Breeding

[em 11]

i what to breed fish
something like parrot,angle fish something like that
what breed of fish is the easy to breed
how do i breed
if i get a new tank

 

[kris-b-]

Have you tried google?

 

[Synirr]

You need to decide what species you're interested in breeding, and if you'll be able to buy a tank large enough for fry. Angel fish would be an opinion, but I'm afraid you can't really breed blood parrots as they are infertile hybrids.

 

[IMCL85]

Angel gogogo but watch out they will eat their own egg.

 

[Ben]

start with breeding Guppies.
Get a cycled 10-15 gal, put the temp up high, loads of hiding spaces
2 females 1 male.
You'll have babies in no time

DD

 

[CluelessScot]

Just out of curiosity... if you put 2 females and a male in a tank which is nice and warm with hiding spaces, how long would it take to have fry?

Also, Kribensis are rather easy to breed so i hear but they are rather aggro...

Kev

 

[em 11]

i got them breed years ago lots of times but they all got eaten how do i stop is
i would like something bigger like anger size

 

[stup3rman]

I own a pair of breeding molly, and shes had fry twice in 4 months, both batches of around 30, out of the first lot 9 survived with no special attention, none of the second lot, if you want to do it properly, buy a seperate tank and put them in there to stop them being eaten when born, or you could buy a guppy breeder i suppose, ive also seen people say put lots of plants in your tank so they can hide in them.

 

[em 11]

i might be buying a 4 ft long tank do you think that like be ok

 

[Tolak]

Before you start to breed anything, make sure you have someplace to sell or give away the fish to. Sometimes this can be the most difficult part.

Livebearers, like guppys, swords, or platys breed themselves. Get 2 females to each male, and provide plenty of plants & such for hiding places.

Tolak

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

Before you start to breed anything, make sure you have someplace to sell or give away the fish to. Sometimes this can be the most difficult part.

Livebearers, like guppys, swords, or platys breed themselves. Get 2 females to each male, and provide plenty of plants & such for hiding places.

Tolak

Furthering your point, all the LFS in my area no longer accept fish as they do not want to take unnecassary risks with their stock. Have you got friends or relatives who will also take some fish, or have you got enough tanks to provide substancial living quarters for the young?

 

[em 11]

i am thinking of puting the babies & mum in the new tank & the male in my other tank( i just want 1 litter)
( what do u think of my idea )

 

[Fishkeeper2004]

i am thinking of puting the babies & mum in the new tank & the male in my other tank( i just want 1 litter)
( what do u think of my idea )

If you are keeping the fry and the mother together, make sure your tank is heavily pregnant, as your female will eat the fry as she sees them. Also, as soon as the young get the 3-4 months, they will start to breed to, so you will find it impossible to just breed once..

However, after you successfully raise your first fry, just leave the others in the two tanks (making sure you don't overcrowd) and the fry will have a high mortality rate, meaning few will survive so you don't get overun.

Hope this helps.

 

[em 11]

so will they breed a again &again

how many babies will live & how many will die

 

[dwarfgourami]

so will they breed a again &again

how many babies will live & how many will die

Are we still talking angels here, or has the discussion moved on to livebearers?

If angels, then it should be possible to rear only one batch, as long as you then separate the parents, always assuming that you have the tank space for the fry to grow to sellable age- or to be kept for the rest of their natural lives if you do not sell them. But you do need a fair bit of tank space. Let someone else advise on that; I have kept angels but never bred them.

If livebearers, then you need to be aware that the female can store sperm from one mating to produce a new batch every 4-6 weeks for at least 7 months. They can easily produce between 20-40 fry per batch, though higher figures are not uncommon. And you need a ratio of at least 2 females per male, so you can double that figure. Livebearer fry may all get eaten by other tank inmates- or none may get eaten; it is impossible to predict. Sometimes the parents scoff all their offspring, sometimes they won't touch them. I have had 23 surviving fry from my female platy in the last 6 months, but only 3 surviving fry from my guppy (I had more females but they produced no fry). Again, you need tank space, for growing out and separating the fry.