l144 longfin female

just aquired a lovely adult l144 longfin female to go with my short fin male got the female of a good friend as a freebie so soon as adequate space made away we go should get 50/50 mix of short and longfins from these heres hoping.

Congrats on getting the female , I hope you got her for a reasonable price.

yes mate i got her at the best price ever she was free lol

Lucky you ! Got any pics?

Good luck with your recent acquisition mate, but don't bank on a 50/50 reproduction rate, its normally the male that comes out on top :!:

Haha, nice and congrats! Free is always good, I reckon. )

i have a mate who has bred l144 longfin female with l144 shortfin male and got roughly a 50/50 mix so i guess only time will tell

Congrats on tge freebie mate. People would die before handing over an L144 over here let alone a longfin lol. But that's just coz they rare as hens teeth in aus

carptamer wrote:

i have a mate who has bred l144 longfin female with l144 shortfin male and got roughly a 50/50 mix so i guess only time will tell

I dont want to put a spanner in your works steve, but I tried this once and I ended up having nearly a tank full of browns.

I had a female longfin and a male short fin, and I would say about every 4 out of 5 batches always produced more brown short fins, either I was unlucky or they just did not have it in them..lol

both l144 longfin and l144 short fin never produce brown fry its an impossibility mate i know lots of people who have done this and got 50/50 fry but thanks for comment.

so do youthink I could have had two L144 mis identified, possibly just a L144 with a longer fin than normal...lol

im not sure mate would have to see pictures of the fish but only summising it might be offspring of a parent fish that may have cross bred with a brown in previous spawnings mate but ive bred thousands of l144s and from numerous pairs and trios and never produced a brown fry yet i have however had 3 fry before with a brown spot on there flanks before but i believe this can be quite common as graham from reading has had the same thing happen to him and guessing you may have a cross bred longfin with slightly longer fins than a standard l144 mate

carptamer wrote:

im not sure mate would have to see pictures of the fish but only summising it might be offspring of a parent fish that may have cross bred with a brown in previous spawnings mate but ive bred thousands of l144s and from numerous pairs and trios and never produced a brown fry yet i have however had 3 fry before with a brown spot on there flanks before but i believe this can be quite common as graham from reading has had the same thing happen to him and guessing you may have a cross bred longfin with slightly longer fins than a standard l144 mate

just my thoughts entirely so guess a breeder was not entirely honest with me or just did not have a clue...lol

your probarly right mate were did you get them from and yes the dealer you bought them from might not have been clued up or new the score and just sold them anyway there are a few who still do this mate unfortunately.