Anybody up to some aquatic breeding?

[StripySnailGirl04]

Is anyone currently breeding any lifeforms(excluding pest snails)?
@Essjay I think you have Cherry shrimp. Which grades are they and are you going to breed them selectively? I'm very interested in genetics, I am researching about Cherry Shrimp, Angelfish, Guppy and even Budgerigar inheritance! I would love to know more about Angelfish alleles and right now all I know about guppies is that the dorsal fin is inherited via the male. Anymore information given and I'll gladly read it
Away from genetics, anybody generally breeding aquatic animals like assassin snails, tetras and more? Would love to see pictures and journals!
If you already have threads, I would like links. I may or may not have seen them yet.
Thanks!

 

[Deleted member 149562]

I have both Pepper and Bronze Cories....they are quite happily multiplying at will without any planning or assistance cos they are right randy little bugwags

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

I have both Pepper and Bronze Cories....they are quite happily multiplying at will without any planning or assistance cos they are right randy little bugwags

Pictures?
What do you plan with the fry?
Did you crossbreed the pepper and bronze?

 

[Deleted member 149562]

Pictures?
What do you plan with the fry?
Did you crossbreed the pepper and bronze?

No piccies cos they scatter when approached....insofa are cross breeding, not happened so far. Before I moved everyone into the same aquarium, I had two tiny juveniles in one of the aquariums, by the time I moved everyone into the big aquarium there were at least 12 from the two.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

No piccies cos they scatter when approached....insofa are cross breeding, not happened so far. Before I moved everyone into the same aquarium, I had two tiny juveniles in one of the aquariums, by the time I moved everyone into the big aquarium there were at least 12 from the two.

What will you do with the fry? Keep some and sell the rest?

 

[Deleted member 149562]

What will you do with the fry? Keep some and sell the rest?

They don't all survive and with the BN's on contraception duty in the large aquarium, far fewer eggs will hatch now. I shall monitor the Cory numbers and will contact a fairly local LFS to come fetch the youngsters as I used to do a few years ago

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

They don't all survive and with the BN's on contraception duty in the large aquarium, far fewer eggs will hatch now. I shall monitor the Cory numbers and will contact a fairly local LFS to come fetch the youngsters as I used to do a few years ago

Nice!

 

[Essjay]

My shrimps are just shop bought red cherries. I bought the first ones years ago, they all died. But the last one was a berried female, she died after the eggs hatched. Most of the baby shrimp survived and that was the start of the colony. I have added more since, usually a single berried female from different shops. One female carrying eggs means several new shrimps in a few weeks.

I have never bothered with different colours or expensive extra-red shrimps as they'd only breed with my low grade ones.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

My shrimps are just shop bought red cherries. I bought the first ones years ago, they all died. But the last one was a berried female, she died after the eggs hatched. Most of the baby shrimp survived and that was the start of the colony. I have added more since, usually a single berried female from different shops. One female carrying eggs means several new shrimps in a few weeks.

I have never bothered with different colours or expensive extra-red shrimps as they'd only breed with my low grade ones.

Good information!
Any photos?

 

[ClownLurch]

Heterandria Formosa still at it.

We’re waiting for the scan results of my only PAH live purchase (Male Japan blue lyre tail endler) who has spent two weeks in the honeymoon suite with two yes two! of MrsLurchs female endlers.
They’re back in the sorority while he is now holed up alone in the honeymoon suite after constant bad behaviour in the form of biting and bullying in the community tank.
It’s looking like he’s just a bad fish. Good looking but baaaaad.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

Heterandria Formosa still at it.

We’re waiting for the scan results of my only PAH live purchase (Male Japan blue lyre tail endler) having spent two weeks in the honeymoon suite with two yes two! of MrsLurchs female endlers. They’re back in the sorority while he is now holed up alone in the honeymoon suite after constant bad behaviour in the form of biting and bullying in the community tank.
It’s looking like he’s just a bad fish.

Cool! Any pictures?

 

[ClownLurch]

Cool! Any pictures?

Don’t hold your breath. I’ve been on the internet 22yrs now and never managed to post a picture or link yet. The furry feller in my avatar has tried walking me through the processes dozens of times to no avail but he’s now washed his paws of me.

 

[GaryE]

I breed killies, rainbows, wild type livebearers and apparently, Ancistrus. I can't imagine keeping fish without trying to breed them.

 

[emeraldking]

My main focus when it comes to breeding fish are rare livebearers.

 

[StripySnailGirl04]

My main focus when it comes to breeding fish are rare livebearers.

Which ones?