Breeding Fish In A 3ft Tank

[Cooper2085]

Im looking at turning my 3ft tank into a species tank, and want to try my hand at breeding something. I was going top have a livebearer breeding tank, just plant it heavily and let nature take its course but i want something a little different.

I was thinking about getting some Corys and breeding them, i know that it can be a little more difficult to get them to breed and i would like the challenge.

Whats the best way to set up a breeder, should i let the eggs be layed (If i decide to go with corys) then partition that part of the tank off or should i buy a smaller tank to transfer the eggs into?

Does anyone have a suggestion of a different species of fish to try my hand at?

Thanks all.

 

[drewry]

hi Cooper2085

corydoras are not as hard to breed as you may think as long as you have mature males and females.
females are wider and stockyer from a top view just condition them for a week or 2 on flake ,tubafix,bloodworms ,and frozen foods ,and pellets ,and other high proiten foods ,then perform cool water changes to get them spawning provide a few amozon sword plant for them ,iv found it best to trancefair the eggs in to a small round container floating in your tank with a air stone dangling into it once they hatch move them to a bigger container about 10inch x 8 for a week or so floating in the tank with an air stone ,then you will need a growing on tank the bigger the better really untill they are big enuff to go in the main tank with the pairents

 

[screamingdonkey]

corydoras are not as hard to breed as you may think

Agreed - and I would suggest maybe starting off with Peppered Corydoras (Corydoras paleatus) as they are one of the easiest to breed

 

[Cooper2085]

Thanks for the replies, could someone post some pics of a Cory tank please? And also of how you have seperated the eggs into a tub? Thanks!