Breeding Questions

I would talk to the LFS and see what they would be most interested in. Most of the easy to breed stuff they will probably have enough of and probably wouldn't even take them from you for free. On the other side of the coin if you pick some rare species they may not want those either because no one may be interested in buying them. I would say your best bet would be rams, angels, or discus. Also you will probably never make money from breeding anything.

Breeding and selling at best will help you break even in this hobby!

To grow out fry, you need to do lots of frequent water changes. After you talk to your lfs, see what 'fits' with your parameters. If you have soft water, go with soft water fishes, hard water/hard water fishes. If all you have is the 40g breeder, you probably will need to stick with smaller fish too...

If you know you want to try your hand at breeding, there are some things you can do to get ready. Get one of those, or 2-3 of those sponge filters and start seeding them with good bacteria. (Stuff the sponges in the back of an existing filter box, or just put them in your main tank with an airhose running through them). Learn how to hatch baby brine shrimp, and find a source of micro-worms to get some cultures going. Be ready to purchase another filter for the breeder as soon as the babies can take a bit of current. (This last bit is optional, but I find it is nice to run an external filter to help get rid of all the gunk in the water.)

Good Luck!
Cathy

ps. Rams are easy to get to spawn, but their fry are terribly unforgiving. You absolutely cannot make a mistake with them, they die very easily. It will take 3 months to get them to a sellable size, and in all that time, nitrates must stay under 20 and their must be NO ammonia or nitrites... they are work!

fishfreak21 said:

I dont know Tai I know a lot of people who breed just one or two types of fish then exchange them with the LFS for supplys or cash. You ussualy get more if you take supplys. Im not looking to make money of the hobby I said that already if I did that it would be a buissness not a hobby. Im just looking to try something diffrent and maybe get a return out of it with some free food or some money to buy supplies is all.

I would love to do discus but I dont think the wife would be two happy if I spent 300 dollars on six juvie discus trying to get a pair.

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Like I said you probably won't make money. If you figure out the cost of the extra food, heaters, filters, tanks, electricty, water, your time, ect ect. You'll probably be lucky to break even. If you just want to do it for something to do then thats cool.

I added discus to the list because that would probably give you the best return on your investment.