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Guys,
Can hybrid(bluexchannel) catfish reproduce in ponds?
The hatchery guy told me they can reproduce , just like other cat species. Is that true?
And any idea how large they can get?
Thanks.
Last edited by Fatih; 06/01/16 01:55 PM.
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SRAC https://srac.tamu.edu/serveFactSheet/252 Hybrid fertility The strains of channel catfish female and blue catfish male used to produce first generation (F1) C×B hybrids affects whether or not they can reproduce. Some F1 C×B hybrids can spawn and produce large numbers of second generation (F2) hybrids; other types of F1 C×B hybrids have low fertility or are essentially sterile. With difficulty, F1 C×B hybrids can be crossed with a pure strain of chan¬nels or blues to produce backcross hybrids. However, the performance of these F2 and backcross hybrids is inferior to that of F1 hybrids and channel catfish. Therefore, pro¬ducing fry from C×B hybrid parents is not recommended. To obtain genetic improvement and hybrid vigor, chan¬nel catfish females must be mated with blue catfish males each year to produce F1 C×B hybrids for production.
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Thanks man. Very helpful.
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For some strange reason this sounds like a phone conversation that I had this afternoon. Although ewest found an answer with greater depth and clarity.
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Scott, i was in a hurry. So i started a thread too.
Ewest's article helped a lot and finally , the hatchery guy admitted it : "Well. They won't make very healthy offsprings" .
Anyways, i got 1 week old blue cats from Halletsville. I paid for 100 of them but i think i got more than 300. Well, impossible to count.
I have already ordered a brine shrimp hatching set.
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Cool! You can count them, count when transferring from one container to another.
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Fatih,
I am interested in HBC as well. Did they ship them to you?
Bill
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No Bill. I was gonna drive and pick up. But very nice people at that hatchery. I am sure they would like to help. Hybrids are the way to go if you don't have reproduction goals.
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Only if you are going to feed them and then harvest under the proper circumstances. Unless you have a specific goal/method to avoid the problems noted above.
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