Kribs Breeding

[1234-fishy-freind]

hi guys...might take a while to get through this but i will try
right...i have 2 kribs...male and female,the male is the females son as i had another male and he and the current female bred and i got some young,he has now died but she lives on with her son...the two of them bred and i moved the barrel with the eggs in without the parents to a seperate tank...big mistake...the eggs didn't hatch, then recantly they bred again and i think something must of eaten the eggs...so here is my question...if the two of them bred and i managed to raise some young would they be deformed/infertile ect ??
cheers

 

[kribensis12]

Nope, that is called inbreeding, but affter a while you might notice somthing different

 

[01edmn]

hi i'm hopin to get a pair of kribs for my rekord 60 i hope they breed

 

[DarkEntity]

Nope, that is called inbreeding, but affter a while you might notice somthing different

I would totally disagree with that, its very bad for the gene pool to interbreed family members, you have no diversity so get weaker and less colourful fish over time, just look at the serious problem with Blue Acara's casued by the same thing.

 

[1234-fishy-freind]

so would it be best if i swapped the current male or female for another one from my local fish shop ?...and if i did that would the one i kept kill the newcomer ?

 

[kribensis12]

but affter a while you might notice somthing different

That is why i said "might" i was being very vauge, so no one could say i implied

 

[fishlette]

Nope, that is called inbreeding, but affter a while you might notice somthing different

I would totally disagree with that, its very bad for the gene pool to interbreed family members, you have no diversity so get weaker and less colourful fish over time, just look at the serious problem with Blue Acara's casued by the same thing.

that isnt 100% correct either. as long as this line of inbreeding is new it would be ok. the only time inbreeding causes issues is when a strain is bred to far in without the input of 'new' blood. inbreeding is the way many different fish have come about. like balloon mollies for example, they are the product of careful inbreeding. with this inbreeding, the further you breed without adding new blood, the smaller and weaker the offspring will become. when adding new, strong blood, this acts to strengthen the line.

in conclusion, if you were going to breed those two and sell of ALL their offspring and then let them breed again then you would be safe. in normal cases where you know the blood of your fish is clean then you could go a generation or two before adding new blood but when getting new fish that you dont know where they have come from, then its best too start off that way IMO. alternately you could get two seperate pairs from different places and then breed their offspring with each other. this would start you off from a better spot. mixing and matching from there could keep you safe for a while.

do some research on the internet about genetics and inbreeding. they will be able to give you more insight into it all