Fish Fry

[fishmaniac]

Seems that everyone on here is having new fish born in their tank. I want to have fish that breed, but i DON"T want guppies, they multiply to quickly.

What kind of fish is fairly easy to breed, but won't overtake my tank? Any suggestions?

[JamisonBWolsh]

an Albino Bristlenose pleco!!! awesome fish. Easy to breed and the lfs sells them fast! One store here sells them for $40.00!!!

edit: The father bristlenose will take care of the eggs and fry... PLus..when you breed the, they can make you alot of money!

[wetmanNY]

White Cloud Mountain Minnows Tanichthys albonubes. You couldn't ask for a prettier fish. They like cooler water, so you don't really need to heat the tank (they're happy right down to the low 60s). They aren't demanding supersoft water (i see you're in Dakota) and though they scatter eggs like barbs they don't chase them down to gobble them. Give the young enough cover (Java Moss and other easy plants like Hornwort) and the parents enough to eat and you can raise some fry in an uncrowded tank.

A dozen fish in a 15-gallon or 20-gallon tank. Let them increase on their own...

[TheMightyQueenPixie]

albino bristlenose isnt a bad idea, however i'd assume that albinoism is a recessive gene not a dominant one...Translation, you will get alot of non albinos in a breeding then Albinos...Also, arn't true albinos sterile??? I may be wrong about this though....I'd try some sort of sa/ca cichlid...Atleast you would get a few bucks for them. Angle fish are also quite popular and not too tough to breed.

[mwood322]

Neon Rainbows breed quite easily, and aren't hard to sell. They breed every morning though, so sometimes it is a bit harder to get up to good numbers. Actually most rainbows aren't hard to breed at all.

I've found White Clouds are just as hard to get rid of as Guppies and Kribensis.

--Mia

[O-man21]

yea,bristlenosees would be good

[JamisonBWolsh]

I bred my albino bristlenose and each batch each fry looks the same. They are a GOLD color. IM thinking maybe they are named albino...but infact, there not a true albino. Albino is white right? I never seen a fry that wasnt gold. each batch has about 20 eggs. Hoever, can reach more. The mother is still young. A REALLY nice pleco that will eat ALL your algae and then some.

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PLUS ANY LFS would LOVe to have your fry when they get big enough. You will also get top $$$ for them..

[fishmaniac]

just a note for wetmanNY.....we do have softwater here...believe it or not :)

[O-man21]

I would like to breed bristlenoses, but I don't have the room

[JamisonBWolsh]

How about in any of your oscar tanks? does oscars bother plecos that grow to a max sice of 6 inches? or what about the 20 gallon goldfish tank? I wouldnt risk your planted tank...

[Darkangel]

Albinism is recessive so you need to breed albino to albino to get albino. Unless the two adults have the recessive gene for albinism. In which case roughly 25% of fry would be albino. Albinism is a very variable trait in fish. It is possible in some fish to breed two albinos and get all regular coloured fry. This is the case with Kribs. There are different strains that have the albino trait on different places of the DNA strand. There are many genes that can control this feature. "(albi´no) [Port.,white], animal or plant lacking normal pigmentation. The absence of pigment is observed in the body covering (skin, hair, and feathers) and in the iris of the eye. The blood vessels of the retina show through the iris, giving it a pink or reddish color, and the eyes are highly sensitive to light." According to Encyclopedia.com. Albino animals can also carry other colours again due to those features being on different parts of the DNA strand or other causes. Also like other traits it can be recessive, co-recessive or even dominant to other features. You could fill a book with this stuff ( Oh ya thats been done). As to your question about easy to breed fish everyones examples so far are great choices but you could also try zebra or any danio, Kribs, cherry barbs, swordtails or platies, most mouthbrooding African cichlids, and some of the easier to find killifish. There are many many other choices out there as well.

[JamesBenjamin]

If you just want something easy, I can recomend swordtails! We've had 2 give birth, with another pregnant in a month! (8 fish total)

you can also cross breed colors fairly easily!

[JamisonBWolsh]

Bristlenose plecos are easy.....I cant discuss all the scientific mombo jumbo...but I do know..out of 2 times the mother bred (both albino bristlenose) all the fry was albino....Not 1 regular one. can you explain that? Thats 100 percent albino.

Maybe its not a true albino? Maybe its a subspecies of the bristlenose and they just call it ALBINO because its GOLD.

[Serrateeth_2002]

If you don't want fishes that breed too quickly,livebearers are out of the question,neons are hard to breed IMO,try angels,i heard they are not so easy to breed but not very profilic either.