WhitecloudDynasty

Normal farm stock will take abit to color up and their color will vary depending on who the breeder was and their lines. I would just be patient and wait a few month to see what they turn out. As for feeding try something that float longer and smaller in size..normally new fish won't dig for food in a new aquarium

I normally catch a few every year and kept some before. They normally require a bigger aquarium due to their size and attitude. They can be a bully and with their bigger size, larger mouth ...smaller fish will get pick off. I believe my son have a small group growing outside in his tub. We may try to work with them if we had the space.

Fastest fry growth rate..itll be hard to do if you use judge the runner. Since not all fry hatched the same time and not all fry get the same amount of feed ect... need to make it as fair as possible. I would Judge their growth rate as a group. I like a group of fry that are consistently the same size. Feeding alot of bbs will cause alot of runner atleast in my experience. I recommend finding a system in waterchange/feeding /food/temperature that work very well, stick to it, then just breed for a bigger fish.

I do notice some male are more sexual active than other, plus those mosquito fish are great fry hunter

It's very well built, but I had the same issue. I run mainly Swiss jetlifter so I already know the problem coming. The coop have 1 single fine row of hoes where the air come out and it will clog. The Swiss clogs also but they have more rows, bigger holes and a remove sleeves to clean the hose. I like the idea for directional flow, but that single row with fine hole is too air hungry. So I went around it and place an air stone coming from the bottom. Problem solved it also take less air to more the same amount of water.

They are from softwater stream but the aquarium strain can handle a very wide range

Yes if you kill them off they won't return..unless you add new plants

Move all the fry within similar age group together, raise the temperature, feed them well and do alot of water change will max your fry growth. But if you do do all of that will the small bit of money really worth your extra time/effort. I say slow down and enjoy your fish is worth more. I also sell some fish throughout the year but it on my time and when I feel like shipping.

If you don't kill them off they will always be in the aquarium even if you can't see them. I use a goat deworm. When I use to have hydra I never get any white cloud fry

Beautiful conformation, I do enjoy a long slimer fish than the wide big platy cross going around

This young male is 3 month old and started growing his sword already. I'm not sure how his body will turn out but only time will tell

They are between orange and brick, this line also throw green. I'm trying to get their body and sword length right first before I start working on color

Male and female

Let's see what they will produce and what gene is hidden within gastromyzon double redfin They would be a great addition to the bottom of my whitecloud/ rainbow shiner aquarium

scarlet badis ...interesting. I'm not a professional or anything but this is how i would approach this. Set large goal to hit yearly or very few years and set mini goals to hit very few months. • yearly/multi years goals.. what i would work on is strengthening what the fish already have. If the fish is red make your family more red..bring the max out of your fish. I would raise the highest number of fish you can so you can select future breeder from. • mini goals ... what I would work on everyday/weekly/monthly? I would keep the feeding/maintenance the same in every aquarium. Every set of fry will be kept separate with their birthdate so every fry gets judged the same. For example, it's not fair to cull a younger fish at 4 months vs. a more mature fish at 7 months. make sure you can house all the growing fry and the all the breeder and future breeders. As for scarlet badis I'm not 100% how well they can handle inbreeding. For example Xiphophorus can handle inbreeding for multiple generation without and issue. White cloud can handle inbreeding for 4-5 generation before they need to be crossed out, and 8-10 generation on linebreeding if you know how to do it. Inbreeding isn't the same as linebreeding, inbreeding could be siblings or another random relative fish without reason. Linebreeding is very controlled. You'll have to name breeders and keep record. Linebreeding is where you hug one side of the family either sire or dam. if you have plenty of space I would recommend starting 2 family at the same time, itll give you something to cross to. Chances are you wouldn't want to cross you family back into a normal badis. I recommend you cull hard and always keep the most healthy fish over the most colorful fish, itll be worth it in the long run. Making your family of fish more colorful is easy, making your family of fish healthier is way harder. Consistency in size, healthy, color, and temperament is what I look for. last and not least enjoying the results, i love going back to old photos and seeing my family changes over time.