Selecting Breeders
by Gary Mousseau, MI
Presented at the St Louis IFGA 97 Annual
1:Culling process is most important in a good breeding program. 2: My code I follow picking Breeders (SCS in that order) Shape: Without this you can not have a good breeder and never a show fish. Color: Complimenting shape is color. Without this your fish can not place. Size: This is the biggest factor to have your fish in Best of show!!!! 3: Selecting Male Breeders A: More on the culling Process. B: The top 6 to 8(3 1/2 months old) from a 10 gal. tank of 12 to 15 Fish are put into a 2 1/2 gallon plastic tank. C: There my code of picking breeders is as follows: USE MY CODE OF HONOR (SCS) D: When you have a winning strain it gets harder to pick out breeders since the fish are much closer looking and in top form. 4: Females A: Same as the Males. B: I look for short stout females with thick peduncles. C: Color is generally not important but a clean looking caudal is what you are looking for. You want the male to carry the color gene. 5: How To Setup A: 2 males to 4 females per 5 1/2 gallon tank B: 3 males to 3 females per 5 1/2 gallon tank C: 5 males to 6 females per 10 gallon tank. D: But never one male to one female because it has low success. E: A father to daughter is the perfect line breed! (Closest Match) 1: Sister to brother is generally what most breeders use today! 2: Always have a second backup set of breeders. 3: One out of every three generations to keep body size.
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