The bored at work thread

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krichardson said:
Haha I don't think that that betta would consider you to be a jerk.
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If trends of fish crusading continue, minimum tank size for a single male beta will be 180 gallons, because you know, nitrates and stuff.

(Its a joke people)

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Its another day of boredom at work!

Today's thought so far today is that of a half sand bank, half water tank; of large enough proportions to do fish bigger than minnows, perhaps with some suitable land dwellers, or crabs

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convict360 said:
Its another day of boredom at work!

Today's thought so far today is that of a half sand bank, half water tank; of large enough proportions to do fish bigger than minnows, perhaps with some suitable land dwellers, or crabs.
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That sounds like the mudskipper set up I've been wanting to try to do.
 
I always get these crazy idea's in my head that I can breed wild fish that just won't breed in captivity. Embarking on a Journey to their native habitat and just figure out what it is exactly that is prohibiting them from breeding in captivity.

But if you want my honest opinion, I think it's a conspiracy lol . Why would the people exporting these fish ever want you to be able to breed them ? thats their lively hood gone right there. I think that somehow these fish are being sterilized before being shipped.
 
Podzy said:
But if you want my honest opinion, I think it's a conspiracy lol . Why would the people exporting these fish ever want you to be able to breed them ? thats their lively hood gone right there. I think that somehow these fish are being sterilized before being shipped.
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That's certainly one way of looking at it.A good deal of fish that haven't yet bred in home aquariums are already mass bred overseas but look at the African Cichlids....most of them have bred in our tanks but plenty of wild species are still collected.
 
krichardson said:
That's certainly one way of looking at it.A good deal of fish that haven't yet bred in home aquariums are already mass bred overseas but look at the African Cichlids....most of them have bred in our tanks but plenty of wild species are still collected.
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Good point , there is however still a market for wilds and a premium is usually charged for them so i can see why they would be collected. something is telling me that these hard to breed fish that are being massed produced overseas are a result of something more than the average aquarist is aware of.

extracting the essentials from both male and female and artificially creating or simulating fertilization. Using some sort of hormone to induce breeding amongst mature specimens. We already know that hormones are used on fish. who knows what else is.

Interesting food for thought :)
 
Yes it is Podzy,and just look at the Asian Arowana industry.It seems as if those fish don't reproduce outside of where they are farmed,unless by some fluke or small miracle.
 
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