Re: [GSAS-Member] Dario Dario Update

["Tom Watson" <onefish2fish@comcast.net>]

Captive bred Darios are highly variable.  I have a similar male.  You make a
good point.  Select the best males for breeding so as not to wash-out the
markings. 

-----Original Message-----
From: gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
[mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Betty Goetz
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 7:36 AM
To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Dario Dario Update

One of my 'females' may be a male. This fish is very very red but
stripeless. More of a blotchy red. This makes me wonder if it's important to
pay attention to color patterns in the pairs we breed. Seems like the
F1 generation may lose some of the key color characteristics of the species
quickly when we choose the breeding pair rather than allow a more natural
selectivity to occur. But I'm just guessing....and I've got that purebred
dog breed fancier stuff behind me as well (grin).

All of my Dario dario are in individual tanks (2.5 - 5 gal).

Betty Goetz

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