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Originally Posted by BlueDempsey
Ehh,.... how to know whether they are real CAs. I always get confused when I see Jeff Rapps photos. They always have the best looking model CAs. Problem is we can wait for a few years before they get to that stage. I think we need to update the Cichlid Database to find out who is keeping what and how they look like several months / years down the line.
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hehehe...i tink hes reffering to u lar taikor joe..since im not an exporter.
and about real CAs or not i tink he means..are they true breed or cross breeds. now , doktor here has every right to question this especially in malaysia, as everyone knows the flowerhorn story.
of course jeff rapps always have the best looking photos...dun tell me he hope to sell any if he the post the worst photos.
No doktor...u dun have to wait a few years to know how good your CAs look. if u know your stuff,u could almost tell how a juvenile will grow up to be with 70% accurancy. most CAs have a very fast growth rate, they reach adulthood within 8 to 9 months, if u feed them well, have a good tank system a growth rate of 1 inch per month is easy to achive.
in my case i will always buy juveniles...for example 10 pieces, if u choose 10 good looking juveniles then from there u choose the best out of the 10, u will end up with an impressive 1. sometimes u will get 2 or 3 good ones but never 10. so what do u with the rest?...cull them! is that a waste?...no!.. if u are going for the best. lets say u bought the 10 at rm200...after selecting u get 2 ...just accept the fact that u bought 2 good speciements at rm100 each.
to get a selected good speciment at the FS would surely cost u a bomb...good CAs are not cheap!