Breeder's Challenge

[DerekW]

I been keeping tabs on this in the TFH, and it's been crazy to see the number of spawns that are taking place.
update in the June Tfh had Mike at 56 and Ted at 72. Just wanted to say keep up the hard work.

[FishCzar]

That has become my favorite section of the magazine since they started the contest. It is CRAZY how many species they are spawning! I have learned quite a bit by reading the Breeders Challenge blogs on TFH.com as well. I agree with Derek, keep it up!

[DerekW]

Update!
Come on Mike! I was hoping you will catch him.
Mike 70
Ted 82

Also noted Mike has very nice fish in the TFH, Can we say that this BAP will be a good month!

[FishCzar]

Mike's getting there. He has taken Ted the last two months in a row...

[MikeH]

I'm glad you guys are enjoying it. We're having a blast, too. That's the reason we are doing the race - to get other hobbyists interested in breeding fish, and to have fun.

As you guys know, I had a really lousy autumn last year, and had almost a month where I barely went into the fishroom at all except to feed the fish. Not an excuse, just reality. It puts me about 4 weeks behind Ted. That's just the way things go. We move on. With all of his work as the ACA Convention chairman coming up, I'm sure that time framework will even out. Even with that gap, I still successfully spawned over 30 species in the first three months - much more than I thought I would! And after that very bumpy start, my breeding program has really picked up the past few months, and momentum is gaining as we go forward. But I can't really share any more than that as I don't want to put out any spoilers.

Since the July issue is out I can say that my actual count at the 6 month point is 73 species, not 70. I haven't really paid too much attention to the numbers, but I guess I'd better go back through and see what was missed. Plus, we'll be posting the halfway point totals on the TFH blog soon. We're actually competing by points, not just raw numbers.

Thanks to many of my fellow MASI members and my friends in HAAS and other clubs, I've had the chance to work with many beautiful fish, and so far have spawned most of these gifts and loaners but those giant Oreochromis monsters that came from Cory!

There will be some really cool stuff coming up, so stay tuned!

I really appreciate all of your support, too.

Mike

[gubernaculum1]

Mike

Please don't let down the side.........Milwaukee beating MASI~~~~~~unthinkable!
Joe~~~~~Decatur

[DerekW]

Aug TFH is out and Mike is on top by One, Now with the ACA around the corner Ted need to depend on livebearers. So this is your break out time to go up by 10 or so. Well done so far Mike and Ted.
Mike 93
Ted 92

[DerekW]

Well here we are again the totals for the Sept TFH, The spawns are recorder breaking for both Ted and Mike. I have not heard of anyone breeding the number of species that they are doing in one year. Hats off to both of you guy's for making this a great year to look at the TFH. I'm sure that most of us just go right to the breeder's challenge section and look at what's being done. Well Done so far. I hope TFH gives out a big prize to both of you guy's. That's a lot of hard work.

Total
Mike 112
Ted 103

[FishCzar]

I know it's the first place I look when TFH hits my inbox. Great to see Mike pulling ahead after a rough start.

[DerekW]

Wow! What a challenge. Every month the totals are getting higher and higher for both. Is there a record anywhere in the country for most spawns in one year.
totals know for Oct.
Mike 132
Ted 117

Keep up the good work.
Ps. Mike send me all those goodeid fry! I need all those species.