what to breed in a 90 gal

[tscharf]

So a guy at my apartment complex is going to give me a 90 gal and a 55 gal for free. Im kinda curious as to what would be good to breed in either the 90 or 55 or both. Id prefer something where i can just leave the fry with the parents and dont have to remove them..

What are your thoughts on species and what ill need to breed them?

 

[Aqualoon]

My GT pair raise their own young just fine, however I've been told that I'm very lucky in this regard.

I think a RT pair would look cool too - nice and colorful.

 

[tscharf]

whats GT or RT

 

[dpsurf]

Green Terror / Red Terror

 

[tscharf]

got any pics? how many offsprind did they have? at what size do they become sexually mature, and how do i pair them off?

 

[Aqualoon]

Had about 20-30 fry I would imagine. My GTs first spawned when they were about an inch and a half big.

And I didn't pair them off, I bought two as I wanted to grow them out and then pick which one I wanted and return the other. Turns out that it was a male and female and they "dug" each other.

Here is my little female with her fry...

 

[tscharf]

how much they cost ya? and whats there max size?

 

[Aqualoon]

They were like $4 each.

Males max out around 12" with 10-11" being more common. Females around 8" I want to say.

This isn't my pic, but this is a male GT - as you can see nice color to him.

 

[tscharf]

oh damn there pretty... im deff gunna have to look into those... whats the tank set up like?

 

[Aqualoon]

I just had some pieces of driftwood and smooth river rock in there.

They have had eggs on each before (the rock and wood).