Breeders Log

[BNoel21]

Does anyone keep one? If so what does it consist of?

[why_spyder]

I used to when I first started breeding - more or less to try to keep track of dates of spawns and fry age... but it soon became too meticulous for me and stopped, lol.

[BNoel21]

What did it consist of as far as information?

[why_spyder]

Dates of spawns, date of strip/spit, number of fry and in some cases what female (if you can ID the different mothers).

[BNoel21]

Thanks man. Thought i would atleast learn to keep one and do it for a little while. Especially if my local club starts a breeders club in the future.

[Narwhal72]

I keep the following information for my own records.

Date purchased/ acquired, $ paid, Species scientific name, Location (if known), Qty purchased, Date spawned, Date sold/disposed of (sometimes they don't always make it), $ amount sold for, Qty sold

I keep it on an Excel spreadsheet separated by groups of fish (new world, old world, catfish, cyprinids, etc...)

That way I can tell whether I was successful spawning a fish, and whether I was able to sell the offspring for more or less than what I paid for the parents.

For my club's BAP program we just require the name, date of birth/hatch, date submitted (must be at least 45 days post hatch to qualify), and qty (must be at least 5).

Andy