I have already had some fish breed in my tank but only 3 are a live and I don't know how much longer that'll be with 11 other big fish swimming around. My question to ya'll is I have a breeding box. One of my cichlids is hold but I don't know when she started or how long she has to go but I put her in the box. Will she be ok to stay in there. She's been in there about a week. Its one of those boxes you just stick in the tank.
Help with breeding
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ADH_Cincinnati;761544; said:
What kind of fish are breeding and what are the other tanks mates and there sizes. also what size tank are they all in right now?
It is a 75 gallon tank the breeding box is about 6 inches by 6 inches. I ask because there is some brown alge I think forming on the bottom of the box. Thats not good is it?
Oh yeah the other fish are cichlids as well. I think I have about 11 all together and they are all about 2 inches.
its better and easier to just get the fry as soon as they start swimming
because right now i can just picture a egg full female cichlids in a breeder box.
plus how are the eggs going to get fertilized?
because right now i can just picture a egg full female cichlids in a breeder box.
plus how are the eggs going to get fertilized?
Box? Why do you think most of us on MFK have more fish tanks then friends?!? GET ANOTHER AQUARIUM! That is how I am on my 6th tank.
Seriously, if you want to keep them without adding new tanks, you can give them enough hiding places, a few will end up surviving to adulthood. If you you want more fish: after the wigglers in the mothers mouth have grown past their yolk sack, pull the mom and hold her and open her mouth to let the fry out into a breeder box. Then transplant to their own tank to grow up and maybe eventually back to the main tank. Good luck, it is a lot of fun.
Last night I pulled out every rock out of my 125g and drained 30% of the water just to pull 3 fish that were holding.
It was better then watching TV.
Seriously, if you want to keep them without adding new tanks, you can give them enough hiding places, a few will end up surviving to adulthood. If you you want more fish: after the wigglers in the mothers mouth have grown past their yolk sack, pull the mom and hold her and open her mouth to let the fry out into a breeder box. Then transplant to their own tank to grow up and maybe eventually back to the main tank. Good luck, it is a lot of fun.
Last night I pulled out every rock out of my 125g and drained 30% of the water just to pull 3 fish that were holding.
It was better then watching TV.Lol I do have another tank I think its 32 gallons. But This is an expensive hobby. I have a wife and 3 kids. I don't have the funds to get that one up and running yet. I do have alot of hidding spaces. There are 3 babies in there from her first batch but I know they're not going to last long. My ciclids are monsters. I put 100 guppies in there for fun and over the weekend I was only down to two that they couln't fit in their mouths. Should I take her out the box then? Is that not a good idea? Im going to try to upload some pictures so you guys can see what im talking about. There we go. what you are looking at is one of my aratus cichlids in her 4 inch by 4 inch home.
Im going to try to upload some pictures so you guys can see what im talking about. There we go. what you are looking at is one of my aratus cichlids in her 4 inch by 4 inch home.Oh yeah and to the guy who asked how are they going to get fertilized. I have mouths brooding cichlids. The eggs get fertilized before she puts them into her mouth.
