Have I Got This Right?

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

If an F0 Pair breed, will the fry become F1?

And If the F1 pair breeds, the fry will be F2?

 

[shoulders]

errr come again ?

 

[TropicalJuwel]

I believe so, f1 is the 1st generation of a wild pairing.

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

so the F2 is the second generation?

 

[fishprotector]

Yes

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

Would F3 Be third or the numbers stop at 2?

 

[fishprotector]

Well the scale just refers to how far down the breeding line the fish is from its wild ancestors. I suppose that you could keep it going for as long as you could trace it (ancestory.com lol?), but I have only ever seen F0 (wild caught) and F1 (their fry) labelled in a LFS. Unless I was going to buy the fish for pure breeding purposes, then I would buy F1 as they are used to being in a tank and their genes and colours will not be watered down as they can get further down the genetic line. F0 fish are also meant to be quite jumpy and hard to acclimatise. I suppose that is understandable as they have been dragged from their wild home into someones front room.

I have a two F0 Plecs and one F1 Severum. Oh and and all of my Hillstream loaches will be F0.

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

Oh I get it now, so Nemo from 'Finding Nemo' would be classed as a F0 Clownfish?

 

[fishprotector]

Good example

Yes he would be, and you saw how much a pain in the bum he was for the dentist

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

Haha,

While were talking about finding nemo, I wonder if it's like that for most wild fish, what Nemo went through and how he felt.

 

[fishprotector]

I was reading an article on the telegraph website the other day, and apparantly some fish can remember things for over a year so maybe they do miss their homes and parents

 

[Keeper Of Cichlids]

Thats no good then!
I've always been interested in fishes memories and how long they remember things, like oscars.
You can have an oscar for a good 7-8 years and they'll know you for that whole time, recognize you and become tame with you.
Kind of rules out the 2 second goldfish rule, Lol.