Yes and then everyone needs chip readers, and writers or you'd have to order the chips. Costs would go way up. Breeders would have to chip so many fishes.
Are pure Rays a thing of the past?
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Yes and then everyone needs chip readers, and writers or you'd have to order the chips. Costs would go way up. Breeders would have to chip so many fishes.
If bd/leos aren't actually hybrids then why not refer to them all as p13s? If not hybrids then they are simply higher and lower grade p13s with two different names. The chipping idea is interesting but my fear is it would be prime for people to lie about their rays, by putting a chip in a ray that calls it one thing when in reality the ray is something totally different.
One thing I've noticed is that my hybrids grow much faster than my pure bloods.
Have any of you noticed this "hybrid vigor?"
Many hybrids lose their fertility in the animal kingdom, I haven't noticed this much with rays. No factor with this genus which is an interesting thing.
Have any of you noticed this "hybrid vigor?"
Many hybrids lose their fertility in the animal kingdom, I haven't noticed this much with rays. No factor with this genus which is an interesting thing.
Oddly enough my male bdxleo has grown faster in the same timeframe as my bdxpearl. Granted she is/was larger to start with but she has only put on 2" of disc width in the time it has taken my male to go about 5-6" in disc width.
It could be because she was 12" to start with and he was 6-7". She was so much larger then him to start and now he has almost caught her.
The hybrid vigor could come from some mixes and not others.
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A quick search shows chips are a little over $10 each IMO that cost is negligible on a ray that can cost well over 1K
The main problem would be developing a genetic data base to compare individual rays to and qualified personnel to interpret the results.
The main problem would be developing a genetic data base to compare individual rays to and qualified personnel to interpret the results.
I'm wondering to see if my experience is common with growth rates. Your experience suggests it's not a sure thing. Could be no correlation just wondering if others noticed same thing.
BD Pearl sounds like an awesome mix
