Guppy Line Breeding Project Log
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I think I will breed two unrelated pairs focusing on a single characteristic for each and then crossing the lines every third generation.
Genetics is fun especially when you are able to do so much in in a short period of time.
Genetics is fun especially when you are able to do so much in in a short period of time.
We finally finished washing the tanks after scraping off as much of the calcium build up as we could.
We taped off the bottom section of the tanks and painted half of it black as I have read from many breeders that having a clear bottom is unsettling to the fish. We only needed to paint half as the back half will be covered by the UGF and gravel.
Here are some pics of the tanks from today.
Bottoms painted:
6 of the tanks done and drying:
The glare is bad I know but I am never here at night to get a better pic so sorry for that. First is an overhead shot of the inside of the tanks and the second is what the setup tanks will look like from the front.
That is a 4" deep bed so should be more than enough to house some bacteria.
The students are starting to get excited as they can finally get an idea of how it will all look and work. Not just scrape, clean, wash, dry, repeat.
I am currently waiting on the air pump to arrive to get the air lines hooked up.
Still considering spray painting the whole stand black.
We taped off the bottom section of the tanks and painted half of it black as I have read from many breeders that having a clear bottom is unsettling to the fish. We only needed to paint half as the back half will be covered by the UGF and gravel.
Here are some pics of the tanks from today.
Bottoms painted:
6 of the tanks done and drying:
The glare is bad I know but I am never here at night to get a better pic so sorry for that. First is an overhead shot of the inside of the tanks and the second is what the setup tanks will look like from the front.
That is a 4" deep bed so should be more than enough to house some bacteria.
The students are starting to get excited as they can finally get an idea of how it will all look and work. Not just scrape, clean, wash, dry, repeat.
I am currently waiting on the air pump to arrive to get the air lines hooked up.
Still considering spray painting the whole stand black.
Thank you. And you will be surprised how many teachers pay how much out of pocket. I have contributed not only hours but financially as well. We do it for the educational benefits and for our students.Cool stuff. I wanted to get into guppy breeding a while ago, but shyed away since it is very time and cost intensive. Being in a school, these factors don't really apply though so this could work out pretty well
Thank you. We will keep updating.
Howsit Hendre,I need you as my teacher
The only fish at my school are the ones I donated for a teachers tank, 2 platies and 2 danios
Genetics isn't really covered over here right now, and I'm in grade 10. Maybe it will show up later.
Good luck
When do you guys go through genetics and heredity? If you haven't yet (surprisingly) you should at least cover it in G10.
I do feel South African curricula find themselves rather lacking in regards to the depth of science they go into.
Howsit.
Doesn't look like we even do it in grade 10 if I go in the textbook. This sucks.
It seems to be, even on an international curriculum. I'm supplementing it with fish science for if I manage to get into aquaculture. The closest to genetics is the composition of DNA and cells which is the current topic.
Then again I haven't even bred yet fish so I'm wishing even more i was there
What textbook you guys using?Howsit.
Doesn't look like we even do it in grade 10 if I go in the textbook. This sucks.
It seems to be, even on an international curriculum. I'm supplementing it with fish science for if I manage to get into aquaculture. The closest to genetics is the composition of DNA and cells which is the current topic.
Then again I haven't even bred yet fish so I'm wishing even more i was there
I have taught science for years and have covered it in classes as young as G6. But we do use a lot of American curricula here in Taiwan.
Between G6-G10 my students have always gone over genetics, traits, alleles, heredity, cells and sex cells, pheno and genotypes, etc.
There are great resources online if you are interested in those topics.