breeding help :(

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david/alison

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Apr 10, 2009
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Hi guys,

This is our first post on here, and in need of some friendly advice on breeding our fish. We have a 100ltr tropical tank with many different speices but unfortunatly something is missing as we are not seeing any newcomers....:(

We have 4 silver dollers (2xm,2xf), 2 balloon rams (m&f), 2 convict chilchards (m&f), 3 bolivian rams (unsexed), 2 drawf gouramis (m&f), 2 clown loaches (unsexed), 3 (very small catfish,not sure what kind), 1 shark catfish, 1 (upside down) catfish, 1 angel, and a few others...

Our tank is sand bottomed, with plenty driftwood, rocks and live plants so they have a good enviroment and seem very happy, but is there something else needed in order for them to produce????

Any advice would be greatly apreciated.. Cheers.....
 
For starters, do you have a breeding tank to move perspective breeding fish into?.
Breeding in a community tank usually does not work depending on the tank size.
 
No, not at this moment we dont, but are considering this. We will soon be investing in a 4ft+ tank and will be separating a breeding area off. So will we not have anything happen without a separate tank??
 
It does make it a lot more likely that the eggs/babies will be eaten by the other fish.
The divided area on a tank could work for breeding. Do run the risk of fry slipping past the divider and getting eaten.
 
aww, oh well..thanks. But can i just ask..i have noticed some unusual behaviour, im guessing this is breeding antics..i.e fanning and flicking in the sand to create a golfball like hole to sit in...(convicts) and the dollers side by side vibrating against one another....do you know of any signs of breeding behaviour from our list of above fish...
 
yep your dollars are breeding but they just drop there eggs on the floor off the tank so u need a large substrate so the egg dont get eatin
 
plus you tank is pretty small only 20 gallons if it only 100 liters
 
The first to breed I would say would be your convicts... Once they have paired off, they will choose a site, dig up some sand and begin to defend the spawning site. They should defend their brood against the other tank inhabitants.... but surely some fish will get hurt.

Once the fry becomes free swimming... feeding is in order... best to give them newly hatched brine shrimp....

But then you may not be successful as there are many predators that would like to feast on your fry.... Breeding is best done in another tank
 
thanks, we aint uber aquatics, we just wanna feel the full cycle of the fish we have.

we are looking to get a 4foot tank soon, so hopefully we will see some development.

thanks for your advice guys
 
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