Gene strain question

[Tyler2354]

What are the differences in f-1 f-2 and so on? What does that stand for and all? Is f-1 a better strain than f-3 or what? Someone fill me in !!

 

[jetajockey]

It has to do with what generation the fish is from wild caught. F-0 is wild caught, and each successive generation gets a #.

 

[Anthonysafricans]

Honestly I prefer f1 more hardy and usually keep great color

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[Tyler2354]

Ok my next question is where can you buy f-1's or 2's? Say u wanted a breeding set of a male and 4 females. Where could you find some of those fish? I'm about sick of buying little fish from my lfs and just hoping they color up or just hoping one is a male or female. when they are so small it's hard for me to tell

 

[Anthonysafricans]

Look for local breeder or a local club....if your looking for African c Ichlids look up davesrarefish.com, valleyaquatics.com or south east cichlids

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[Tyler2354]

Sweet! Yea love my Africans. How are the prices on those from those cites?

 

[Iamtechno13]

+1 on davesrarefish. Thats where my brother gets all of his badass African cichlids. Stuff you wont find most anywhere else. He is the best.

 

[Tyler2354]

Well when I typed in davesrarefish.com in brought up another list of sites to visit like petsmart and liveaquaria and livefishdirect

 

[mikem691]

Dave's Rare Aquarium Fish-Price List

 

[Anthonysafricans]

Thanks mike dave is located in Texas, valleyaquatics.com is in Pennsylvania and south east cichlids is in Georgia

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[Anthonysafricans]

Or me if your in new york

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[Tyler2354]

Nope I'm in North Carolina so the fish would have to be shipped :/

 

[Anthonysafricans]

Not set up yet for that but look at those other websites all of them are great a know each one personally

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