BREEDING RTC
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You're in Sydney so digging and lining an outdoor pond is kind of out of the question for you because of your winter weather. You would be looking at a very big pond for them I'd imagine if you were trying to induce breeding. I'd do a literature search in some journals at your local University Library to find out more on their life history. Maybe they breed year round or maybe they are seasonal breeders and rely on environmental cues to begin producing the correct hormones to prepare for breeding. In any case, best of luck to you. Seriously though, Scientific Journals are a good place to start.
thanks guys. im just looking at the moment but eventually i want to have a dam full. i've been pricing above ground pools and was wondering on size im gonna go 40 to 50 thousand litres right now. as for fry..... who knows? they would probably be eaten in the pond unless i collected them properly. i own a lfs in sydney and there is a massive demand. with the way things are going i dont think there will be too many popping up in the country and thats why i ask.
I'd advise against using any sort of generic hormones. They are incredibly powerful and complex chemicals and usless you are getting them from a vet you cannot know if what you are doing is safe. Take the hormone ecdysone for example. It is the molting hormone you find in arthropods. If you take the artificial version of it on a q-tip and write your name in the carapace of a large arthropod, the area you touched will molt, mind you, it will be molting your name, not molting completely.ausknife;3633098; said:what hormone is used for breeding? is it dietary or injected?
In conclusion, hormones are powerful things and should not be played with unless under the direction of a professional. Like I said before, try a literature search if you're serious.
roger that. i dont want to use hormones as i know they are complex things but i was wondering if it was a simple estrogen for eggs... testosterone for sperm sort of scenario. i know rtc and tsn hybrids are made in a test tube with 1 percent success i wonder what it would be rtc x rtc. merely curiosity as far as hormones go.
yeah they are. i originally thought they were bred naturally but i found a text that explains both parties are milked and test tubed. with 100 out of 10 000 eggs becoming fertile and even then not all hatch.
