Test Tube fish breeding?
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i was thinking clove oil to sedate them. i feel that getting eggs would be much easier so their for the rarer species would be the female. and some harm could come to the male because the sperm would be harder to get. But in any case there could be casualties. But its all for the sake of science. and if the bichir are old or die from say gravel intake or disease then this "cadaver" could be used to experiment!
yeah i figure these oddity bichir or whatever else i make could look pretty sweet. and fetch quite a pretty penny.
Polish do u have any info on how exactly they do this? websites or anything?
Polish do u have any info on how exactly they do this? websites or anything?
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There is a salmon farm here in Australia that does it. Have seen a doco on it but I think they also used hormones to get the egg and milt build up first then strip them. The males were squeezed in a specific spot and the females they used a cafater tube to get the first couple of eggs to release then the rest followed. THey mixed them in a sterile bowl and then placed in water to hatch.
Now not sure whether this would be the same process but I would start with a cheaper more common fish and go from there that way if you kill them by accident it is not such a shock to the pocket.
Now not sure whether this would be the same process but I would start with a cheaper more common fish and go from there that way if you kill them by accident it is not such a shock to the pocket.
