Easy Fish To Breed

[tcourtright]

Hey guys my name is trevor. Im new to the forum but i have been raising fish for 5 years. I currently only raise pure strain guppies but i used to raise convict cichlids, rainbow cichlids, a few tanganyikan species and many malawi mbuna species.
I no longer have large tanks for the mbuna, so i sold all my cichlid stock. I was wondering, what fish could i breed, that are generally easy to breed, that are small (breed and such in 10g or smaller), will breed in hard water with a pH of around 7.8-8.0

I'm open to any suggestions!

 

[walkers101]

Endlers are easy to breed just add water lol

 

[tcourtright]

I want to stay away from livebearers if i can help it. I only breed livebearers now, so I just want something easy and fun to breed, to "get outta the norm"

 

[Ludwig Venter]

Zebra Danio are generally recommended as a beginners' fish to breed (apart from livebearers). They will breed in practically any size tank, but the problem is, a 10 gal will be too small to rear the 3/400 (odd) fry... there you'll have to get a bigger tank for rearing purposes.

 

[meguro]

killifish or bettas?

 

[kizno1]

killifish or bettas?

Bettas can have over 100 fry and if 50% are males that means at a few months old they will need to be seprates so you will need to have 50 1G tanks with daily waterchanges and heated and a 20G+ tank for the female fry. A pair of apisto might work.

 

[Assaye]

Bettas should be kept in softer water with a lower pH and while they are adaptable they're not a good fish for hard water. While a 10 gallon is suitable for a breeding tank, it will not be suitable for a grow-out tank. I definitely wouldn't consider bettas an easy fish to breed as a lot of conditioning is required and a good understanding of genetics is essential to have fry that are healthy and of good quality.

Not sure what to recommend, tbh, if all you have is a 10 gallon. Even livebearers would require a larger grow out tank.

 

[meguro]

i wasnt specifically referring to betta splendens. there are some ~100 or so species of bettas, many of which can live together

 

[Assaye]

i wasnt specifically referring to betta splendens. there are some ~100 or so species of bettas, many of which can live together

This is true but the need for a large grow out tank, conditioning and ideally soft water still applies. Not any easy fish if you only have a 10g and harder water.

 

[Biulu]

What about kribensis? They like hard water, are very good parents and give you very little work in terms of breeding.

 

[tcourtright]

new situation has arrisen!!!! EXCITED!!!!! new thread coming up!

 

[shroob]

new situation has arrisen!!!! EXCITED!!!!! new thread coming up!

If the new situation doesn't work out, have you thought about shelldwellers? Small african cichlids that can be very entertaining.