Teach me how to breed

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hi everyone im Joe and I'm new here to this forum..

i have set up a side tank for my noble attempt to breed some feeder fish like guppies..Rosies. etc.. something easy to breed for a beginner like me..


should i buy a boat load of feeders and let them live in the tank and will they eventually breed?

do i need to get a male and female amd seperate them in a tank by themselves? or can they breed with more of the same fish around them?

do I have a better chance of breeding with 20+ rosies in one tank?


what do i need to do?? lol

teache please i wamt to learn and understand how to breed feeder fish for my live stock for my oscars and red Terror
 
Many livebearers are hard to stop from breeding. Swordtails, guppys, paltys- more females than male, about 1 to 3 ratio will work.

Here is the secret to spawning them, put them in fresh water that is slightly hard and higher than neutral pH.
 
Hopefully by rosies you mean rosy barbs...?
If you decide on getting them, here is a video that should help you:


As for guppies, I have water hardness of 253 ppm and pH of 7.5. I just let my gupies breed like crazy, and not many fry survive anyway, but that is because I don’t want to be overrun with fish fry. What would I do with them?
 
Sprinkle said:
Hopefully by rosies you mean rosy barbs...?
If you decide on getting them, here is a video that should help you:


As for guppies, I have water hardness of 253 ppm and pH of 7.5. I just let my gupies breed like crazy, and not many fry survive anyway, but that is because I don’t want to be overrun with fish fry. What would I do with them?
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I mean red rosey minnow feeder fish
 
I do believe you misunderstood the title of the vid. It meant to say you will see rosy reds in the act of breeding.

Here you will see it much better:

I still maintain that live bearers are easier. Even convict cichlids should be easier.

The biggest problem with most of these fish is predation by their own kind. Most fish see eggs as lunch. The same for most fry. Even those fish whoch try to protect their young only do so for so long and then the kids are on their own and usually on the menu still.
 
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If you really want fry from egg scatters you need some way to keep the parents from eating all the eggs. The usual way is to have marbles +/or mesh for the eggs to be protected, a ton of plants may also work. Feed the prospective parents well them add plump female(s) & a couple frisky fully adult males to the cycled breeding tank. Let nature take it's course & remove the adults after you see eggs or at least spawning behaviors. Many fish like very early morning while the tank is still pretty dark.

Then, after the fry egg sacs are absorbed (a couple days), you'll need to have infusoria or other very tiny food. You have to keep the water very clean (without accidentally vacuuming out the fry) & feed several times/day, gradually increasing the food size as they grow.

I'm not sure it's worhwhile to breed feeder fish, they often are kept overcrowded & in less than healthy conditions so you're not starting with great adults...

What fish are you planning to feed fry to or what do you plan for any fry? There's certainly no market for home bred feeders like goldfish, mutt guppies or rosy reds...you know the lfs is making a small profit at even 10/$1...endlers are less apt to eat their fry than other livebearers. I like whiteclouds (egg scatterers) but I'm not sure it would be worth the bother to try & breed them...unless it's just for fun...a time or 2...but you need a plan...
 
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