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steelers123
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...the easiest type to breed? please say the easiest type of fish to breed, and what water temp and other specimens, i have two ten gallon tanks
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what are the "rules" or requirements for breeding any type of fish " most like...
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Dark Ryok
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Easiest fish? Look at livebearers. Guppies are the most commonly bred fish in aquariums.
They arent hard to breed, any petshop should be able to tell the males and females apart. The males are more colorful and smaller, and the females are duller and larger.
With a 10 gallon tank, you could set one up with two males, and 6-8 females. The females give birth about every 28 days. They usually have around 30 babies, but can have up to 50-60. The larger the female, the more babies.
Then, you could set the other tank up for the babies to grow up in, because the parents will eat them. With the baby tank though, get a sponge filter, because most other filters will actually suck the babies up into the filter and kill them.
With both tanks, you want the temperature around 80F, and add a little salt to them. 1 tablespoon for every 10 gallons should be fine. You could even do a tablespoon for every 5 gallons and be fine. Livebearers for the most part do better in slightly salty water (not brackish, but not freshwater)
They arent hard to breed, any petshop should be able to tell the males and females apart. The males are more colorful and smaller, and the females are duller and larger.
With a 10 gallon tank, you could set one up with two males, and 6-8 females. The females give birth about every 28 days. They usually have around 30 babies, but can have up to 50-60. The larger the female, the more babies.
Then, you could set the other tank up for the babies to grow up in, because the parents will eat them. With the baby tank though, get a sponge filter, because most other filters will actually suck the babies up into the filter and kill them.
With both tanks, you want the temperature around 80F, and add a little salt to them. 1 tablespoon for every 10 gallons should be fine. You could even do a tablespoon for every 5 gallons and be fine. Livebearers for the most part do better in slightly salty water (not brackish, but not freshwater)
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Katie
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Nope, wrong answer. All you need is a a male and female guppy, or a male and female molly (any kind) And most likely, if you buy a female molly, it'll probably be pregnant already.
But a word of warning from experience.
I bought 2 female mollies, my first 2 fish.
1). I didn't know they were females, I let the girl at the store pick out a couple of healthy ones for me.
2). They were both pregnant. had fry all over the tank the next morning.
They were in a 10-gallon tank. This was all I expected originally to have.
I now have 2-10 gallon tanks, 2-20 gallon tanks, 2-55 gallon tanks, plus a 5-gallon tank I bought to use as a sick tank, which soon turned into a regular tank cuz I needed the space for the fish.
I just found out I'm inheriting a tank. I'm going to use that one to begin to totally separate the females and the males into their own tanks to stop this overcrowding. I know it will be a long process, because after separating them, the females will continue to have fry for months.
They can store sperm and have fry every 30 days for several months. It's an never ending battle.
One more warning: Don't think for a minute you'll be able to easily get rid of the fish. I've literally tried every store in the city that sells fish, to give them for free. no one will take them. I've been told that for 2-3 dollars each they're not money makers for them. Can't even give them away to acquaintances. Only one person offered to take some to use as feeder fish, but I declined on that one.
And to answer your question for these two fish, you don't have to do anything special to get them to breed, trust me, they'll do it all themselves. I was told (and tried) lowering the temperature would slow down the breeding--HA-- didn't work for mine LOL
If I were you, I'd look for something HARDER to breed than the EASIEST!
But a word of warning from experience.
I bought 2 female mollies, my first 2 fish.
1). I didn't know they were females, I let the girl at the store pick out a couple of healthy ones for me.
2). They were both pregnant. had fry all over the tank the next morning.
They were in a 10-gallon tank. This was all I expected originally to have.
I now have 2-10 gallon tanks, 2-20 gallon tanks, 2-55 gallon tanks, plus a 5-gallon tank I bought to use as a sick tank, which soon turned into a regular tank cuz I needed the space for the fish.
I just found out I'm inheriting a tank. I'm going to use that one to begin to totally separate the females and the males into their own tanks to stop this overcrowding. I know it will be a long process, because after separating them, the females will continue to have fry for months.
They can store sperm and have fry every 30 days for several months. It's an never ending battle.
One more warning: Don't think for a minute you'll be able to easily get rid of the fish. I've literally tried every store in the city that sells fish, to give them for free. no one will take them. I've been told that for 2-3 dollars each they're not money makers for them. Can't even give them away to acquaintances. Only one person offered to take some to use as feeder fish, but I declined on that one.
