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[Loony Fish]

Hello,
I was just browsing my local fish store, thinking of some breeding project i could try.

I want to know, is there a certain fish you would like to see more of, or bred more often?
Like for me, there can never be enough stingrays, arowana, or rainbow sharks in the aquarium trade.

I was thinking roseline sharks would be cool to breed, but I want some ideas of cool fish to try. Anything is an option, as I'll be using a 500 gallon stock pond as the breeding tank.

Thanks!

 

[GAB99]

roselines definately

 

[My Buddy As A Shield]

roselines definately

Roselines are popular and expensive, so they're a great choice if you somehow mange this breeding!
Albino Senegals seemed to flood the market a bit ago and I had not been aware. I remember paying 30 for my baby.
Black bettas are very very popular :]
I'd want to see some more synodontis angelicus or w/e those are

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

roselines definately

Roselines are expensive, so they're a great choice if you somehow mange this breeding!

Not near me, try a fiver for ~5cm, commercially bred ones as opposed to wild caught (depleating very low stocks), Aquajardin have ~200 of these wonderful fish to go

 

[Loony Fish]

Sweet. I'll try 'em.

I have a few aquarist tricks mixed with some aquaculture techniques I'm gonna try.

Wish me luck!

 

[OldMan47]

My own preference for a breeding project is any of the goodeid species that need a champion who will produce fry for distribution. Many, but not all, of the goodeids are threatened or endangered species according to the IUCN red list of endangered species. Since I am primarily a goodeid preservation breeder as my personal hobby focus, I value the goodeid as a fish worth saving. As it happens, I have fish in my care that are "extinct in the wild" and others that are endangered or threatened species. If we could find people who are willing to provide the tank space to breed them, many of the goodeids are quite easy fish to care for. In my tanks they are kept in single species tanks with little more than the care you might give a guppy colony. My goodeids breed freely and increase their numbers quickly with very basic livebearer care. I am presently a participant in breeding A towerii as a part of the American Livebearer Association's species maintenance program and am finding these guys as easy to breed and spread as a guppy. They will be paid forward as should be expected with any SMP process. My dozens of new fry will go to hobbyists who are interested in maintaining the species in captivity. Most of the goodeid group are fairly easy to care for but require a dedicated breeder to keep them going. They are not threatened with extinction by anything as mundane as overfishing, breeding failures, predators, etc. Instead they are really threatened by loss of habitat. I have some Ameca splendens that are described by IUCN and others as extinct in the wild. The only problem these fish have has nothing to do with fecundity. Instead they have no water left in their natural habitat because Mexico has an agricultural system that finds their water necessary for feeding people. I cannot say that I prefer having fish habitat for tiny little meaningless fish is more important than feeding people, but without dedicated hobbyists the fish would no longer exist. For people like me that is a call to maintain that species as well as we can. Some day things may not be as dire a they are today and we might possibly be able to return some of the surviving Ameca splendens to its natural habitat. Meanwhile I will continue to work with similarly focused hobbyists to maintain A splendens as a living species. i have recently started to look at many of the wild Betta specie in much the same way. The IBC is trying to preserve the wild type bettas, not the stuff we see in pet shops, as an ongoing process much like I see with the ALA program. They even cite the situation of the goodeids as instructive in their cause for early intervention.

 

[Loony Fish]

Thats very interesting!

I am actually into this concept and share similar views on the topic. Maybe roselines can go on hold for a bit....

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

My own preference for a breeding project is any of the goodeid species that need a champion who will produce fry for distribution. Many, but not all, of the goodeids are threatened or endangered species according to the IUCN red list of endangered species. Since I am primarily a goodeid preservation breeder as my personal hobby focus, I value the goodeid as a fish worth saving. As it happens, I have fish in my care that are "extinct in the wild" and others that are endangered or threatened species. If we could find people who are willing to provide the tank space to breed them, many of the goodeids are quite easy fish to care for. In my tanks they are kept in single species tanks with little more than the care you might give a guppy colony. My goodeids breed freely and increase their numbers quickly with very basic livebearer care. I am presently a participant in breeding A towerii as a part of the American Livebearer Association's species maintenance program and am finding these guys as easy to breed and spread as a guppy. They will be paid forward as should be expected with any SMP process. My dozens of new fry will go to hobbyists who are interested in maintaining the species in captivity. Most of the goodeid group are fairly easy to care for but require a dedicated breeder to keep them going. They are not threatened with extinction by anything as mundane as overfishing, breeding failures, predators, etc. Instead they are really threatened by loss of habitat. I have some Ameca splendens that are described by IUCN and others as extinct in the wild. The only problem these fish have has nothing to do with fecundity. Instead they have no water left in their natural habitat because Mexico has an agricultural system that finds their water necessary for feeding people. I cannot say that I prefer having fish habitat for tiny little meaningless fish is more important than feeding people, but without dedicated hobbyists the fish would no longer exist. For people like me that is a call to maintain that species as well as we can. Some day things may not be as dire a they are today and we might possibly be able to return some of the surviving Ameca splendens to its natural habitat. Meanwhile I will continue to work with similarly focused hobbyists to maintain A splendens as a living species. i have recently started to look at many of the wild Betta specie in much the same way. The IBC is trying to preserve the wild type bettas, not the stuff we see in pet shops, as an ongoing process much like I see with the ALA program. They even cite the situation of the goodeids as instructive in their cause for early intervention.

