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Old 02-10-2005, 04:32 AM   #1
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What fish are you trying/did you succesfully breed?

I thought it may be fun to see what our members are trying to breed in their tanks. I don't want to see this as a competition or anything, I just believe this can be quite informative for people who want to have a go at breeding their fish. That way they have a view as to who has experience with what fish, and they can easily send them a PM with questions related to breeding.
I'll post my attempts and succeses later on, but I've got to go now.
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Old 02-10-2005, 04:42 AM   #2
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Guppies galore and ghost shrimp. I've had to stop with the guppies, 'cause they were just too much for me. I didnt even have to try...they just do their thing.

I'm also doing quite an excellent job raising snails, [acronym:4a91c0bdaf="By the way"]btw[/acronym:4a91c0bdaf].
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Old 02-10-2005, 08:13 AM   #3
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I have had many successful years of breeding Oscars, of course, but also mollies, yellow labs and electric blue Cichlids.

I have a male and female betta in a ten gallon tank right now but have had [acronym:4a18a27843="Normal Output Fluorescents"]NO[/acronym:4a18a27843] luck.
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Old 02-10-2005, 08:51 AM   #4
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I think I provide some sort of sterile non sexual environment, I absolutely cannot get anything to breed. I bought 3 female guppies and 1 male. Absolutely nothing, in fact I got lesbian guppies who killed one of the females and then the male. No luck with my platies either. I have a male and female Jewel Cichlid that hate each other so much that they stay on complete opposite sides of the tank. Various Pseudotropheus African's---nothing, absolutely nothing. I think my boys are shooting blanks. Oh well, I'm not too worried about it anyway. I just think it's funny that I'm the only person in the world who cannot get guppies to breed.
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Old 02-10-2005, 10:04 AM   #5
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angelfish and ameca splendins. Angelfish had one spawn where there were wiggler fry. The amecas have spawned Many times
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Old 02-10-2005, 11:08 AM   #6
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I've been attempting to breed my keyhole cichlids, they just had their first spawn, but the eggs were all gone after 3 days. But I'm confident they'll eventually get it right.

I have set up a breeding tank for my white clouds, and due to beginner mistakes, I'm down to 4 fry now, but next time I try it'll be better. The 4 remaining fry look healthy though and will grow up if nothing goes wrong.

And then completely unexpected, just now, I checked my tank, and I saw my male honey gourami protecting a spot between the plants, and there were 20-30 little wigglers at the top of the tank. I hope some make it, though I was told to drastically lower the water level for fry to make it, but I can't do that since there are other fish in that tank.

Keep it coming folks!
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Old 02-10-2005, 01:03 PM   #7
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I've had luck with Brichardi (which are the guppies of africa) and Yellow labs also very easy to breed. Some times all it takes is the right kind of fish.
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I just think it's funny that I'm the only person in the world who cannot get guppies to breed.
I couldn't get mollies to breed
When I had brichardi, they bred. My multies and Ocellatus golds have bred, as well as a zebra to a socolofi. If it happens, it happens, but I don't have the means to facilitate breeding for my fish, so nature takes its course.
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I just saw a single Platy fry in my tank today. I haven't seen it in a while. If they don't grow out to a respectable size, does it still count?
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Old 02-10-2005, 05:35 PM   #10
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I've got platys and guppies galore. I only had a few swordtail fry but they all died. Now I find baby danios when I do gravel vacs.
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