crystalview
09-22-2009, 03:32 AM
I got 6 discus fry four years ago from my son, when I had cancer. We learned so much about fish then. I ended up with a mixed pair and fell in love. Our local water company added chems to the dam and my fish died. Did not know you could check a web site to see what they were adding to our water. I check it now.
After I lost my pair, I tried 6 more fry from the same breeder. They needed to be culled. I tried 2 more times from others with the same results. It is so frustrating when breeders breed just because they can. I never let my pairs fry live for my pair may have been pretty but I did not want to add to an already flooded market of poor quality fish. I just love the mating antics and the parenting skills. When their fry got old enough the rams ate the young. That's life!
Now I am back to a big tank with only neons. I wish someone took payments for a decent pair of non proven's. Or had an assortment of better quality fry to grow up. But it has now been proven to me that their are a lot of breeders I can't trust and I can't afford some of the high quality that comes out of the San Francisco area. They can't sell their nice culls because of their great reputation. I do understand this also. Most people are not conscientious of their breeding habits. My LFS sell these very poor quality at very high prices. My tanks are for my enjoyment not to over breed. Am I odd?
After I lost my pair, I tried 6 more fry from the same breeder. They needed to be culled. I tried 2 more times from others with the same results. It is so frustrating when breeders breed just because they can. I never let my pairs fry live for my pair may have been pretty but I did not want to add to an already flooded market of poor quality fish. I just love the mating antics and the parenting skills. When their fry got old enough the rams ate the young. That's life!
Now I am back to a big tank with only neons. I wish someone took payments for a decent pair of non proven's. Or had an assortment of better quality fry to grow up. But it has now been proven to me that their are a lot of breeders I can't trust and I can't afford some of the high quality that comes out of the San Francisco area. They can't sell their nice culls because of their great reputation. I do understand this also. Most people are not conscientious of their breeding habits. My LFS sell these very poor quality at very high prices. My tanks are for my enjoyment not to over breed. Am I odd?