Hey guys im thinking about breedin convicts in a 10g and feeding them to 3 Cabria Pirahnas, just wondering what you all need that u recommend? and how long does it take till i can feed these to my fish. and waht are the chances of disese and how to prevent spreading it from breeding to feeding
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warlord651;4382577; said:
Disease is 1000x less likely if you are breeding your own fish versus buying feeders from a store. As per how long until you can feed the fish - it depends how big the pirahnas like there food
The one thing I do see is that you mentioned a 10g.. I'd personally recommend a 30g for breeding convicts, but I tend to under stock (with the exception of my mbuna tank), so a 20g is probably the more acceptable size I'd expect to hear from others around here.
I'd suggest a 3rd 20g. Breed in the 20g, move the fry at a big enough size to sustain themselves to the 10g, quarantine for a week before feeding to make sure there is no disease/issues with them (although, there shouldn't be considering the parents are healthy, and some might say this is an unnecessary extra step).
Typically, it being your own tank though, diseases are much more controllable if you take care of the tank. The person who has been helping me out with my tanks had 1 problem, ever. And that was after neglecting to quarantine new fish (admittedly, not many of us do with freshwater).
I bred 2" convicts in a 10 gallon and it worked out fine. I still have 2 of the fry and they are almost 1.5".
MattDunbar;4382845; said:Disease is 1000x less likely if you are breeding your own fish versus buying feeders from a store. As per how long until you can feed the fish - it depends how big the pirahnas like there food
The one thing I do see is that you mentioned a 10g.. I'd personally recommend a 30g for breeding convicts, but I tend to under stock (with the exception of my mbuna tank), so a 20g is probably the more acceptable size I'd expect to hear from others around here.
I'd suggest a 3rd 20g. Breed in the 20g, move the fry at a big enough size to sustain themselves to the 10g, quarantine for a week before feeding to make sure there is no disease/issues with them (although, there shouldn't be considering the parents are healthy, and some might say this is an unnecessary extra step).
Typically, it being your own tank though, diseases are much more controllable if you take care of the tank. The person who has been helping me out with my tanks had 1 problem, ever. And that was after neglecting to quarantine new fish (admittedly, not many of us do with freshwater).
there only about an inch long, okay well waht about doing just guppies, are they easyer then convicts? i really dont wanna have to buy another tank right now... or is there any other fish, i mean my piranhas right now are only about an inch.
Chrisplosion;4382853; said:
so u think a ten would be fine... what about temp and such and vegitation or what does the enviorment have to be like, how big are the fry first born
warlord651;4382854; said:
You can probably get away with convicts in the 10g if you really need to. Ask others around here as I'm not sure on it. Convicts breed like crazy. In my experience, guppies constantly breed as well, but each set of babies is smaller and take longer to be born.
Just be sure to look into what the fry will eat and don't just expect them to eat your pellets for the breeding pair (any male + female = breeding pair with convicts pretty much), I believe they eat Baby Brine Shrimp, but I'm not 100% sure. I haven't looked into it too much.
MattDunbar;4382862; said:
well thanks for your knowledge, any 1 else help me on this matter, what the breeding requires, heating, enviorment, fry food ect?
i have a breeding pair in my piranha tank. I dont recommend this if you dont have a big tank. but i have had cons breed in a 5 gallon tank the temp set at 78 to 82 and they wil breed but you will need a grow out tank for them. the cons are great parents but if you take the fry out they will breed again sooner if you dont take them out the will sometimes eat the fry so they can breed again. ime it takes a while to grow them out but much worth it if you hav the space. Like i said mine are in the piranha tank and when they breed i take the fry out after they can swim and put them in a 5 gallon then when they start eating and get a lil bigger i put them in a 5 gallon tha i have.
warlord651;4382860; said:
They about maybe 2-3mm. I had it at 78F with a few plants and gravel. I also had half a coconut in the tank because they seem to like to breed in caves rather than pits or slate. You could use a flower pot. A 10 is ok for the parents and for the fry the first month but then you should move them to another 10 or larger. A 10 gallon is only good if they are both under 3 inches because once they get bigger you should have a 20 - 30 gallon.
Chrisplosion;4382910; said:
okay so heres the plan tell me if i got it, put them in the 10, with sand a empty flower pot and put temp at 78F, and that is it, they will breed on there own taht simple? then when the fry hatch take the adults out and put them in another 10g that or seperate them if i dont want any further breeding? i plan to breed alot these parihanas eat alot
Also... the fry eat what when they hatchAlso keep the fry quarentine for a month just so i know they dont have any disese?