I always forget to count .......... but I'm sure I've produced more than enough. However I'll have to wait until September to see how many survive the very hot and rainy summer weather.
@@fsr170409 Hi. There are none in any local fish stores but I managed to find a source on Facebook willing to let me have some. Had to drive quite a way to collect them and they are not pure bred strains. However they are reasonably colorful and I'm happy with that.
Selective to the extent that I form breeding groups of all one type of medaka e.g. all orange medaka. However I've learned previously not to be too fussy about selecting only the very best looking fish to form the group if I only have a few fish of that type to select from. I only feel comfortable when I've reached what you might call "critical mass" of, say, 20 fish of a particular type. For example, if only, say, 7 or 8 orange medaka then I'd breed them all ...... if, say, 20 orange medaka I'd select the best 9 to 15 fish to breed. Personally I'm not that interested in trying to keep the most spectacular looking types of medaka outdoors and I'm happy with a shoal of reasonably good looking, well colored fish. I may be wrong but I think that a certain amount of genetic diversity helps maintain a reasonably robust line of fish for keeping outdoors ........... which is why I aim for a breeding group of that size even if the fish are not all of the very best color etc.
How did your numbers end up compared to your breeding plans video?
Just found your channel and I've subscribed. I'm thinking of getting some medaka for outside. Where did you source your original fish from?
I always forget to count .......... but I'm sure I've produced more than enough. However I'll have to wait until September to see how many survive the very hot and rainy summer weather.
@@fsr170409 Hi. There are none in any local fish stores but I managed to find a source on Facebook willing to let me have some. Had to drive quite a way to collect them and they are not pure bred strains. However they are reasonably colorful and I'm happy with that.
Selective breeding or just let them do their stuff?
Selective to the extent that I form breeding groups of all one type of medaka e.g. all orange medaka. However I've learned previously not to be too fussy about selecting only the very best looking fish to form the group if I only have a few fish of that type to select from. I only feel comfortable when I've reached what you might call "critical mass" of, say, 20 fish of a particular type. For example, if only, say, 7 or 8 orange medaka then I'd breed them all ...... if, say, 20 orange medaka I'd select the best 9 to 15 fish to breed.
Personally I'm not that interested in trying to keep the most spectacular looking types of medaka outdoors and I'm happy with a shoal of reasonably good looking, well colored fish. I may be wrong but I think that a certain amount of genetic diversity helps maintain a reasonably robust line of fish for keeping outdoors ........... which is why I aim for a breeding group of that size even if the fish are not all of the very best color etc.