Greetings!!

[Solarpowered]

My name is Scott. I am in Southern California. I am incrementally setting up a small hatchery. My goal is to have a hobby generate some retirement income. Long term goal is to make enough to travel 2-3 times a year to destinations worldwide.

I kept; bred and sold reptiles for over 30 years. Its time for fish! So much diversity. So many babies!

I am fascinated by species and have no interest in weird hybrids (flowerhorns and parrots…) and most of the goldfish being bred recently. I am appalled at the “short body” mutants. I can stomach longfin, barely, on a case by case basis. For me wild type is the best. Long term; i will embrace color and pattern mutants while keeping the species pure.

My plan moving forward is to start culturing live food. Moina, Neocaridinia, Artemia….

Once the inverts have kicked in; i will set up a large tank for some altum angels; let them pair off. Will also set up tanks for the pairs to have some privacy.

I am off to southeast Asia soon. Will take a net to see if i can find wild Betta and gouramis. Not to bring home. Just to see them in nature. When I return; spring will be in full force and the cultures will begin.

Cheers and love to everyone reading this. Thank you.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Hi and welcome! Sounds like a fascinating set of projects!

I am off to southeast Asia soon. Will take a net to see if i can find wild Betta and gouramis. Not to bring home. Just to see them in nature. When I return; spring will be in full force and the cultures will begin.

Ooohh, if you have a go-pro camera, you could film them in the wild... I'd love to see more videos like that! They're always fascinating.

Welcome to the forum.

 

[Solarpowered]

Thank you

Hi and welcome! Sounds like a fascinating set of projects!




Ooohh, if you have a go-pro camera, you could film them in the wild... I'd love to see more videos like that! They're always fascinating.

Welcome to the forum.

Thank you. No go pro this trip. But friends with phones should suffice

 

[emeraldking]

Well, welcome to our forum...
Feel free to post some photos when you'll catch some wild fish species in Southeast Asia. Or a video blog would be nice as well.

 

[Solarpowered]

Thanks. My travel companion is not very tech savvy. I suspect all we will get is some stills

 

[MaloK]

Neocaridinia are not food.
They are Delicate, Distinguished, Amazing, Proud, Glorious, Beautiful and Precious.

I love them !!!

Take amanos if you want food. They grow faster and their shells are a lot softer to digest. They can lay thousands of eggs.

A good shape Neo will lay 20-50 eggs and has a pretty thick armour.

 

[Solarpowered]

Neocaridinia are not food.
They are Delicate, Distinguished, Amazing, Proud, Glorious, Beautiful and Precious.

I love them !!!

Take amanos if you want food. They grow faster and their shells are a lot softer to digest. They can lay thousands of eggs.

A good shape Neo will lay 20-50 eggs and has a pretty thick armour.

Thank you.

 

[Tacocat]

Neocaridinia are not food.
They are Delicate, Distinguished, Amazing, Proud, Glorious, Beautiful and Precious.

I love them !!!

Take amanos if you want food. They grow faster and their shells are a lot softer to digest. They can lay thousands of eggs.

A good shape Neo will lay 20-50 eggs and has a pretty thick armour.

Aren't amino shrimp so notoriously difficult to breed that even big breeders can't be bothered to breed them cause it's too much of a bother?

 

[Solarpowered]

Aren't amino shrimp so notoriously difficult to breed that even big breeders can't be bothered to breed them cause it's too much of a bother?

They breed in brackish water. I have zero desire to accomodate this. The member you replied too is emotionally attached to these shrimp. I get it. I think pigs are awesome too. And i eat bacon.

I will be feeding Neocaridina for sure. Feed the culls and sell the beauties! Amano are also slower to reproduce. On a per gallon per year basis; a Neo tank will make roughly the same number of babies as an Amano tank will. Without the extra work involved. And they are the maximum size food i will need.

 

[MaloK]

Don't worry I wont die for that. I like to pull a leg a little sometimes.

I eat bacon too. But pigs are not awesome.

 

[Solarpowered]

Don't worry I wont die for that. I like to pull a leg a little sometimes.

I eat bacon too. But pigs are not awesome.

You never had a pet pig!

 

[Whiskyfish]

You never had a pet pig!

Not a live one.

 

[MaloK]

You never had a pet pig!

I know someone who does, I tried to pet him once, he turned berserk and when off with the kitchen table squealing like a demented ham on hooves. I thought they where supposed to be calm, but nope it was very nervous all the time and was nearly impossible to touch and often panicked for nothing.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

I know someone who does, I tried to pet him once, he turned berserk and when off with the kitchen table squealing like a demented ham on hooves. I thought they where supposed to be calm, but nope it was very nervous all the time and was nearly impossible to touch and often panicked for nothing.

I mean... if you look anything like your avatar pic, I'd be jumpy too!