Breeding

[jacob]

Of these fish, which are in a sense easy to breed? In my 75 gal I have a full tank, but I can do trade ins etc...to get the fish required. I have nice fish that are all healthy, the only thing is I don't have any pairs of anything that breed. I've never seen it, and I would like to witness how the parents take care of the fry.

These are the types of fish in my tank...

2 Severums (male turquois...female gold)
4 Blue Rams (all males...females difficult to find in my area)
2 Gouramis (one gold, one blue...can't tell sexes)
2 Clown Loaches (can't tell sexes)
4 Flying Foxes (can't tell sexes)
5 Cories (can't tell sexes)

All these fish are still fairly young and under half of their adult size. The tank may even be overstocked and that can be fixed. I have read that clown loaches and flying foxes are impossible to breed so I guess those are out of the picture.

 

[dwarfgourami]

Of these fish, which are in a sense easy to breed? In my 75 gal I have a full tank, but I can do trade ins etc...to get the fish required. I have nice fish that are all healthy, the only thing is I don't have any pairs of anything that breed. I've never seen it, and I would like to witness how the parents take care of the fry.

These are the types of fish in my tank...

2 Severums (male turquois...female gold)
4 Blue Rams (all males...females difficult to find in my area)
2 Gouramis (one gold, one blue...can't tell sexes)
2 Clown Loaches (can't tell sexes)
4 Flying Foxes (can't tell sexes)
5 Cories (can't tell sexes)

All these fish are still fairly young and under half of their adult size. The tank may even be overstocked and that can be fixed. I have read that clown loaches and flying foxes are impossible to breed so I guess those are out of the picture.

Corys might be the easiest out of that lot to breed, but don't expect to see the parents look after the fry, they don't. You will need an extra fry tank/spawning tank well aerated. Once fully grown female corys are bigger and fatter than the males. You can condition them on live food, and a water change with slightly cooler water can also act as a trigger for them to start spawning.

Don't know anything about severums. All male rams- less of a chance there I'd say . Gouramis again I would think you'd need a spawning tank.