What do you see when you look at the tank....

[madmark285]

On 9/17/2023 at 7:41 AM, tolstoy21 said:

Odessas have pretty large spawns, so if you had a spawn of 300, you could end up with 100 males and 200 females,

Good point. I need to think more about breeding a batch of Odessa, I have never have done a breeding project. Same as you, the thought of flushing a bunch of fish down the toilet is not appealing. All I really want is a nice school of Odessa in my 40 gallon tank. 

For my planned Mbuna tank, Tampa Bay cichlids has a colony pricing scheme with a guarantee of X amount of males. I just wish I could do that with high quality Odessa from Mr. Sage's breeding stock. I will contact Dan's Fish about this issue. 

And a big thanks for your help!!!

[tolstoy21]

On 9/17/2023 at 8:09 AM, madmark285 said:

Good point. I need to think more about breeding a batch of Odessa, I have never have done a breeding project. Same as you, the thought of flushing a bunch of fish down the toilet is not appealing. All I really want is a nice school of Odessa in my 40 gallon tank. 

For my planned Mbuna tank, Tampa Bay cichlids has a colony pricing scheme with a guarantee of X amount of males. I just wish I could do that with high quality Odessa from Mr. Sage's breeding stock. I will contact Dan's Fish about this issue. 

And a big thanks for your help!!!

Watch Greg Sage's videos on this topic on YouTube. If you follow those, you'll be successful.

https://www.youtube.com/@selectaquaticsoferie