my new short bodied texas (green)

[kendrew]

does anyone know how to effectivly sex these guys? is there a way besides venting?

 

[Modest_Man]

Just like any other texas, females tend to have a black blotch in the dorsal fin.

 

[fishfarm]

Why would you want to bred it? Here those become feeders.

 

[Anarbol]

if you post pics i can tell you, i have had h. carpintis and cianogutatus for a very long time

 

[kendrew]

Why would you want to bred it? Here those become feeders.

thats just wrong and cruel as well as a bit discriminatory.... would you feed someone to a pride of starving lions because they were dwafs????

PLUS....short bodied are smaller so fit better in the tank...and are just more interesting to look at...same glory of the full lenght in a compact package...

 

[jgentry]

thats just wrong and cruel as well as a bit discriminatory.... would you feed someone to a pride of starving lions because they were dwafs????

PLUS....short bodied are smaller so fit better in the tank...and are just more interesting to look at...same glory of the full lenght in a compact package...

Nothing cruel about it. In order to have strong aquarium fish you need to cull the weak fish and the ones with genetic defects. What do you think would happen to all of those weaker fish in the wild? Feeding them is a lot better then just pitching them like a lot of breeders do. Culling is a necessary part of raising fry. Pleasent, no. Required to provide healthy fish, yes.

 

[Cecropia]

Yeah, I have to cull my cons constantly. Spinal deformities. Not a glam job but it needs to be done.

 

[japes]

thats just wrong and cruel as well as a bit discriminatory.... would you feed someone to a pride of starving lions because they were dwafs????

PLUS....short bodied are smaller so fit better in the tank...and are just more interesting to look at...same glory of the full lenght in a compact package...

It's a genetic deformity that shouldn't be sold, simple as that.

 

[kendrew]

It's a genetic deformity that shouldn't be sold, simple as that.

how do u think we get our different types/breeds of aimals...it is from line breeding abnormalities.... have u seen a pug dog???? would he survive in the wild? what about a midget cat? would it make it??? how about a hairless rat??? yeppp they coul;d survive the winter.... obviously you are not a Darwin fan!!!!

 

[jgentry]

how do u think we get our different types/breeds of aimals...it is from line breeding abnormalities.... have u seen a pug dog???? would he survive in the wild? what about a midget cat? would it make it??? how about a hairless rat??? yeppp they coul;d survive the winter.... obviously you are not a Darwin fan!!!!

You can't actually be comparing natural selection to humans breeding weird animals for there own amusment. Darwin's theories do not apply to animals that are kept alive by humans that would not survive or reproduce in the wild. The animals you listed are all selctively bred by us, not by evolution.