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05-30-2005, 04:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Montana
Age: 24
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I could probably write one about breeding guppies, but thats it. 
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It's funny how some people think wild fish should always look better then tank bred ones, but they forget that imported fish go through a pretty rough ride to get here...
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well, tank raised fish are often juiced up with hormones before sold off to fish stores.
I agree though, lots of fish die before reaching the US. but its pretty hard to find a farm bred spiny eel, or clown loach.
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05-30-2005, 06:27 PM
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Aquatic Naturalist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Age: 37
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I think its more about not letting nature work. There really isn't survival of the fittest in fishfarms. In nature, not every fish gets to breed and there is much less inbreeding than on farms who mass produce fish for sale. For example, some species of cories don't have the large dorsal fin once they are bred in a tank.
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05-30-2005, 07:38 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 414
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Dont they switch fish from diffrent tankes to another tank to make room for breeding fish.
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11-08-2005, 08:19 PM
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Enigma
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 1,696
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I'm going to start breeding! I'm skipping livebearers and goning straight for elementary egg layers. When I grow up and get a good job(hopefully) I want to breed large and small oddballs and natives 
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11-08-2005, 08:34 PM
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not the tomb raiding type
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 260
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I only know how to accidentally breed fish, lol 
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03-03-2007, 10:45 AM
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Fishy Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: London (Canada)
Age: 22
Posts: 25
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Pregnent Black Molly
I have a black molly, we got her a week ago and the place we got her from said shes pregnant. I want to know if I should do anything to protect the eggs or to protect her. My friend said to isolate her from the babies or she'll eat them :S is this true?
Last edited by 1stfishies; 03-03-2007 at 10:55 AM.
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03-04-2007, 07:59 AM
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Fish Fanatic
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 2,153
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Mollies and other livebearing fish produce live young (and quite big at that) so you don't have to worry about eggs or hungry parents. Only isolate the pregnet mother from the main tank if there are any fish in the tank other than mollies. Even platies and swordtails will have a go at new born mollies.
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03-15-2007, 09:03 PM
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Fishy Member
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: London (Canada)
Age: 22
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I've bred my Black Mollies not too long ago, I got 27 fry and I'm hoping to sell them 
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03-25-2009, 05:41 PM
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Rainbow Tank!
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Canada
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Originally Posted by Lara
I only know how to accidentally breed fish, lol |
LOL cute!
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03-27-2009, 08:31 AM
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Rainbow Tank!
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Canada
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I know how to breed by accident too..
but I would love to breed my sunburst platies or my guppies.
Right now I have a 20 gal set up for my fry. I am trying to get a 10 gal off of a used ad. So far no luck.
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01-02-2010, 01:22 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 833
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I know im like monthes late posting this but i have breed fish too
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01-14-2010, 08:49 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
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How do you breed fancy guppies and what do you need, and where can you find it. im thinking about breeding fancy guppies and i wanted to know how so im prepard. i want to get a ten gallon tank set. Where can i get that for the cheapest price. a few people told me walmart but i went to there website and it was a five gallon. so do they really have a ten gallon set in the stores?
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01-15-2010, 12:46 PM
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Darth Ichthyos
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 8,157
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usually, yeah.
For breeding fancy guppies and doing it RIGHT, you'll need several tanks. To just get the hang of the basics, though, two will do nicely.
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01-15-2010, 01:24 PM
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03-09-2011, 10:57 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Age: 31
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is there any money to be made here?
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