GeeTee Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 In my last batch of fry I end up with 2 of them with no tails. It doesn't worry them though they just swim with the rest of the fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Born with no tail or chomped off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Never mind there tails keep them they can be special!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 No they had no tail when I stripped them. And they will be special fish I guess,thought about feeding them to something bigger but I couldn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Good job on deciding not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 I have to say I am a fan of the cull. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSkz Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 me 2. I have one electric yellow baby that has a bent spine and if I could catch the darn thing it'd see the inside of my freezer asap. What's interesting to note is that in a lot of fish I just got, not cichlids, there's an "adult" with a bent spine a n d there's a few babies with bent spines. Really keeping deformitys only promotes them, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 Yeah I guess if you have the tank space to keep these "unique" fish in where they can live a good life and theres no possibility of them breeding then its all good.. Personally I catch any when they're young enough to still be food and feed them to something else so theres no possibility of them breeding.. I think its inevitable as alot of fish are becoming more and more inbred, and I dont have the time/space for deformed fish.. Ask any discus breeder how many they cull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 yea im for culling to stop deformities spreading through the generations but if possible i would keep as a special fish so they could live a normal life. As long as they arent suffering then you should keep them alive I had to get rid of a couple female guppys with bent spines a little while ago but i couldnt do the deed, my mate had to.... (and they were only guppys!!!!!!!!!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 16, 2006 Report Share Posted July 16, 2006 I got some deformed guppys for 'live food' for my knife fish but when i got them home, i couldn't do it, so they now live in my inlaws community tank! Husband still gives me grief about it.... No more live food for my knife... he can have blood worm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 A friend of ours breeds discus and hes very selective on what he keeps (which is a good thing) He has a resident Oscar who is rather well fed at times. I would cull anything that is needing to be, however, luckily have had near on nothing to cull really, but I guess its only a matter of time! I always remember being told, weak young often make weak adults. JMT Mekhaela Hawkes Bay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freakyfish Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 Im a fan of culling anything that isnt right And anything that comes from a wholesaler that i feel isnt good enough for the hobby gets feed to my native fish so that means anything under around 20cm will get eaten plus i love watchig them feed which helps The main reason i see culling appropriate is in Oz we have some really bad Electric yellows which could have been avoided to a degree by people who kept on top of the badly coloured ones and stopped them breeding Brad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted July 17, 2006 Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 i breed goldfish as well so i am use to kulling fish but this to me looks unique rather than deformed. i like them all fancy gold fish are "deformed". there is a very unique breed of goldfish called the meteor that's is exactly like that with no tail. [u never know u could start a new breed :lol: ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted July 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 Don't know about the new breed thing!! But they're harmless they'll stay in the family for a while. Won't try and contaminate the market. I like a big tail fanned out showing all the colours,really makes a fish I reckon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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