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RE: help needed
In a message dated
5/9/2002 5:34:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, barbara@newland565.fsworld.co.uk
writes:
dither fish
Hi Barbara,
first I'm
not an expert. From what I understand a dither is used by some breeders to
keep the male doing what it would normally do in the wild. Protecting the fry
and female from other fish. This way the male himself does not become a threat
to the Mother or fry. I guess who could work both ways but, I've so far never
used dithers. I usually just remove one who is not taking care of fry.
This, the
above, is an example of a target fish. The male will "target"
another fish thereby leaving the the fem and the fry
alone.
As far as breeding it always seems easier
to get say 6 juveniles and have them pair off naturally then to just buy a
pair and hope they like each other.
I haven't heard as of yet that
inbreeding was a problem with apistos as of yet but, if it is someone will say
something. I know when dealing with fish like angels. They say to try and
breed back one of the offspring to the father to strengthen their lines. So I
suppose its not the same as in other
animals.
JerryB
Father to daughter to
strengthen line(s) is called "line breeding." It's not the same as
inbreeding, which is repetitive and would be using the same genetic material
over and over again. For example, father to daughter to strengthen
line(s), then a resulting daughter back to father/grandfather, and taking a
female from that breeding back to father/great-grandfather,
etc.
Both dither/target and
line breeding/inbreeding can get so confusing sometimes. Hope this
helps! :D
green