Cinnebuns Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 A little over a year ago I got 9 panda cories. If I remember correctly it was 3 or 4 females and 5 or 6 males. Since then I have hatched and raised dozens of beautiful fry. At what point should I consider adding in different genetics? I know cories sexually mature much much slower than a fish like a guppy so I probably have some time but I want to prepare. Some of my babies will start to become sexually mature. Maybe I will be fine with the number I started with to never add in new genetics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T. Payne Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 If you are still breeding your original adults, I would stick with what you have. They are a fairly long lived species and you have many more years of breeding left in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) If you're interested and have room for them, we can figure out a way to get the panda horde to you. I think it's 12-15 strong right now. The genetics you have should be enough for a while, but you'd basically find someone who wants them, sell off half, then add that amount to get back up to par. A lot of breeders will trade a few between for the sake of genetics also. Edited December 18, 2022 by nabokovfan87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnebuns Posted December 19, 2022 Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 11:55 PM, nabokovfan87 said: If you're interested and have room for them, we can figure out a way to get the panda horde to you. I think it's 12-15 strong right now. The genetics you have should be enough for a while, but you'd basically find someone who wants them, sell off half, then add that amount to get back up to par. A lot of breeders will trade a few between for the sake of genetics also. I have a cool line going that I'm loving right now minus one trait that I have an emotional attachment keeping me from culling out the one passing it on. Getting some really nice long fins and a good number of high fins. I'm starting to realize I probably don't need to add genetics just yet but was just getting too anxious about it. I tend to do that haha. I never expected to enjoy breeding the cories this much but it's kinda become my main thing. Makes me tempted to start a 2nd type too. I'm really in love with similis but 1. They are expensive and 2. They can cross with pandas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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