Easiest feeder fish to breed?

[SKYLINE_WJ]

livebearers breed like no tomorrow

yup

 

[eng55]

Definitely agree that guppies and other live bearers are good fish to breed for feeder fish. Be sure to take fry out of their with guppies though otherwise they might eat them. Getting a nursery for the pregnant females is what I did so the fry just drop down in the nursery away from the females. Then just put fry in breeder net until big enough to feed to your fish.

 

[FUB]

Livebearer are those fishes that we find in drains right? Go catch can already. Breed will took up months for the fries to grow to adult size.

 

[managuense-fury]

electric blue haps

 

[bluedempsey]

barred midas..... ^
some people ^ :lol: don't do anything with the fry and just let them die

 

[mr_b401]

I need to breed some feeders for my hoplias, which are the easiest to breed?

I hear guppies are easy, but they're tiny, how about platys? I hear young platys grow fast.

Any other tips for breeding? Other than say 2 females for each male?

I've had great success with blk mollies...they multiply like flies or mosquitos...
I usually get like 4-5 pairs in a 10g....Some live floating plants, a small driftwood of some sort & an open eye out is all it takes...well for me at least...My juvi Rhom loves em...best of all, they're disease-free.

 

[PUFFERMAN]

i heard oscars a weak fishes one of the easiest fish to keep.Only amatures keep oscars. And the only reason that marks red tail catfish doesnt grow is because he doesnt feed him.....

 

[bluedempsey]

i heard oscars a weak fishes one of the easiest fish to keep.Only amatures keep oscars. And the only reason that marks red tail catfish doesnt grow is because he doesnt feed him.....

ooh mfury got burned :rofl:

 

[managuense-fury]

you dont even have a fish tank over 3 gallons Its not my fault that you have over 10 4 inch oscars in your 2 gallon.

 

[guppy]

As everyone has said, the live bearers are easiest with swords and platys being larger. Zebra and other dianos are also easy but are quite small, even the giant dianos take a while to get big enough to make serious feeders. sunnies breed easily, grow quick, but need a small shallow pond and are seasonal breeders. If you have a small spot of sunny waste ground you can make yourself a small rice paddy and raise a large number of small feeders between late spring and early fall but you will need somewhere to keep them after you harvest. works for guppys, gambusia, zebras, dojo loaches, killies, giesha girls, and glass shrimp all at once.