Wild caught silvers are no slouches
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Del is definitely one of the biggest know-alls on the forum 
He seemed genuinely puzzled that he wasn't right, and didn't know about channas being salt intolerant
He seemed genuinely puzzled that he wasn't right, and didn't know about channas being salt intolerant
rumblesushi;493647; said:Del is definitely one of the biggest know-alls on the forum
He seemed genuinely puzzled that he wasn't right, and didn't know about channas being salt intolerant
because im wrong sometimes???
big whoop
where does england get its arowana supply???
in the states most of our arowanas come out of south america
i dunno bout you guys
But Del - how do you know that?
Everytime I asked to find out where silvers aros were from in England, they were from a farm in Asia or Florida. Seeing as there are actually farms in the US that breed silvers, it'a unlikely most of them are wild caught where you are.
How many people have you asked their source about aros?
Just like when I was in the market for tigs, everyone I asked said the tig was captive bred. And the same for pbass, all but 1 were captive bred.
Most of the VERY freely available fish like silvers, are by and large captive bred.
Fish like acestrorhynchus and hydrolycus are wild caught all the time.
Channas are by and large captive bred too.
Del I hate break your heart, but you're wrong as often as you're right I forgive you though, you are a teenager afterall
Everytime I asked to find out where silvers aros were from in England, they were from a farm in Asia or Florida. Seeing as there are actually farms in the US that breed silvers, it'a unlikely most of them are wild caught where you are.
How many people have you asked their source about aros?
Just like when I was in the market for tigs, everyone I asked said the tig was captive bred. And the same for pbass, all but 1 were captive bred.
Most of the VERY freely available fish like silvers, are by and large captive bred.
Fish like acestrorhynchus and hydrolycus are wild caught all the time.
Channas are by and large captive bred too.
Del I hate break your heart, but you're wrong as often as you're right
I forgive you though, you are a teenager afterall rumblesushi;493965; said:Del I hate break your heart, but you're wrong as often as you're right
i lack a heart
*sigh* another stereotype, though.
I know most of the LFS in North Idaho, and washington get captive bred silvers. Due to the captive breeding is why many think that silvers are inbred, leading to drop eye.
WyldFya;494307; said:
Inbreeding is breeding between close relatives, whether plant or animal. If practiced repeatedly, it often leads to a reduction in genetic diversity, and the increased expression of negative recessive traits, resulting in inbreeding depression. This may result in inbred individuals exhibiting reduced health and fitness and lower levels of fertility.
drop eye does not seem fit the inbreeding catagory
Inbreeding may result in a far higher expression of deleterious genes within a population than would normally be expected. As a result inbred individuals are more likely to show physical and health defects, including:
reduced fertility both in litter size and in sperm viability
increased congenital disorders
fluctuating facial asymmetry
lower birth rate
higher infant mortality
slower growth rate
smaller adult size
loss of immune system function.
not trying to bust up a good roll, but I'd like to get a wild caught silver this time around to compare him to my first big one, known to be farm raised
My fingerling, wild caught, died immediately.
My fingerling, wild caught, died immediately.
