Need help choosing my next breeding project

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Mythic Figment

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So I have a pair of breeding Guianacara stergiosi and have room for another breeding pair of something.

Here are my requirements:
- Must be able to breed in a 75, 55 or 20 long for life
- Looking for a cichlid that is relatively easy to move
- Price/value of fish isn't such an important thing as being able to find all or most of the fry some homes
- I will be doing shipping on Aquabid, selling on Craigslist and through forums such as this

So far, these are the ideas I have come up with based on an upcoming order I will be placing at Wetspot.

Andinoacara pulcher "blue acara"
Laetacara thayeri wild
Mikrogeophagus altispinosa "Bolivian ram"
Heros notatus wild "spotted severum" or "spotted green severum"
Geophagus abalios wild
Aequidens rivulatus wild

I know the market leans towards fish that get colorful at an early/young size. So what from this list would you recommend for a breeder looking to make a little bit of money to help offset operational costs? Or make your own suggestions, because I am open to all of them. The worst I can do is say "no thanks". :)


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Honestly, I think you'll have trouble moving most of that list. At least half that list is commonly available and they have very little color to draw the average consumer in. You've been kicking around the idea of going more aggressive for some time now, how about some type of Hericthys? The common Texas is readily available, but has good color when young. You could look for the more rare H. Deppi - Cichlids of the Americas had some not too long ago.

Maybe some of the lesser known thoricthys? Wetspot has pasionis & maculipinnis currently. I like aurem the best but haven't seen it available in a long time.
 
super red jewels will be easy to shift at agood price round my way! im going to do this soon in my 120 litre...
 
decoy50 said:
Honestly, I think you'll have trouble moving most of that list. At least half that list is commonly available and they have very little color to draw the average consumer in. You've been kicking around the idea of going more aggressive for some time now, how about some type of Hericthys? The common Texas is readily available, but has good color when young. You could look for the more rare H. Deppi - Cichlids of the Americas had some not too long ago.

Maybe some of the lesser known thoricthys? Wetspot has pasionis & maculipinnis currently. I like aurem the best but haven't seen it available in a long time.
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I got my aggressive fix taken care of. I got my lenticulata pike and am going out some festae. :)

Not planning on breeding the festae, but if I can manage to get ahold of a 240+ gallon tank in the next year, I will consider it. ;)

I have a preference for the SAs since they seem to be calmer than their crazy CA relatives. Not to mention I don't care for nuchal humps (only reason I am considering GTs is because I have seen a large number of videos of breeding pairs with male have little to no hump) and it seems like half the CAs get crazy huge humps.

I will definitely consider some of the thoricthys species since they aren't nearly as crazy as some other CAs.


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Not on your list but I know personally id like to see more people breeding apistos. Lots of species and not always easy to find
 
If you want to change yourself grow out a group of Heckel discus, Altum Angelfish, Uaru fernandezyepezi. Get a pair and try your hand at breeding them. These will sell if you’re successful. The up side is if you can get any one of these to breed you can probably get the other two to breed as well. Very challenging but maybe few others as rewarding. GL
 
UnstoppableJayD said:
What about playing with the electric blues.... they seem to command a better price and move.. you could choose from rams acaras or demseys..
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The EB species seem to be more trouble than they are worth.

The rams breed true, but no one has gotten the fry to survive without specialized equipment like RO units (which I don't have most of the necessary equipment).

The EBJDs are fragile and without paying a crapload of money on aN adult pair of an EB gene female and an EBJD male, it will take years to get a breeding pair grown out from 2-3" assuming they don't randomly drop dead like they seem prone to.

The acaras don't seem to have a lot of info about them just yet, but I had one a while back that was an absolute monster. I had a 3" that maimed a 5" Astraloheros sp. 'red ceibal'. The aggression combined with the lack of info keeps me away from these guys.


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Aquanero said:
If you want to change yourself grow out a group of Heckel discus, Altum Angelfish, Uaru fernandezyepezi. Get a pair and try your hand at breeding them. These will sell if you’re successful. The up side is if you can get any one of these to breed you can probably get the other two to breed as well. Very challenging but maybe few others as rewarding. GL
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Never had the Uaru itch for whatever reason. I would think about keeping the discus or altums, but would want to make sure I got all the specialty equipment I needed like an RO unit and such.


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