What Fish Have You Bred?

[Gidge]

Platys, Kribensis, Electric yellows and Johanni's

 

[the_lock_man]

If we're talking inverts as well, then I've bred assassin snails successfully.

 

[fluttermoth]

anyone here bred german blue rams? if so id like to know how its done wha requirements they need etc

Karl.

A 20g, well planted tank with some flat stones, on their own or with a few dithers if they seem nervous. Very warm (28°C/82°F) clean, acidic water with low nitrate (under 30ppm). I bred mine in rainwater, if you live in a rural area and it's safe for you to use.

I've bred; rams, bronze and peppered cories, guppies (was developing my own blue strain before I got bored with them! Don't count the other livebearers, as I wasn't doing it purposely!), angels, BNs, emperor, neon and glowlight tetras, tiger and cherry barbs, zebra danios, kribs.

 

[Mowbz]

Kribensis and Corys. And only becuase they've done it themselves, no interaction or special care/conditioning. Just fed a good diet and given plenty of space.

Cherry Shrimp - As above, pretty prolific breeders with little interaction.

 

[nehpets81]

anyone here bred german blue rams? if so id like to know how its done wha requirements they need etc

Karl.

A 20g, well planted tank with some flat stones, on their own or with a few dithers if they seem nervous. Very warm (28°C/82°F) clean, acidic water with low nitrate (under 30ppm). I bred mine in rainwater, if you live in a rural area and it's safe for you to use.

I've bred; rams, bronze and peppered cories, guppies (was developing my own blue strain before I got bored with them! Don't count the other livebearers, as I wasn't doing it purposely!), angels, BNs, emperor, neon and glowlight tetras, tiger and cherry barbs, zebra danios, kribs.

Some really interesting lists here, this kind of leads me on to another question I have been wondering about. As a lot of the common fish seem to prefer soft/acidic water in order to breed, how do people living in hard water areas deal with this? I take it London rainwater is probably not as suitable as Cornish rain water?

 

[snake007]

I've heard driftwood and peat help.

 

[winkle]

Ramshorn snails breed like crazy in both my tanks, and I live in Coventry, near Birmingham. My water is a little on the hard side. I do keep the tanks at 28°C, clean and planted. They are just the boring bog-standard wild brown colour, though I am severely tempted by those pink ones. It'll be easier to see what's snail and what's gravel

 

[fluttermoth]

Some really interesting lists here, this kind of leads me on to another question I have been wondering about. As a lot of the common fish seem to prefer soft/acidic water in order to breed, how do people living in hard water areas deal with this? I take it London rainwater is probably not as suitable as Cornish rain water?

No, you do need to live away from busy roads and industrial areas if you want to use rainwater. You can use RO water, mixed with your tap water to reduce the mineral content, or filter the water through peat before use. Or breed hard water fish!

 

[nehpets81]

Thanks for that, I think I'm about to ask a load of questions about this so rather than clog this thread up, I'm going to start a new one...

 

[Flubberlump]

Platys, mollies and cories. Only 3 cories ever hatched from the hundreds of eggs laid over the years. They are the cutest babies!

 

[cms091]

With little interference from me, I just happened to move some plants to a unoccupied tank! Dwarf neon rainbow - just one survived, but he's a handsome big boy now.