| I agree with Ray, which is why I would pair the shusui with asagi, since they are the same variety, just with different scalation. (Doitsu x doitsu can give up to 25% lethal recessive, but with the thousand of fertilized eggs - it doesn't really matter). Goromo trace back to asagi x kohaku, so I would backcross to the more refined kohaku if you don't have a suitable goromo.I would focus on devoting your resources to the progeny of the best pairings. If the females are sexually mature and have been kept with males, they should be spawned under controlled conditions. However, there is no reason to keep the fertilized eggs from all of them. Give the fry with the most potential more space instead of putting all your best eggs in one basket/growout pool. <grin> Focus on 2 or 3 pairings and split the eggs from each among several tanks. That gives you enough room to be more conservative on culling early, so that you can wait until the traits you want are more obvious. Make sense?
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Lynne in St. Louis
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