Great small cichlids to breed?

[AnomalocarisAquatics]

I really wanna breed some fish, and as a big cichlid fan, I want to try breed cichlids. First, I need to start off with easy, also smaller cichlids that I can breed in small tanks, preferrably in a tank of 40-50 gallons (or smaller if possible). I've heard Neolamprologus multifasciatus is pretty easy to breed, are there any others?

 

[danotaylor]

Yellow labs are easy to breed and fun to watch. Labidichromis caurelus. Pretty color as well!

 

[FINWIN]

Honduran Redpoints. They will b-r-e-e-d.

 

[danotaylor]

Neolamprologus multifasciatus is pretty easy to breed, are there any others?

Easy to breed, and great to observe their multi-generational rearing, with subsequent generations caring for those that follow. Very unique. Most other cichlids prey upon their own siblings at some point, and certain the generations that follow!

 

[altums85]

Apistogramma's

 

[danotaylor]

What are you goals in breeding, observation & learning, or do you want to sell the offspring you raise?
I ask because there are loads of cichlid species that are easy to breed and raise, but very difficult to offload.
In my 40yrs in the hobby good quality yellow labs have been the easiest to sell or trade as they’re one of this “pretty” & “colorful” fish that don’t require a lot of space that LFS’s sell easily & will therefore will usually take…

 

[Deadeye]

Kribs will breed pretty easily. They are like mini convicts when it comes to how fiercely they defend their nest, but won’t quickly overpopulate a tank (at the very least they will limit their population on their own).

 

[DJRansome]

You need not only the tank for the parents but also tanks for holding moms (if you are breeding mouthbrooders like yellow labs) and to raise the fry. At minimum one more tank that size...and that enables you to raise one clutch at a time.

 

[duanes]

What kind of water tyoe do you have?
For species like the South American genus Apistramma, or Microgeophagus, and/or African genus Pelvicachromis (Kribensis) soft low pH water woulkd be prefered.
For African rift lake species, or Central Americans hard high pH water would be best

 

[AnomalocarisAquatics]

What kind of water tyoe do you have?

Any water I guess, I'm just gonna set up a new tank with whatever water the cichlid I want to breed needs.