And to answer your question for these two fish, you don't have to do anything special to get them to breed, trust me, they'll do it all themselves. I was told (and tried) lowering the temperature would slow down the breeding--HA-- didn't work for mine LOL
If I were you, I'd look for something HARDER to breed than the EASIEST!
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Rin
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You'd need a pretty big space for goldfish, some place bigger than 10 gallons.
The reason the above poster was able to do it was because he had the actual equipment to do so.
Take my word for it, guppies are the easiest.
Average gestation period for them is around 28 days. That means, they'll be pregnant for 28 days before giving birth. This is just an average and they could very likely take up to three months so don't panic if your fish doesn't give birth.
Around 4 weeks into pregnancy, the stomach will become huge and seem to burst. It may take on a square shape rather than a round one.
This is a good indication that she may give birth within the week (probably will).
You can either move her to a fry tank or keep her in the main tank.
If you chose to keep her in the main tank, put lots of plants in there. Most livebearers such as mollies, guppies, swordtails, and platys will eat fry and without hiding places, they won't survive.
If you chose to take her out, put her in another tank. No filter as they tend to suck in the fry. If you want a filter, get the sponge kind. I've never used one but I hear good feedback about them. =]
In the fry tank, use the water from the main aquarium. Don't use new water.
Put live plants in. The mother will eat the fry as well and the plants accomplish several things.
1. The soon to be mother will feel safer with hiding places and thus reduce stress. Stress could kill her and the babies and you want to avoid as much stress as possible.
2. The babies have hiding places from the mother.
3. They create natural oxygen. You don't have a filter and those air pumps really don't do much for oxygen.
When she has given birth, take her out and put her in another tank/container for 24 hours. This will allow her to rest before getting chased by the males in the main tank.
For food, feed the fry crushed flakes. Put the flakes in a ziploc bag and crush them until fine powder. Feed them 3-6 times a day, as much as they can eat in 30 seconds (usually a pinch).
You can put the fry back with the adults at around 1 month and a half. They're usually big enough by then.
Umm....that's about it. =]
Also, you can use the breeding traps/nets but I find that they stress out my fish too much. A couple of the females actually try to jump out of it and go berserk.
The breeding NET works good to put the fry in but that's about it.
The reason the above poster was able to do it was because he had the actual equipment to do so.
Take my word for it, guppies are the easiest.
Average gestation period for them is around 28 days. That means, they'll be pregnant for 28 days before giving birth. This is just an average and they could very likely take up to three months so don't panic if your fish doesn't give birth.
Around 4 weeks into pregnancy, the stomach will become huge and seem to burst. It may take on a square shape rather than a round one.
This is a good indication that she may give birth within the week (probably will).
You can either move her to a fry tank or keep her in the main tank.
If you chose to keep her in the main tank, put lots of plants in there. Most livebearers such as mollies, guppies, swordtails, and platys will eat fry and without hiding places, they won't survive.
If you chose to take her out, put her in another tank. No filter as they tend to suck in the fry. If you want a filter, get the sponge kind. I've never used one but I hear good feedback about them. =]
In the fry tank, use the water from the main aquarium. Don't use new water.
Put live plants in. The mother will eat the fry as well and the plants accomplish several things.
1. The soon to be mother will feel safer with hiding places and thus reduce stress. Stress could kill her and the babies and you want to avoid as much stress as possible.
2. The babies have hiding places from the mother.
3. They create natural oxygen. You don't have a filter and those air pumps really don't do much for oxygen.
When she has given birth, take her out and put her in another tank/container for 24 hours. This will allow her to rest before getting chased by the males in the main tank.
For food, feed the fry crushed flakes. Put the flakes in a ziploc bag and crush them until fine powder. Feed them 3-6 times a day, as much as they can eat in 30 seconds (usually a pinch).
You can put the fry back with the adults at around 1 month and a half. They're usually big enough by then.
Umm....that's about it. =]
Also, you can use the breeding traps/nets but I find that they stress out my fish too much. A couple of the females actually try to jump out of it and go berserk.
The breeding NET works good to put the fry in but that's about it.
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Roy E
Guest
The easiest fish to breed are goldfish, and neon fish. Black mollies are good too. But goldfish are still the best. We use to keep goldfish in a horse trough, fed them "horse and mule" feed. And dripped the water in colder months. They get very large if you do that. Hope this helps. Thanks.