What Are the Reasons?
young fish are just bad parents, they often eat eggs on the first couple of spawns. Stripping allows to save the fry but imho it always decreases egg numbers in spawns.
female is getting harassed by other fish and often leading to death.
I did my own little experience whereas, I left a 3 inch yellow lab in a 10 gallon to release and I took another 3 inch female and stripped her.. one had 17 eggs that I stripped and the other had 21 eggs and she released them.
fast forward 32 days they both spawned again.. i let them both release and the previous stripped mother had 12 and the released female in spawn 1 she released 25. I think it limits the spawns when you strip females and stressing them and often can kill them.
in this day and age I would advise not to strip females as it hinders egg production and also unwanted stress.
does anyone agree?
I stripped my wild caught peacock this morning because I wanted the fry to live and I took no chances in her eating the eggs.
I do think to a certain degree it is unethical and the practice is way over rated.
plus if you have plenty of rocks and hiding places a percentage of 10-15% survival rate is not hard to accomplish.
many of you keep frontosa as I have also, and I believe isolation is still better
meanwhile, africans breed so readily 30 days she will hold again and while young mothers eat eggs, in a month she can try again.
my 2 cents
young fish are just bad parents, they often eat eggs on the first couple of spawns. Stripping allows to save the fry but imho it always decreases egg numbers in spawns.
female is getting harassed by other fish and often leading to death.
I did my own little experience whereas, I left a 3 inch yellow lab in a 10 gallon to release and I took another 3 inch female and stripped her.. one had 17 eggs that I stripped and the other had 21 eggs and she released them.
fast forward 32 days they both spawned again.. i let them both release and the previous stripped mother had 12 and the released female in spawn 1 she released 25. I think it limits the spawns when you strip females and stressing them and often can kill them.
in this day and age I would advise not to strip females as it hinders egg production and also unwanted stress.
does anyone agree?
I stripped my wild caught peacock this morning because I wanted the fry to live and I took no chances in her eating the eggs.
I do think to a certain degree it is unethical and the practice is way over rated.
plus if you have plenty of rocks and hiding places a percentage of 10-15% survival rate is not hard to accomplish.
many of you keep frontosa as I have also, and I believe isolation is still better
meanwhile, africans breed so readily 30 days she will hold again and while young mothers eat eggs, in a month she can try again.
my 2 cents
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