Beginner breeding

[Rhys23]

I am interested in the possibility of breeding cichlids and I'm just wondering if anyone has any tips for me, I have never bred fish before so I wouldn't have a clue besides some info on a couple of threads I've read, what are the simplest and most effective cichlids to breed, ideally I would prefer to breed Africans but at the moment I don't have access to a big enough tank ( my 55g is being used as an African community ) so I may have to settle for Americans, any advise is welcome!

Thanks. Rhys
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[Brian_Nano12g]

I've read that Kribensis are easy to breed (they're African). S. American Convicts are easy too. Since both cichlids are pretty small, a medium sized tank would work.

 

[Rhys23]

I've heard convicts are quite easy, what is the minimum size tank for a kribensis pair?

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

In the realm of breeding I'm a novice at best. I've only read up on the subject because I too would like to try it someday with some easy to breed cichlids. The best I can offer you are some googled up results... perhaps some other member on here will chime in soon enough.

How To Breed Kribensis, A Guide - Tropical Fish Forums

How to breed Convict Cichlids - Aquarium Fish Forum 64843

 

[Rhys23]

Okay thanks for the help anyway, hopefully someone's got some helpful tips for the both of us!

 

[jetajockey]

The first thing to do is assess what equipment you have to work with. After you figure that out, you can decide what size fish to work with, and then from there I suggest finding a particular strain or species that you really like so that it doesn't become a chore.

 

[Rhys23]

Well the tank won't be any bigger than 10 gal so I'd imagine that would rule most cichlids out

 

[jetajockey]

Yup, maybe multis but even then youd probably need to move some out in short order.

 

[Rhys23]

Yeah well there's nothing in the tank atm, so I want to maybe just have a pair