Captive breeding of RARE fish ?????????????

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That is exactly why I'm surprised nothing is being done to make them bred, and thus... more available/affordable. Get my gist?
And it's not THAT expensive. All you need is the food, the aquariums, and some water ;)
And those who CAN afford them, should be the ones to start breeding them.
Also, even really rare fish aren't THAT expensive to begin with. Come to think of it as an investment, also.
They don't even have to be rare - just "not bred"
 
IMO breeding a fish is the ultimate achivement of any fishkeeper, no matter the species. MFK...heck, "the next level" should be "MFB", MonsterFishBreeders. If some of the members here invested as much as they do on their setups and collection into trying to breed rare or endangered species the hobby would be a lot richer.
 
santoury;888714; said:
Davo - Exactly - which is why more of us should be trying it, at least.
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that is why i TRY (sometimes very hard) only to purchase fish i can breed. Or at least a fish that is not known about the breeding process and start testing different things....
 
Sandtiger has hit the nail on the head

Breeding all these rare fish that we DO HAVE, would make it all the more rich an experience, for you, AND FOR US ALL.
 
Davo - good going - what have you been working with?
 
I only have plecos set ups at the moment. Everything else are dithers. Also have a few fw asian sole in a community, and thats where my tweaking parameters etc. comes from. If you dont know what to do, best thing is to look at the natural history of the fish. I guess i'm not breeding rare fish... but the way we are going i'm sure they will be one day. Captive breeding is a good thing no matter if its a convict or a leopoldi.
 
the plecos and the asian sole are a great place to start - are you actually trying to breed? Or plan to?
 
It was only a while ago i had a look at what i enjoy the most out of the hobby, and decided that breeding and then raising fry i had successfully was probably the most rewarding part for me to do, so I decided i'd set up all my tanks as little breeding projects. I still have fish from pre-mindset, but my aim is to just have as many tanks as i can dedicated to mass CB plecos. That's my end goal. If i have some spare tanks, then great, i enjoy other fish as well. I'd also like to start breeding rays, but i need to wait till i get a bigger house for that. It's not something to get me rich, I think it's better for the hobby (and so people don't have to waste money on poorer quality, not so healthy fish :D)

There was a guy in the UK who had recently bred his T. amazonican which i thought was great, he just did the best at giving them a natural habitat and it worked out. I'd be interested to see if anyone else decide to breed their fish...
 
johnptc;888851; said:
i have 10 black aro's.......my breeding stock i hope !!!
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that would be awesome. How are you keeping them all, communally? How do you breed arows?
 
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