??? What to Breed ???

furbycow · 08-30-2006, 08:18 PM

I've raised guppy fry from being first born and I've gotten Tiger Barbs to lay eggs although most were eaten. What should I try next? Unfortunatetly, the only foods I have available are flakes, freeze-dried and frozen bloodworms, and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs. I have a 20 gallon so I can't breed a fish that's too big but it'd be nice to try something that has an interesting breeding behavior.

Blue · 08-30-2006, 08:30 PM

Cherry barbs, danios and rosy barbs are worth a try.
You may try praecox rainbows. They are easy to breed although they will breed more easily in a tank of soft water.
Corydoras aeneus are also worth a try.

furbycow · 08-30-2006, 09:08 PM

Hm.....Corydoras sound interesting, I've never kept them before.... What should I feed them to have them spawn? I've heard blackworms are good, but I've also heard they can carry diseases. Any other good foods?

Thanks!

Blue · 08-31-2006, 03:15 AM

I'd prefer bloodworms. They are available in frozen form but make sure to thaw them as frozen stuffs may cause the fish to become ill.
Don't feed too much on one food. Your fish need a varied diet.

Ringo · 08-31-2006, 06:21 AM

There are lot of foods you can feed your fish that you have right in your house, here are a few: Cucumber, Lettuce, Zuchinni, Carrots, Yellow Peppers, Peas (shelled), Broccoli, Spinach, and earthworms (which fish love)

**Damon** · 08-31-2006, 09:44 AM

Breeding egg layers is not easy. Getting the eggs to hatch isn't the difficult part. But from the foods you have listed, raising the fry can be really hard. I would stick with your barbs until you get fry to juvie stage. Corys would have been easier than barbs as well as danios like mentioned above. I, personally wouldn't delve into harder fish until you get the basics of raising egg laying fry.

emc7 · 08-31-2006, 04:49 PM

Try rams or apistos, buy a starter culture of microworms throught the mail. Having small live food is key for so many egg layers.

furbycow · 09-01-2006, 05:50 PM

Any kind of fish that can fit in a 20G that would display any kind of parental care such as protecting the eggs?

jwalker · 09-01-2006, 07:52 PM

kribs are easy to spawn and give bristle nose plecos a try also.. they are awesome fish and always in demand

blcknwitecuban · 09-01-2006, 10:01 PM

a good first egglayer 2 breed is kribs. they dont need a large tank (20g is good) and when not breeding they make good community fish.

emc7 · 09-02-2006, 12:07 AM

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parental care such as protecting the eggs?

For Parental care get cichlids, rams, apistos, kribs, dwarf jewels (H. Cristatus), L. Dorsigera, L. Brevis, J. ornatus. Google dwarf cichlid.

08-30-2006, 08:18 PM	#1
furbycow Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25	??? What to Breed ??? I've raised guppy fry from being first born and I've gotten Tiger Barbs to lay eggs although most were eaten. What should I try next? Unfortunatetly, the only foods I have available are flakes, freeze-dried and frozen bloodworms, and decapsulated brine shrimp eggs. I have a 20 gallon so I can't breed a fish that's too big but it'd be nice to try something that has an interesting breeding behavior.

08-30-2006, 09:08 PM	#3
furbycow Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25	Hm.....Corydoras sound interesting, I've never kept them before.... What should I feed them to have them spawn? I've heard blackworms are good, but I've also heard they can carry diseases. Any other good foods? Thanks! Last edited by furbycow; 08-30-2006 at 10:25 PM.

08-31-2006, 09:44 AM	#6
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,982	Breeding egg layers is not easy. Getting the eggs to hatch isn't the difficult part. But from the foods you have listed, raising the fry can be really hard. I would stick with your barbs until you get fry to juvie stage. Corys would have been easier than barbs as well as danios like mentioned above. I, personally wouldn't delve into harder fish until you get the basics of raising egg laying fry. __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

09-01-2006, 07:52 PM	#9
jwalker Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 35	kribs are easy to spawn and give bristle nose plecos a try also.. they are awesome fish and always in demand __________________ Jwalker Greater Pittsburgh Aquarium Society

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08-30-2006, 08:30 PM	#2
Blue Care Bear Lover Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dancing with the Devil Posts: 132	Cherry barbs, danios and rosy barbs are worth a try. You may try praecox rainbows. They are easy to breed although they will breed more easily in a tank of soft water. Corydoras aeneus are also worth a try.

08-31-2006, 03:15 AM	#4
Blue Care Bear Lover Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dancing with the Devil Posts: 132	I'd prefer bloodworms. They are available in frozen form but make sure to thaw them as frozen stuffs may cause the fish to become ill. Don't feed too much on one food. Your fish need a varied diet.

08-31-2006, 06:21 AM	#5
Ringo I'm just a Twig Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: The Sticks Age: 16 Posts: 964	There are lot of foods you can feed your fish that you have right in your house, here are a few: Cucumber, Lettuce, Zuchinni, Carrots, Yellow Peppers, Peas (shelled), Broccoli, Spinach, and earthworms (which fish love)

08-31-2006, 04:49 PM	#7
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,893	Try rams or apistos, buy a starter culture of microworms throught the mail. Having small live food is key for so many egg layers.

09-01-2006, 05:50 PM	#8
furbycow Fishy Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25	Any kind of fish that can fit in a 20G that would display any kind of parental care such as protecting the eggs?

09-01-2006, 10:01 PM	#10
blcknwitecuban SuperCowMonkeyShiner Join Date: Apr 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 472	a good first egglayer 2 breed is kribs. they dont need a large tank (20g is good) and when not breeding they make good community fish.

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