10 Gallon

[bball4life]

Hey all, if any of you have seen my other posts, this summer I want to breed fish since I am not doing anything, and I will haave all the tie in the world. It is not because I am irresponsible or anything. I was wondering besides liverbearers and bettas, what fish can breed in a ten gallon? Any suggestions will help. I know that for whatever I breed I will probably need a bigger tank for the fry anyways, but I just wanted to see.
Thanks

 

[Bloo]

Killish But you'll have to check out Oddball section for more info.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Cherry barbs

 

[bball4life]

are killifish easy to spawn?They have a pair at my lfs, does that make a difference? I heard cherry barb fry are hard to raise

 

[demonmagus]

apaprently they are easy to spawn

 

[4ftguppy]

Killifish would be my first choice, but to be honest anything under a couple of inches should breed in there - size wise.

Of course making your 10 gallon tank a suitable breeding area is a lot more complicated than just having a big enough tank. Can you move the fry or adults? Most non-livebearers eat their babies

Most little fish that are easy to breed and don't require extereme water conditions to do so will breed in such a tank, if you feed them well, and keep the temp right. Growing on the fry is the hardest part.

If you only have one tank - fill it with free floating plants, najas, hornwort, indian fern, - make it so full that there is no free swimming space. Your tank will be full of fish of all different sizes in no time

this works with Aphyosemion and Fundulponchax (plant spawners) - the Nothobranchius are annual fish and will usually be very old/dead before the eggs (which need 3 months incubation) are hatched and raised. you may be able to get away with 1 tank and a few tubs


Killiwise, try Aphyosemion striatum, Aphyosemion australe, Fundulopanchax gardneri,
Fundulopanchax scheeli, Nothobranchius palmqvistii, or Nothobranchius korthausae

 

[furryrabbit]

Most non-livebearers eat their babies

most livebearers eat their babies too

 

[4ftguppy]

most livebearers eat their babies too

do they? what b******s

 

[Spader]

most livebearers eat their babies too

do they? what b******s

2 minutes into my mollies pregnancy, she started eating them as the popped out.....

 

[dwarfgourami]

Most non-livebearers eat their babies

most livebearers eat their babies too

Thinking about fish that do NOT eat their fry- of course, the tank is too small for most cichlids, but you might just be able to do shelldwellers.

Corys might be another possibility, though you would want to raise them away from their parents.

Peacock gobies might also work, as long as you provide plenty of hiding places.

 

[furryrabbit]

a pair of kribs? dont know much about them myself but im sure theres at least one other person on this forum keeping a pair in a 10 gal

 

[demonmagus]

kribs need a 20 gallon (US)

 

[Boo]

most livebearers eat their babies too

do they? what b******s

2 minutes into my mollies pregnancy, she started eating them as the popped out.....

Oh yuck, that's just put me off my food

 

[Iron Man]

most livebearers eat their babies too

do they? what b******s

My female swordtails are predatory monsters come time to pop out the babies. Its pretty awful to watch sometimes, as they go into a hunting mode around the bottom of the tank and plants. Its a strong instinct in these fish to eat their own fry for some reason.

 

[demonmagus]

its kinda like us burping (or pooping) up a sandwich thats clean whilst stranded with no food