so i had 3 ZZ FH... i kept them until they were a year and a half in a 75g tank...The male grew to over 10" the females about 8" one was also a fader...
Anyway i sold them after they spawned a few times...
i kept the fry and raised them in thier parents former tank...right away i noticed some grew fast like their parents...these were sold off as they became overly aggressive...they were also drab colors with bad singl flowerlines or even single flowers w/o a line at all....
about 1/4 the fry were small and didnt grow much at all... i was told to cull them but didnt...they were very shimmery and some had double flowerlines and friendly to te other fish....
today a year after thier hatch date my 2 biggest fry are 4" and 3".... some others are still only about 1"....(the ones i sold are almost 10"...) by this age thier parents were almost full size...
does anyone know why this is?
same tank, same food, same temp, same water changes....for both fry and parents...
could this be a gene for some type of dwarfism? should i try breeding them to refine it?
Anyway i sold them after they spawned a few times...
i kept the fry and raised them in thier parents former tank...right away i noticed some grew fast like their parents...these were sold off as they became overly aggressive...they were also drab colors with bad singl flowerlines or even single flowers w/o a line at all....
about 1/4 the fry were small and didnt grow much at all... i was told to cull them but didnt...they were very shimmery and some had double flowerlines and friendly to te other fish....
today a year after thier hatch date my 2 biggest fry are 4" and 3".... some others are still only about 1"....(the ones i sold are almost 10"...) by this age thier parents were almost full size...
does anyone know why this is?
same tank, same food, same temp, same water changes....for both fry and parents...
could this be a gene for some type of dwarfism? should i try breeding them to refine it?
