Prolific Fish

[ezy33]

Originally Posted by Zagz

My yellows produce 60-100 fry every couple of months, I even removed a male so I have 1 male for 4 females. the geo's breed every 2 weeks. And recently my albino bristlenose plecos have been spawing every 3 weeks, I am up to about 90 or so baby plecos.

When I did keep guppies, I have 3 males and 10 females and ended up with over 300 fry. I separated the males from the females and the females continued to give birth for the next several months. Female livebearer's can store sperm and can have several groups of fry without males.

I've heard that some species can change gender.

[unknown_7]

Originally Posted by Zagz

My yellows produce 60-100 fry every couple of months, I even removed a male so I have 1 male for 4 females. the geo's breed every 2 weeks. And recently my albino bristlenose plecos have been spawing every 3 weeks, I am up to about 90 or so baby plecos.

When I did keep guppies, I have 3 males and 10 females and ended up with over 300 fry. I separated the males from the females and the females continued to give birth for the next several months. Female livebearer's can store sperm and can have several groups of fry without males.

Wow.

Some people just have luck with being able to breed fish I guess. It was hard for me to breed guppies!!!!!! Lol.

Originally Posted by ezy33

I had a pair of Texas cichlids produce several hundred fry in one spring a couple of years ago. Cousins to convicts. I would siphon the fry out when they would start swimming and the parents would start all over again. I think I profited about $100 after spending around $300. So they soon became feeders, all tho the parents wouldn't partake. I suspect they could taste her own young.

Lol.$300 on wut? That's sweet deal.

Originally Posted by neilanh

Do RCS. they breed like mad too.

Red Cherry Shrimp? Really?

[neilanh]

Yeah, really. Very easy to care for and breed.

[unknown_7]

I never seem to be able to find any at the lfs around where I live.

[daydreamer4186]

My silver sailfin mollies breed like crazy and have roughly 10-20 fry at a time. Usually about 5-8 survive and the adults actually don't eat them. They have multiplied so much from the time I got them that I've had to get another tank. It's crazy! There are soooo many of them! My 3 dwarf platys and my 1 guppy are totally overrun with mollies! The mollies are really healthy and hardy though. Anyone want some? I just found a new batch of fry a few days ago....

[haykay]

well I haven't had a whole lot of luck with breeding either, but my Corys are spawning all the time, however all the eggs usually get eaten.
I recently purchased some swordtails, so I may have a different success rate with breeding very soon!
Everyone says watch out for guppies, but they can be hard to keep alive so im not sure that that statement is true...

[kimo]

hummm... lets see: 1200-1500 fish per year (min) x 9 yrs = 10800 to 13500
Cull 98% (which are sold) = 13230 leaves ~ 270 breeders.

All from 2 excellent pair of Fancy Guppies bought 9 years ago. An outcross is performed once every two years. I would say the above numbers are on the low side too... some females give 150 fry every birth.

[Stephen]

The Neolamprologus brichardi from Lake Tanganyika is probably the easiest african cichlid to breed. They're water rabbits.

[kimo]

Originally Posted by Stephen

The Neolamprologus brichardi from Lake Tanganyika is probably the easiest african cichlid to breed. They're water rabbits.

Haha! Just about the same as Monzambique Tilapias?

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by kimo

Haha! Just about the same as Monzambique Tilapias?

I wouldn't know for certain, but we do eat these Tilapias here in the Philippines, so I guess they're pretty prolific as well.