@jakearts7962
Thanks for these videos. We started our first aquarium 3 months ago, the entire set up with the fish was very expensive so we wanted to do it right. Your channel has been very helpful.
@ndbyers23
Professional and well done. Sometimes methods from a knowledgeable aquarist are helpful to know because you have more experience. although it’s a touchy subject, it needs to be discussed. Thank you.
@Aquamarine.Aubrey
I appreciate your honesty. I've bred fancy goldfish in the past. They required culling too. I used clove oil.
@jjcabin
Wow so crazy that you covered this. I breed many Tanganyikan cichlids and I’m experiencing the exact same issue!! It’s called “Muppet Mouth” and it’s caused by many generations of inbreeding. I have genetic diversity within my line but I suspect this pair are from the same line. It’s only a cosmetic defect and it will not effect their health other than passing on weak genetics to future generations. I decided not cull them and I’m giving them to a friend who will not sell future generations from this group. Big props to having the honesty & courage to cover this topic.
@ScienceGalAquatics
Always hate it when I see something wrong. I have a separate tank for the few that absolutely need to be culled out. Thanks for the video, hard to talk about about but very important topic.
@richardviger3086
I appreciate you coming forward and being honest with the situation. I love your videos, very informative. Thank you for all of your honesty.
@mau5lover2000
Man, I feel Soo much better that im not the only one whose done this in the past. Definatly a difficult topic to talk about but im really glad you were able to step up and post this and in my opinion the freezer method is the best way just take the fish wrap it in paper towel and then dispose of it on your trash pickup day.
@shortsyoutubeshorts5420
🌍🌍🌍Excellent channel🌍🌍🌍.Excellent video my friend🌍🌍🌍.
@kaquarium7888
Thank you for a very candid discussion of a difficult topic. I'm typically a "live and let live" type of person, but getting more into fish breeding has left me grappling with this topic myself. The timing of your video coincided with a situation I faced a few days ago, where I realized a large portion of fry from a spawning had not developed swim bladders and had severely shortened spines. This happened previously in fry from this specific pair of fish, and now that it has happened twice, I will not be breeding them again since the defect is obviously genetic. I did end up culling the affected fish, which was tremendously difficult for me ethically, especially when it came to the gray area of fish that were extremely short-bodied but still had functional swim bladders. I don't want to be morbid, but I just wanted to mention that MS-222 is a veterinary-grade anesthetic agent that anyone can buy online. I use it for fish surgeries, but an overdose is a hopefully painless method of euthanasia.
@mcattack2009
Good video. I have to say as a hobbyist, not a breeder, i found it hard to find information when i needed to take care of this situation because sometimes the language is too vague. You did well y mentioning methods, and then you didnt have to go explain each one. We can go look for info on clove, freezing etc.
@kentsfish9761
Great job thanks for talking about the hard stuff I feed to large fish and sometimes I keep them in separately tanks
@HeRo-qd6tk
I had too. It is heartbreaking. But i feel ok that it happened fast with no stress.
@billcolin-singer7371
Hello my friend!This is not a perfect world we are living in so every creature can be deformed and seem bad to look at or it can't move or eat properly.Sometimes we have to be brave and do the right thing...but not everyone shares with us the same way of looking at things.I had fish that experienced that problems and also some friends of mine.Most of them didn't live long but I actually never had babies in cichlids or other fish,some of my fish paired off through the years but I didn't have any spawns in healthy or deformed fish.You are doing an excellent work and every advice from you is really important,cheers!!
@ReneesZooTube
A tough topic. As a Guppy breeder, I've culled for deformities, usually bent spines. I've found for small fish such as these that an ice bath seems to be the most humane. Gill movement stops within seconds. Very quick. Not something anyone likes to do, but it's not good to breed fish that will pass on deformities. Thanks for talking about this sensitive topic. Sorry for your losses.
@marypaigeflynn4512
You handled this very tactfully and professionally.. one of the very reasons I don't breed fish..it's hard enough to think about my fish when they get old and I may have to euthanize any of them. I would have millions of tanks lol... But culling for diseases and abnormalities is a real thing and is necessary and it should be handled thoughtfully. You handled this subject very thoughtfully!
@portalmasterry6765
I thought you were going to talk about a hobbyist's bank account! =)
@teachertomie
Thanks for covering this. It is a hard topic when you love fish. I have home bred geophagus and there were a few that were like runts, just didn’t grow like the rest. They’re about the size of tetras, but they appear to be fine otherwise. There was just one that was bigger, but body was deformed and it just looks odd. They are all feeding well and otherwise appear to be happy. I just didn’t have the heart to cull them. So I sold all the other fish and kept these “abnormal “ appearing fish. They will never be bred and I want to see if the tiny ones will eventually grow to normal size. The deformed one has won my heart cuz he looks so derpy, but he doesn’t realize it and living his best life.
@danieljones2183
I have a large red eared slider in my backyard pond. I have had to transfer fish from their tank to the pond. The circle of life.
@jennifermartin4415
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing. A topic people need to hear.
@TazawaTanks