WHAT DO YOU BREED????

[xrenegadex]

well....with all the troule i have in my tanks....i can only breed guppies.... ....but it's better than nothing

 

[sharktale]

Hi,

I breed golden bristlenose plecs
A calico cichlids
paralabidichromis sp cichlids
and of course platys! Had some leopard danio babies once. I would like to breed cories but I think mine must all be 1 sex

 

[JoBodude]

i was reading through this and i saw that i had posted before that i breed platies and guppies well that is now probably changing! yay! lol

Hope to breed in sooooo near future!:

cories (not really sure what kind yet)
mollies


A while from now...:
angels
discus
convicts
bummblebee gobies
dwarf puffers

Just a change of plans! hehe

 

[CFC]

Im currently breeding Purple stripe gudgeons (Morgurnda adspersa), severums, Ceylonese green snakeheads (Channa gachua) and Kribensis. I also have breeding pairs of Geophagus brassiliensis and Rhinogobius wui and breeding groups of Congo tetras and pentazona barbs which i currently dont spawn because of lack of space.
In the past i have spawned various species of Corydoras, peacock spiney eels, bristlenose plecs, golden wonder panchax, angelfish, 3 species of Appistogramma and rosey barbs with varying degrees of success.

 

[cluster]

gonna try peacocks

 

[andyj]

I'm currently growing-out my first batch of BN Plec fry

Considering buying a 2nd tank, to allow the fry to grow-out in a safe environent.

Have spoken to a couple of LFS's about traking the fry off my hands when they're big enough. 1 said that they'll give me about £1.20 credit per fry and the other said they couldn't give me anything for them, but would take them off my hands for me..... No chance !!

Have also got some Swordtail fry in my tank, although I'm not 100% sure, mabe Platties My Swordtail pair are currently courting, so I'll be keeping an eye on her gravid spot, and transferring her to the spawning net when she's preganant

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd loooove to breed betta's, and I might someday when I have more experience with tropcal fish and have kept a few betta's. Tanks are no problemo, heaters maybe.. but who knows...

 

[LoachLover]

I breed some gouramis, cories, and attempting to breed some of the loaches.

 

[brissiegal]

fish of mine currently breeding...
mollies,swords,platies & guppies
paradise fish
bristlenose
convicts
blue acaras

(bred once....and seem to have forgotten what to do(!)...gold gouramis)

would like to see my sterbai corys breed but they won't do anything(!)
same with angels!

 

[LoachLover]

would like to see my sterbai corys breed but they won't do anything(!)

Always the ones you want to see breed that don't

 

[mwm]

I can acaully update this now, I Breed jack dempseys

 

[fishdudein]

Fish I am currently breeding: 3 different strains of fancy guppies; platies, 4 different strains including 2 hi-fin strains (red wag and blue variatus); corydoras cats, albino aeneus and panda; convict cichlids; Brichardi (Lyretail, Princess of Burundi,etc) cichlids;

Just recently acquired some Aphysemion australe (gold) killifish that I am hoping to breed. Also working on: dwarf fire red gouramis, green aeneus corys, paleatus corys, arcuatus (skunk) corys, white cloud mountain minnows, zebra danios, badis badis

In the past I have bred: far too many varieties of guppy to count; sphenops, lyretail, and sailfin mollies, several colors; swordtails, including many years ago Simpson hi-fins; several varieties of platy, including corals and hi-fins; several colors of angelfish; bettas; blue and red paradise fish; bluegill (native sunfish); bumblebee cichlids; several snail species including "mystery" snails;...there are probably many more here, I just can't remember them all, been doing this for about 35 years now and that's a lot of time to forget things!

What seems to work best for me is to give each type of fish you are working with it's own species tank. Don't try to throw 3 different types of fish together into a community tank and then try to "move them out" when you think they are ready to breed.....it "spoils the mood" for them. In other words, if you want to breed angels, have an angels-only tank for them. Do lots of research on the fish you want to breed, knowledge is powerful. Frequent water changes and small, frequent, and varied types of feeding are usually essential also.

 

[Ben]

i can update to

ive just bred jewels!

 

[Jason_S]

pairs that I've had actually spawn:

Convict male and female
Convict female and Honduran Red Point male
Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco blue' male and Thorichthys aureum 'gold' female
Red terror (festae) male and female

The only ones that I took the time to raise were the convicts. the 2 hybrid pairs formed in my 150 cichlid community. The tank is quite tall and it would have been very difficult to remove the fry. Besides, the Thorichthys pair's eggs were not fertilized and I'd have only removed the con/HRP fry to raise as feeders so it wasn't worth the trouble. My main focus is with the festae pair. They've spawned several times now, but only a few eggs have hatched each time. Also, each time the eggs hatched, the male went psycho on the female causing her to retreat behind the divider. I've now built a 'breeding box' so to speak so hopefully they'll spawn close to it and I'm going to put a complete divider to keep the male away once the eggs are fertilized. I'm also working on lowering the water hardness so that hopefully more eggs will fertilize next time.

Groups of juvenile cichlids I have awaiting maturity and pairs to form:

Thorichthys helleri
Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco Gold'
Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco Blue' (I have only a definite male and female, but they don't get along very well at the moment. I don't think she's fertile yet.)
Thorichthys sp. 'Mixteco Green'
Herichthys sp. 'Rio Salto'
Theraps wesseli
Nandopsis grammodes
Pelvicachromis taeniatus 'Wouri' (might sell these soon...I think I'd rather have a pair of Cryptoheros cutteri)
Cryptoheros sajica (long shot...only have 2 so the odds of having a male and female aren't very good)
Amphilophus robertsoni
Albino bristlenose plecs (I'm so used to only listing cichlids that I forgot about these )