Breeding Feeder Fish

[kayvaughan]

I just recently created a peacock bass tank and I was wondering if i could breed some type of feeders.. something small that will reproduse quickly?

any suggestions?
thanks

 

[bgcoop8784]

for peacock bass i'd say mollies, platies, or convict cichlids, i like convicts for feeders.

 

[bitteraspects]

+1 for convicts.
get yourself a 20L and a breeding pair, and you will soon be over run with feeders

 

[hybridtheoryd16]

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Check it out it may help answer a few questions.

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

Convicts are good feeders, but i almost feel that you invest more into convicts than regular feeders like goldfish and minnows. Convicts may breed quite often, but its not like their fry will be 1-2inches in a week. It takes a few months for the fry to get to feeder age or size.

 

[CornBread]

get you some mollies or wags, i did and within 3 days of being in a new tank poppin them out and have not stopped. just make sure you get the fry out you plan on feeding because they are known and by experience will eat their own

 

[kylem]

id go livebearers. platies, mollies, guppies, swordtails etc.
go with the ratio of one male to every 3 or 4 females. just make sure you invest in a breeding net as adult livebearers will eat new born fry first chance they get.

 

[fishbee]

i'd go with midas devil and jags, they can lay up to 1000 eggs at a time, and their fry grow waaay faster than convicts in fact if you put them together, they will eat convicts frys of the same age, just from experience.

 

[FSM]

and you can keep a pair in a 30 gallon, right?

 

[fishbee]

and you can keep a pair in a 30 gallon, right?

mate, they bred for me in a community tank 260g, i just siphon all the frys once theyre free swimming into a 30g. i got so sick of them breeding, once i didnt bother siphoning any frys out and they are all ended up in my cannister