Easy Fish To Breed?
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i never thought of eartheaters before but the tanks gonna be a dirted substrate capped with sand wont they dig uo to the dirt and mess up the tank?
my LFS said they don't have em in stock but they will try to get em in but apparently there pretty rare so might not be able to get them thanks for the suggestion!
There are SO many options out there, but if you are looking to do an egg-scatterer of sorts then you might want to have a second tank so that you can remove the parents while the eggs hatch. Then that enables you to do all sorts of tetras, barbs, rainbowfish, etc...
...but if you want something that turns your planted tank into a low-maintenance baby factory, then I recommend kribensis cichlids. They're colorful, do well in planted tanks, and they can even accept tankmates during breeding (depending on the size of tank and the species of tankmate).
They're SO easy. The pair in my planted 55g has laid eggs scores of times; and if I had removed the fry or other fish in the tank, I would have ended up with several thousand babies over the past couple of years as opposed to about 100. I actually had a lesbian pair for a while as well, when the original matriarch and patriarch split up and each paired with one of their daughters; unfortunately they broke up after several months together. Anyway, my kribs have had the following tankmates over the years:
Bosemani rainbowfish
Celebes rainbowfish
Angelfish
Red-tailed shark
Pearl gouramis
Upside-down catfish
Plecos
African killifish
BGK
Roseline sharks
Neon tetras
Female bettas
...but if you want something that turns your planted tank into a low-maintenance baby factory, then I recommend kribensis cichlids. They're colorful, do well in planted tanks, and they can even accept tankmates during breeding (depending on the size of tank and the species of tankmate).
They're SO easy. The pair in my planted 55g has laid eggs scores of times; and if I had removed the fry or other fish in the tank, I would have ended up with several thousand babies over the past couple of years as opposed to about 100. I actually had a lesbian pair for a while as well, when the original matriarch and patriarch split up and each paired with one of their daughters; unfortunately they broke up after several months together. Anyway, my kribs have had the following tankmates over the years:
Bosemani rainbowfish
Celebes rainbowfish
Angelfish
Red-tailed shark
Pearl gouramis
Upside-down catfish
Plecos
African killifish
BGK
Roseline sharks
Neon tetras
Female bettas
How large do angels or pleco's have to be in order to breed them? What are the ideal conditions for them as in water temperature, food supply, stuff in tank, tank size, ect. And any specific of breed thats easier than others? Thanks very much!
Yes a pair would certainly do fine. And you definitely wouldn't have compatibility issues between spawns. But as for tankmates during spawning, I'd lean towards small, fast, schooling fishes such as tetras, barbs, or danios. And a group of 8 or more is probably the way to go.
