a "pure strain" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Back on topic... I keep what is in my sig below plus white cloud mountain minnows, sterbai cory, and two species of hillstream loach. Edited spelling, thanks zev :sage: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 I am not trying to cause an argument either but I wouldn't class a strain as pure after only two generations and i certainly wouldn't use the word "resembling" in my definition. eg I could cross two separate species of Aulonocara and get all the offspring to "resemble the parents" but they would be far from a "pure strain" Ok, maybe a bad choice of words to try and communicate what I mean. Say my blue black moscows for instance, they were selectively bred over seas until the strain was fixed, then mass bred and exported around the world. I picked up two pairs here when they first became avaliable and bred them in two seperate lines producing only blue black moscows each drop. I am now up to my fourth generation on each line, still only throwing blue blacks. I am confident in my fifth generation where I outcross by swapping my line one females with my line two females will still produce pure blue blacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Back on topic agian... I keep Bronze corys, LDA25's, ember tetras, peppered corys and asian rummynoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamBro Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 i just got a pair of Kribensis to day, i want giraffe's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 I keep mostly little fish killies, guppies, corys and three types of hillstream loach (you spice your hillstreams blue? )- my largest fish are a PT 'Moliwe' and a gold stripe Premnas biaculeatus. Largest tanks are 108l (Marine) and 64l (freshwater) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 :smot: spelling wos neva mi string pint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 My hillstreams need some spice - not much happening on the breeding front for a while there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamBro Posted July 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 My hillstreams need some spice - not much happening on the breeding front for a while there... change the light to a hot pink! might set the mood lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hmmm... wonder where I put those GroLux tubes, might do the trick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted July 25, 2012 Report Share Posted July 25, 2012 Hmmm... wonder where I put those GroLux tubes, might do the trick :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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