01/20/2026
Man this is killing me. My very first Wild Breeder group I ever aquired was Wild Caught Korneliae Blue Golds from Trevor O’Shea back in March of 2021 . They were very challenging and I also had a heater malfunction that killed my group. The wilds only gave me 2 successful batches of fry only producing like 3-4 males total. F-1’s gave me 2-3 batches of fry with just a few males also. And then another heater malfunction killed my females. After that I was lucky to get F-1 females from another breeder and produced 1 lucky batch of fry. Now they have grown out and I have 2 females holding for the first time ever. And seeing them knowing I’m going to have to part with the fish room is destroying me mentally. I have literally been trying to get nice numbers from this species for such a long time. And now it may be happening for the first time ever. Since 2021 I have only successfully had at most 6 males from my wilds. And here it is almost 5 years later and I’m on F-2’s with 2 females holding. People don’t realize how much hard work and dedication goes into breeding from wilds or F-1’s.