Lingwendil Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 My LFS has tank raised percula that have bad genes. Some are missing operculums, some have square heads, one had no eyes, some have an uneven number of stripes on either side of their body. Other than being mutants, they are all very healthy. They are only seven bucks, and about one inch long. I was thinking if it would be okay to put two in a 10G live rock with 15w of actinic. The store says that "They can't read good, but they're oh so cute." They look wierd, but they will lead a normal life. I don't like normal clowns, but I'd keep wierdos. (they need love too) Link to comment
Lingwendil Posted March 2, 2005 Author Share Posted March 2, 2005 Ain't Gots none, But if you're in the bay area in Cali, check at The Aquarium in Concord. Has anyone else seen mutant tank-raised fish before? Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 They aren't "mutants"...they're "culls"...i.e...they should have been culled from the hatch and discarded(read: flushed!). You can get them at a reduced price because they don't make good breeding stock or are malformed. Cheers, Fred EDIT: These are the fish that would have gotten eaten first in nature... Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 they look the coolest tho the ones with mostly white are the coolest Link to comment
chrissreef Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 mostly white? so cool! I saw a true perc that only had orange on the tail this weekend, SO COOL! Link to comment
JF2381 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 I went to one of the lfs around me and they have a pair of snowflake percula for 400.00, I thought the price was wrong so i asked the sales rep and he confirmed the price. They are pretty cool looking but not worth 400.00 to me at least.. Link to comment
phergus_25 Posted March 2, 2005 Share Posted March 2, 2005 mostlikely the imbreds that they get for half price from ORA Link to comment
Lingwendil Posted March 4, 2005 Author Share Posted March 4, 2005 Mutants, Culls, same difference. I generally refer to fish as "culls" when they aren't desirably colored, striped, etc. Like with my double-swordtail guppy strain (bred from pure wild stock, from about six years ago) after a while of incrossing with siblings to fix traits, they will have undesirable body shapes or deformity, such as hunched backs, no eyes, etc. When I breed fish BTW, I don't flush culls, I feed them to larger fishes (namely my Bichir named Dudley), and then the circle of life is complete. Link to comment
adinsxq Posted March 4, 2005 Share Posted March 4, 2005 Originally posted by FAC_WNY EDIT: These are the fish that would have gotten eaten first in nature... very very few of these would be born in the first place due to the genetic variation in the wild population Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 ORA doesnt compormise their stock. Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.