need to STOP fish from breeding!

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oc435

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i am going to get a 75 gallon FOWLR aquarium in 2 weeks and i have heard that most of the fish i want (show at bottom) breed easily. i don't want to have to deal with all of the fry in the tank, but i don't want to kill them either. does anyone know how to keep my fish from breeding? any input would be appreciated.

the fish: 2 blue/green chromes, 1 orange stripe prawn goby, 2 ocellaris clownfish, 2 red fire fish, 1 yellow tang, 1 flame angelfish, 2 bengii cardinal fish, 1 one spot foxface, and 1 checkered hawkfish.

also in 2 or 3 years i am thinking of getting a 30 gallon black seahorse tank. i know that these guys breed really quickly and the fry are benthic, but i don't want to have to have to feed the fry live nutrient enhanced bbs. i don't want to kill them either. could i just get a tank with only females, or would they fight? i know that the males will fight to the death in a male-only tank but will the females? thanks again!
 
oc435 said:
will an all male seahorse tank really be better than all females? i thought it was the other way around. thanks anyways!
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sorry, for once I only read the thread title! looks like you already know the answer to your question is: keep only same-sex stock.
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I dont think any fry will make it to adulthood with that stock. I have teo pairs of cons that spawn at the same time. They produce around 700-1000 fry combined and none make it to juvie stage unless i pull them out. I know cons are FW but theyre the most prolific fish i keep.


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oc435 said:
1 orange stripe prawn goby, 1 yellow tang, 1 flame angelfish, 1 one spot foxface, and 1 checkered hawkfish.
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Don't be day dreaming! Don't believe in everything you heard! If those fish breed so easily like you thought, you would get them for free, instead of paying for them. And how do you expect those fish above breed for you?
 
jlnguyen74 said:
Don't be day dreaming! Don't believe in everything you heard! If those fish breed so easily like you thought, you would get them for free, instead of paying for them. And how do you expect those fish above breed for you?
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You mean you never heard of a flame tang or a checkered foxface?

Convicts breed in a beer can yet you still end up paying for them.

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