Culling

[Sigmar]

Just wondering how many breeders here cull their juvies

[JMatthew]

I cull as fry when they there is something definately wrong - such a lab I culled yesterday which still had an egg sack when all it's siblings were fully developed.

[T-Angel]

I do.... not a very pleasant task but needs to be done.

[alpuche]

can someone please explain to me what to cull means.

[Haiven]

Cull means to destroy inferior/deformed fish so they don't get out into the gene pool.

I cull them when I notice them.

[Joe Reborn]

When i notice them they become feeders.

[spxsk]

When i notice them they become feeders.
I do the same. Occasionally I will grow something out so see what it becomes, but almost without fail, I am disappointed with the result.

[deadman]

if i catch the problem ill cull

[Luiz]

Killifish has a very common problem with a swiming bladder, if just after hatched they do not get to water surface to inflate the swimming bladder with air, they will not swim freely, they will become a "belly slider". They stay all the time at the botton and to feed they just dart to surface to grab food and just sink to the botton. This kind of "problem" is not genetic and the fish with this problem will produce health fry.
I usually do not cull these guys.