lefty07603
Fish Fanatic
Hello,
So where Im at now is I have a male that i feel is perfect color and also a female with impressive color. It is a snakeskin male that has perfect tail and body markings. I got this male by buying a snakeskin male and a half black female. I bred them.
3 female fry survived.
The original male then bred with one of the daughters.
I then took a male fry from the batch and bred him with his aunt.
Their offspring that i kept was 2 females and 3 males. All offspring show desirable markings. two specifically is the ones I'm eyeballing.
So now i have great colors all around but my question is how should i go about changing the tail shape in future batches? The ones i have are fan tails which is rather small and i would like to change over to a larger, more elaborate tail size and shape. Should I find a female with a large tail and breed the male with or or should I find a mail with a large tail and breed him with the female i have? Or before this should i mate the two i have and make sure the strnd is even more perfect?
Thanks guys and sorry. I know i didn't explain well. I would just like to add I find them all nice looking and i never euthanize. I like to keep at least one male from the batch and put him in a 55 gallon and then the rest i give to a LFS
So where Im at now is I have a male that i feel is perfect color and also a female with impressive color. It is a snakeskin male that has perfect tail and body markings. I got this male by buying a snakeskin male and a half black female. I bred them.
3 female fry survived.
The original male then bred with one of the daughters.
I then took a male fry from the batch and bred him with his aunt.
Their offspring that i kept was 2 females and 3 males. All offspring show desirable markings. two specifically is the ones I'm eyeballing.
So now i have great colors all around but my question is how should i go about changing the tail shape in future batches? The ones i have are fan tails which is rather small and i would like to change over to a larger, more elaborate tail size and shape. Should I find a female with a large tail and breed the male with or or should I find a mail with a large tail and breed him with the female i have? Or before this should i mate the two i have and make sure the strnd is even more perfect?
Thanks guys and sorry. I know i didn't explain well. I would just like to add I find them all nice looking and i never euthanize. I like to keep at least one male from the batch and put him in a 55 gallon and then the rest i give to a LFS