Fastest Breeding / Feeder fish?

[koop171]

i have heard that u basically need a small pond to do golds right and thats not worth it to me or prolly not u (correct me if im wrong)

 

[Ransom]

thanks for all the info guys

looks like im going to get a 2foot tank an put some

mollys / guppies and swordtails

then seeing how they go i might introduce some of the ciclids that everyone has mentioned that breeds pretty fast.

depending on how fast the others grown up

 

[IWANNAGOFAST]

I would go for platys, swordtails or mollys since they're a little meatier than guppies.

 

[bearfan]

I would breed N. Pulchers/Brichardi. They can produce large numbers and they don't eat their fry! Once they have one spawn, they will spawn again, and the first spawn helps care for the first. Then, when they are an inch or so, pull them out, feeding time. And the parents, which you only need two or three to form a breeding pair/trio, will keep on laying eggs, producing fry. I do Neolamprologus Pulcher "daffodils" myself.

 

[Reality]

Is this for feeding one or two fishes? If it is more than that you have to be looking into something else. I go to the store and I buy pounds of fish to feed my p's.

 

[bearfan]

Depends on the fish you are feeding. I breed mine for my colony (11) C. Gibberosa, but it's not daily, more of a weekly treat of live food.

 

[Ransom]

I currently have 2 small giant snakeheads that will be eating the feeder fish


also here in the UK
you can not buy FEEDER fish as its illigal to feed a live fish to another one (so my LFS tells me when i asked)

 

[Justice.]

convicts breed very fast mine when i got them breed within a week and a half and they had baby which hatched 5 days later within a week after that they are able to be feeders they have alot of babys 20-30+

 

[dogofwar]

A group of 1-2 male and 4-5 female Saratherodon mossambicus (Tilapia) - gold or regular - will provide tons of fry. You could maintain a group of 4-5" fish in a 55g. You'll nearly always have a couple of females holding...and they have lots of babies (up to a couple hundred).

They're mouthbreeders, so the fry come off of holding females at a decent size.

Trying to breed and grow out guppies or other livebearers at a rate fast enough to feed other fish won't work unless you've got A LOT of fish breeding.

Convicts would be an alternative but you're limited to the output of one pair at a time in a given tank.

 

[rednhot]

how does one get a hold of tilapia?...the only ones i've seen are in the supermarket, mmm mmm they taste good!