I need Help.... My Kirin....

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My kirin/killin flowerhorn wants to lay eggs her vent is dropped but she wont lay the eggs without a mate......


So the question is What should i breed her with...???


And will she die if she doesnt lay her eggs...???

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She'll lay eggs weather or not there's a male in the tank. Don't worry about her dieing from that.
 
My 1st thought would be a male Kirin. Kirins might not be able to reproduce I know nothing about them. Sorry.
 
Give it a shot, they'll reproduce you'll start your own line of flowerhorn. The "Feasteahorn" might catch on.
 
Breeding her with her son is probably not the best idea. Ever heard of inbreeding? That's what you would be doing, and it isn't a great idea. Find a male from a different source, maybe get it shipped in.
 
It's ok to go back to the son. You don't want to keep doing it generation after generation but once back wouln't create two headed fish with week genes. You would be better of with an unrelated fish but if your going to use the fry as feeders or raise a couple to see what they turn out like go ahead. It's ok.
 
RufusKing;4848837; said:
Breeding her with her son is probably not the best idea. Ever heard of inbreeding? That's what you would be doing, and it isn't a great idea. Find a male from a different source, maybe get it shipped in.
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This is true. Hybrids have a much greater gene diversity than a regular species of fish so you'd need to do some serious inbreeding to get anything too bad out of it.

I would like to mention that inbreeding is a regular part of fish breeding. Look at any number of different fish, snakes, frogs, dogs, horses, rodents, insects (Insects are pretty popular in asia), even plants. They do it when they are looking for a specific trait. For example the albino gene is recessive, so when an albino shows up they will breed the child back onto the parent to solidify the gene the process can/will be repeated for "better" results.
 
My goal is to make Shortbody kamfas... not an expert but im gonna try it

RD x BP = Bonsai
Bonsai x Syn = Bonsai kamfa
Bonsai kamfa x Kirin = Shortbody kamfas
 
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