Well I don't think I really post much about my fish let a lone the stuff I am breeding or have bred. I was going through some photos and figured I'd post up some of them.
I have bred a handful of fish. Currently I am working with Frontosa kigomas (7 stripe)
The first fish I ever bred was peacocks (Africans). The one below was a sunshine peacock possibly crossed with a lemon jake.
I unfortunately don't have pics of the fry but I did find one pic of the holding female and of the fish when he got a smidge of size to him. These fish I kept. I had 6 peacocks, 3 males and 3 females. I had them in the tank for two weeks. I had done two water changes and left the light on when I got home (usually between 3-5pm) until I went to bed. I fed every other day with hikari.
Holding female:
Grown-out fry:
The next set of fish I bred actually happened relatively close to one another. I had a group of Jags that I had caught in Miami in a 180gal along with Jack Dempseys that I had for a few years. I had them in the tank with a couple of catfish and an oscar. I was hoping the JD's would spawn so I was happy when they finally did! The pair always hung out together. The lights were on in the tank for around 6 hours a day. Water was changed once a week. They were on a hikari and ghost shrimp diet. They were also excellent parents! I wasn't home when she spit so I walked into a room with a ton of cute little fry being guarded by the parents. I left them for a day and got a holding tank set up for them. Not to long after this happened my Jag pair spawned (did the normal routine on the tank). I was excited as I had not expected them to spawn, they really beat the crud out of each-other. They were also excellent parents. I took the fry out and put them in the same tank as the JD's to grow out. We got them to a decent size before we sold them off/gave them to friends.
One of the parent JD's:
One of the parent Jags:
JD Fry:
Mixed fry:
Mixed grown out a bit:
My latest venture is breeding the colony of F1 Kigomas I have. I have had several batches for fry from them. I have grown out and sold off the fry when they hit around the .75-1 inch range. They are not regularly breeding, it seems to be more on occasion. I am proud to know I can breed them though. I try to pay close attention to what I am doing, what I am doing different, and try to get some tips here and there from people I talk to.
Holding female:
Batch 1 fry:
Batch 2 fry:
I would eventually like to give some other fish a shot. I think I would like to work on some shell dwellers in the future.
Thanks for looking! =)
I have bred a handful of fish. Currently I am working with Frontosa kigomas (7 stripe)
The first fish I ever bred was peacocks (Africans). The one below was a sunshine peacock possibly crossed with a lemon jake.
I unfortunately don't have pics of the fry but I did find one pic of the holding female and of the fish when he got a smidge of size to him. These fish I kept. I had 6 peacocks, 3 males and 3 females. I had them in the tank for two weeks. I had done two water changes and left the light on when I got home (usually between 3-5pm) until I went to bed. I fed every other day with hikari.
Holding female:
Grown-out fry:
The next set of fish I bred actually happened relatively close to one another. I had a group of Jags that I had caught in Miami in a 180gal along with Jack Dempseys that I had for a few years. I had them in the tank with a couple of catfish and an oscar. I was hoping the JD's would spawn so I was happy when they finally did! The pair always hung out together. The lights were on in the tank for around 6 hours a day. Water was changed once a week. They were on a hikari and ghost shrimp diet. They were also excellent parents! I wasn't home when she spit so I walked into a room with a ton of cute little fry being guarded by the parents. I left them for a day and got a holding tank set up for them. Not to long after this happened my Jag pair spawned (did the normal routine on the tank). I was excited as I had not expected them to spawn, they really beat the crud out of each-other. They were also excellent parents. I took the fry out and put them in the same tank as the JD's to grow out. We got them to a decent size before we sold them off/gave them to friends.
One of the parent JD's:
One of the parent Jags:
JD Fry:
Mixed fry:
Mixed grown out a bit:
My latest venture is breeding the colony of F1 Kigomas I have. I have had several batches for fry from them. I have grown out and sold off the fry when they hit around the .75-1 inch range. They are not regularly breeding, it seems to be more on occasion. I am proud to know I can breed them though. I try to pay close attention to what I am doing, what I am doing different, and try to get some tips here and there from people I talk to.
Holding female:
Batch 1 fry:
Batch 2 fry:
I would eventually like to give some other fish a shot. I think I would like to work on some shell dwellers in the future.
Thanks for looking! =)
