27 replies to this topic

[benckie]

well done very good ! if that is true got any pic,s for me some thing with you face in it so i know it was you ?

ive tryed to breed the sharks when i was 11 and have not been very sucessful.

but as for being a little girl (i dont mind roll playing now and then lols) but if you realy want to know how to bred any thing people shouldnt be so slack and get on the net and do some research ! have a play with the water chemistry, trial and error isnt thats what its all about not being told then copy ?????

look at it from my point of veiw if you sell a rare as breeding pair for a decent amount of money would you tell every one ? and if you brought a rare as breeding pair would want the person you got them from to tell every one ?

Cheers shane

[benckie]

So you agree if you bred a rare breeding pair and sold them you wouldnt tell people how to do it ?

[Peckoltia]

G'day

Believe it or not. This hobby is not about making money! MOST people in the aquarium hobby are usually more then happy to share new findings with others. It's how people gain knowledge as well as through practical means. If you don't want to share your info that's your choice. In my opinion your views seem a little childish - you don't want people to 'copy' you? A bit like a kid saying look what I know but ner ner I'm not telling. At the end of the day I'm positive that alot of your fish keeping strategies were developed over time by other aquarists, and the knowledge shared. It seems that you are quite fixated on making money out of this venture. You posted up that you have managed to spawn BGK's then the next day a thread goes up that they are FS, and that you want 1k for em.

I was one of the first if not the first person to spawn Senegal bichirs a couple years ago when they were still very new to the country and also very expensive $400+. I posted how it was done on all the major fish boards as well as being more then happy to talk to people about it. That's how the hobby grows and develops. Possibly through my info someone else could share the joy of breeding a different species of fish! Your view tends to be more like an old man sitting on his fortunes not giving away a cent!

At the end of the day it's your choice, but it is all wearing a bit thin. Fine if you spawned your fish good for you, but if you aren't going to share a bit of info then quit harping on about it!

The only positive I have managed to scrape from all this is the good laugh I got from the pic of you cupping your fry! :wink:

Cheers,
Alex

[Peckoltia]

In investment terms. A pair of BGK's isn't going to be too much of a money spinner no more so then a semi-rare eartheater or something similar. BGK's aren't worth a great deal. Basically your paying $700 for the joy of breeding the fish. $700 for a pair of BGK cuckooooo!!!!!!! :roll:

[benckie]

well im glad you got a laugh out of my pic ! and thanks for expresing your opinion it means alot to me ! and i wish i could tell people to save there eyes from reading and their time from playing with water chemistry people seem to think i dont want to tell, its that bloody simple its not funny ! and if you read my posts ive given every one every thing they need to do it just in a very suttle way i can. I have to add ive never made money from fish or any of my tanks except the bkg,s if any like the rest of you i pour in 1000,s and i get nothing back every thing i sell is a fair price and a lot cheaper then most of you. just remember im only keeping my mouth shut cause i sold them and i said i would, its not like i dont want to tell you guys. i feel like ive got a great secret thats so simple, bursting to get out cause you'll all go 'is that it' but on behalf of my friend who brought them im not saying any thing.

[benckie]

its not about the money its about owning a pair of bgk breders ffs

[madasa]

Peckoltia usually has something to say - right or wrong. I just wish he wasnt so rude about people.

[benckie]

sorry for hijacking your post pleco4me but i know you where having a digg and you have alright to just im in a funny situation

[Peckoltia]

Nobody forces you too read my posts mate. If you are so sensitive that I offend you regularly. Why would you keep reading them? especially if I'm usually wrong.

[dazzabozza]

Benckie

its not about the money its about owning a pair of bgk breders

and from your other post

i sold them cause i need money

You achieved something really hard to do by breeding them which you received a lot of praise. Then you saw the opportunity to sell them for top dollar and even better you found someone willing to fork out for them. I'm sure both parties are happy with the outcome.

The majority of stuff that's been said then hasn't really been necessary. Let's drop the post guys it reminds me of a bunch of school girls bitchin.

Oh and to Craig gratz on breeding your fish. I like reading most of your posts. Half the time I forget how old u actually are coz u write extremely well and come across as being quite mature.

Dazza

[madasa]

Nobody forces you too read my posts mate. If you are so sensitive that I offend you regularly. Why would you keep reading them? especially if I'm usually wrong.

You dont offend me. I was being objetive in that I do deem your responses to people as rude. Didnt say you were wrong - 'right or wrong' were my exact words.

Sorry to go off track there craig - its cool that you did that mate.

[benckie]

[monobono]

Such a mind boggling topic

Hey Craig,

Well done on the fish news, I too bred the Silver Dollar, they did the same thing as your's except instead of Tetra's eating the 1000 or more eggs, angels had the better of them :?

[Fish Antics]

Can I just say that it is turning me off reading your posts to see such silly immature tit for tat bitching going on. Keep it on the topic guys.

Congratulations to all that have bred their fish, can I just make the following points with no disrespect to anyone involved so I don’t want to get blasted.

Firstly breeding fish means in point the fish spawning and growing the fry to a reasonable size (by club standards 2 months) This is because a lot of fish will lay eggs, but the real challenge hatching the eggs and rearing the fry which can be extremely difficult.

Secondly with regards to the BGK. I don’t own these fish and I have no real interest in keeping them but I have to ask if you bred them by accident and realised that they had breed by find two different batch of fry when cleaning the tank, what "secrets" can you actually share. The general water conditions!
What about definite sexing, you know you have a pair. Did you see which laid the eggs or released the fry? From your post I can tell you have owned her for some time so it is not a case of having a gravid female before she goes into the tank.
What was the actual spawning behavior?
What was the specific spawning trigger?

Please do not take this as an attack on you at all. I am glad the fish bred for you and I am happy for you made some money out of it. These are just the questions that I would want to know.

I also agree with Alex with regards to the sharing of information. If I have information which will help other aquarists keep or breed their fish I am happy to share. That is the point behind clubs like ours and this website.

Keep up the breeding guys and I wish you the best with it.

Again just my opinion

Tony

[Tucunare]

good on you craig nice work.
i bred epulatte catsharks a few years back on a regular basis, im not the first or the last to do it but it pretty rare.
people i think we all have to realise that in nature they all breed and thus will do so in the right conditions(sometimes in the wrong conditions), money is an added bonus to breeding as you can recoupe some losses youve put in over the years in food, power etc.

[skittles]

Great work craig i can understand the dollars breeding as kyol(mono bono) used to tell me how his used to always breed months before the huge comoshion aboat breeding rare fish lol
Its exelent about breeding the silver sharks im so jelous lol

In my apinion any fish can breed in the aquairium if they have not already maybe someones out there with scats or archers or evan monos breeding with out them knowing
Just remember maybe some fish dont look after there young and eat them lol