Blue Jds Spawned

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Ghazanfar Ghori

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My pair of Blue JDs spawned. It wasn't planned and I don't expect any fry to survive since both
parents are blues. But all the eggs I see have eyed up - so who knows! :p

You should see the tank they're in though - its pathetic. A half filled 55G that I haven't changed the water in
for over 2 months. Floating plants, dirty glass. Hell I barely even feed these guys - maybe 3 times a week
if they're lucky.
 
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Ghazanfar Ghori

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Francine - don't worry about the check just yet. From what I've read
if both parents are Blue - the fry don't make it past the wriggler stage.
I'll holler out if I need a checker.

Thanks!
 
JustRon

JustRon

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there should be no problem getting them to grow out, just that they should all be regular Jacks and not blue, nor will they breed blue, but should grow fine
 
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Ghazanfar Ghori

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Where'd you get that information? I havent read that anywhere....

What I've been reading says

blue x blue = weak spawn & fry die
blue x regular = fry w/ blue gene (fbg)
fbg x regular = 25% blue + 75% regular

..and me thinks...

fbg x blue = 75% blue + 25% regular
 
JustRon

JustRon

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I have been importing the fish for sometime.

The female needs to carry the Blue gene in order to get the 25% rate, she needs to be a regular Jack with Blue gene, bred to a blue male.

Best blue rate in any hatch I have ever heard of was 25-35 % blue, otherwise more people would be breeding the fish, as it stands if you get 100 fish, 75 are throw outs for most breeders, so nobody breeds them.
 
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Ghazanfar Ghori

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I'm not questioning what you're saying - but trying to find the source
of your information.


The fry were still alive as of last night...however I'm almost hoping they
won't make it - I'm moving next week and dont want to start BBS!
 
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