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I was thinking that for people who live in similar locations and want to breed their females but don't have males, or cross breeding even, you could have a "Fish Stud" forum.
People can advertise their studs to be bred, or they could also put up "stud wanted" threads.

This will also help with inbreeding.

LoL, hey good idea, sounds like might be fun but people might be worried about shipping out their prized fish that they've become "attached" to
Perhaps we need some "shipping" success stories to help ease nerves......

Oops, I missed your "similar locations", so then you're talking about local stuff so no shipping necessary...

Yeah. For any shipments you can anesthetise a fish if you're really concerned.

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Yeah. For any shipments you can anesthetise a fish if you're really concerned.

aussie_oscar wrote:Yeah. For any shipments you can anesthetise a fish if you're really concerned.

Not sure if this was a forum glitch or what? But I just saw it and "approved" that post

Anyways
Drugging/anesthetiseing/tranquilizing fish is all over rated.
Usually it's more hastle then it's worth and causes more problems then it solves.
The only fish (IMO) it's worth bothering on is the toothy crazed fish like piranhas.
Other wise there is no substitute to packing large cichlids well.
And small fish benefit a lot from the use of breather bags