Easy To Breed Fish?

[fishy55599]

i think i am getting a new tank for christmas so im trying to think what to put in my 60 litre.
i have decided against musk turtles now as lighting seems to difficult.

So i think i might have a go at breeding fish.
something not to hard to breed.
and possibly dont need to move the parents out?

 

[Biddles95]

erm... well different fish are easy to breed .. e.g. guppies are easy peasie lemon squeezy !
i suggest a type of apistogramma and they are stunning fish

 

[fishy55599]

erm... well different fish are easy to breed .. e.g. guppies are easy peasie lemon squeezy !
i suggest a type of apistogramma and they are stunning fish

Guppies arent really my thing i want something more (if you get wat i mean?)
but the apistogramma do look stunning

 

[Biddles95]

yeah i hate guppies :L
and the good thing about appistos is that the male gets 4 inches and the females stay 2-3 inches
appistoos arent that hard to breed either

 

[Ryan12]

Zebra danios were a bit of a challenege when i bred them. In my opinion it was a good first species for me.

 

[fishy55599]

has anybody ever bred corydoras?

 

[ChrissyBoy]

I've never bred corydoras before, I have recently bred my Apistogramma Agasizzii successfully but have had problems with my larger fish eating the fry. I'm going to get a breeding tank for them guys and try again.

As Biddles95 said, it is very easy. You can induce spawning in these fish by feeding them rich food (bloodworm) and turning the water temp up. They need soft acidic water also. They need a cave with a small entrance to lay their eggs in.

If you can get your hands on a breeding pair, I'd definitely reccommend getting a pair.

 

[Biddles95]

i agree with chrissyboy... deffinatly get some sort of appisto ... and i suggest getting 1 male and 2 femals just generally because the male might cause stress to the female :L
appistogramma will deffinatly be a good idea (Y)
i dont know if this is for appistos .. but they breed easily with an upturned plant pot?
i dont know if im thinking of convict cichlids :L
and you shouldnt have the problem of bigger fish eating the fry , so you should be a very successful breeder
good luck (Y)

 

[Paradise3]

I've bred cories before but the fry are a bit too hard to raise. With them being very very tiny when they hatch you don't have many feeding options so that's one problem. Another problem is that most of the time, you need a different tank to raise them in. If you manage to get them past the 4 months of age mark you may have more of a chance of having some survive. I got some of mine to this stage and then about 4 managed to reach about 1" in length. Then I got a disease in my tank that wiped them out

Cheers,
Kayako!

 

[m00ms]

at the end of last year and early this year i had about 5 batchs of cory cats,dont know if it counts as breeding as it just happened!

it was in my first tank a 30lt,after that i set up 120 lt tank and put mum and dad cory cats in,no more eggs/fry, then i had a rather large leak in the 120 lt and had to re set up the 30 lt so i could sort out the 120 lt tank.

whilst the cory where back in the 30 lt tank for couple of weeks they breed again.

i gave lots of baby cory to friends and keep some for myself.

 

[Rynofasho]

What is your water like in your tank, pH wise? It seems to me that altering pH and water temperature, lighting, etc. conditions are usually the trigger to breeding, so if we know what kind of water you are working with, it may prove easier to find a species that would breed in your conditions than it would be to pick a species and then try to artificially recreate rather dramatic water chemistry changes.

Just my $0.02

 

[BusyMumof5]

Guppy haters - I am stunned!

 

[Biddles95]

Guppy haters - I am stunned!

nooo... they are nice fish but.. too common

 

[Paradise3]

Guppy haters - I am stunned!

I love guppies! I have a tank literally dedicated to them!

Cheers,
Alessa!

 

[Monty-2010]

Most live bearers are pretty easy to breed, but if you want to see something really great you should try cichlids, their parenting behaviour is absolutely amazing to watch, which cichlid to choose that's up to you... find one that suits your tank and you really like