Must confess that out of all livebearers I'm aware of, its Amica splendens that appeals to me the most. After seeing them in the flesh at the Titchfield branch of Maidenhead Aquatics, it was their shape and the amazing vibrant colouring of the alpha male that appealed to me, along with their non-placid nature and then discovering these guys go nuts for hair algae!

 

[BethK]

Scarlet badis

I've never seen then in any fish-shop I have been in and I haven't seen many people selling them as home-bred but more of an import.

They are beautiful fish, nano-class I think and I would love to see if someone could breed them

 

[Loony Fish]

Woah, ok everyone, something a little more serious.

I just settled on buying 2 aquaculture brood stock and fry tanks. Each is about 15' long, 5' Wide, 4' tall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can stick with sharks or live-bearers or badis in my tanks, BUT WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THESE?

 

[FBTgirl2]

Roselines For Sure, thats what I would go with.

 

[MrNiceGuy]

Hello,
I was just browsing my local fish store, thinking of some breeding project i could try.

I want to know, is there a certain fish you would like to see more of, or bred more often?
Like for me, there can never be enough stingrays, arowana, or rainbow sharks in the aquarium trade.

I was thinking roseline sharks would be cool to breed, but I want some ideas of cool fish to try. Anything is an option, as I'll be using a 500 gallon stock pond as the breeding tank.

Thanks!

i'd really like to see more dwarf cichlids around my area. the only ones i can ever find are sometimes kribensis and occasionally rams.

 

[PRW1988]

A single pair of Convict Cichlids ... the 500gallon pond will be overstocked in no time...

 

[fish481]

My own preference for a breeding project is any of the goodeid species that need a champion who will produce fry for distribution. Many, but not all, of the goodeids are threatened or endangered species according to the IUCN red list of endangered species. Since I am primarily a goodeid preservation breeder as my personal hobby focus, I value the goodeid as a fish worth saving. As it happens, I have fish in my care that are "extinct in the wild" and others that are endangered or threatened species. If we could find people who are willing to provide the tank space to breed them, many of the goodeids are quite easy fish to care for. In my tanks they are kept in single species tanks with little more than the care you might give a guppy colony. My goodeids breed freely and increase their numbers quickly with very basic livebearer care. I am presently a participant in breeding A towerii as a part of the American Livebearer Association's species maintenance program and am finding these guys as easy to breed and spread as a guppy. They will be paid forward as should be expected with any SMP process. My dozens of new fry will go to hobbyists who are interested in maintaining the species in captivity. Most of the goodeid group are fairly easy to care for but require a dedicated breeder to keep them going. They are not threatened with extinction by anything as mundane as overfishing, breeding failures, predators, etc. Instead they are really threatened by loss of habitat. I have some Ameca splendens that are described by IUCN and others as extinct in the wild. The only problem these fish have has nothing to do with fecundity. Instead they have no water left in their natural habitat because Mexico has an agricultural system that finds their water necessary for feeding people. I cannot say that I prefer having fish habitat for tiny little meaningless fish is more important than feeding people, but without dedicated hobbyists the fish would no longer exist. For people like me that is a call to maintain that species as well as we can. Some day things may not be as dire a they are today and we might possibly be able to return some of the surviving Ameca splendens to its natural habitat. Meanwhile I will continue to work with similarly focused hobbyists to maintain A splendens as a living species. i have recently started to look at many of the wild Betta specie in much the same way. The IBC is trying to preserve the wild type bettas, not the stuff we see in pet shops, as an ongoing process much like I see with the ALA program. They even cite the situation of the goodeids as instructive in their cause for early intervention.

Must confess that out of all livebearers I'm aware of, its Amica splendens that appeals to me the most. After seeing them in the flesh at the Titchfield branch of Maidenhead Aquatics, it was their shape and the amazing vibrant colouring of the alpha male that appealed to me, along with their non-placid nature and then discovering these guys go nuts for hair algae!

the Amica splendens in the Titchfield branch of Maidenhead Aquatics) are in very good condition the young Amica splendens were born in thet thank and are growing on nicely the owner / staff. are doing a fine job looking after them i also keep and bred many of the goodeids

 

[james_fish]

Freshwater Stingrays are notoriously hard to breed in captivity, I know the first ever Briton to breed them in his home, Niel the owner of Pier Aquatics in Wigan.

Anyways, maybe you could try some of the less known Pleco's? The ones known to be hard to breed, that would be a great challenge to set yourself!

James.