Breeding Feeder fish

[Redchamp]

I was thinking about breeding my own feeders. But dont know where to start.

I feed them med size golds right now

15" Marble Goby
11" Redbelly Pacu
10" Redbelly Pacu
8" Red Devil
7" Red Devil
3 3-5" JD's
2 3-5" GT's


best/easiest to breed?
best/easiest to care for?
ones that breed quick?

 

[Noto]

How much space do you have to devote to raising feeders? If you want to have high enough production to provide feeders as the staple diet for all those guys, you're talking some serious gallonage.

In my limited experience, the easiest and fastest breeders are livebearers; any of the standards (guppies, mollies, platies, swordtails, mosquitofish) will churn out young at an astonishing rate. But most of these fish are fairly small.

If you want lots of feeders in a greater variety of sizes, you might be better off with convict cichlids.

 

[BadFishPa]

Convicts produce large amounts of fry,and are easy to breed

 

[Redchamp]

I will have a 55 gal that I could devote to the feeders

Would this be big enough?

 

[Redchamp]

And the feeders I would need for my other fish need to be between 1-3 inches

 

[is300soon]

u could breed cons but you have to have a few tanks to do it.

As fry that are even 2 weeks apart will eat the younger fry, serious! my 1.5 month old fry ate the one month fry. Went from 200 fry down to around 45 in one night.

So you need to seperate them by batch in their own tank or with a divider. I have found in their own tank per batch cuts down on food waste on the bottom of the tank.

David.

 

[lucas2]

And the feeders I would need for my other fish need to be between 1-3 inches

A 3 inch convict will never be a feeder. Way to tough to get eaten.

 

[sp33dstix]

A 3 inch convict will never be a feeder. Way to tough to get eaten.

Even with a 1.5 foot red tail cat in the tank

 

[sp33dstix]

Agreed with the convicts, but make sure you separate the fry after they hatch, the other fry will eat them! I had 2inch convicts breed in a 20 gallon in no time, I just threw in a clay pot on its side they did the dirty and poof baby fry.

 

[Austin]

maybe slightly off topic but what size tank are these fish in? you know about pacu size correct?...