Garra Rufa breeding??

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

these little beauties are the real deal, not the false ones some pedicure shops pass off as doctor fish. and my question is, can you breed them in a home tank? what conditions? AND how big do garra rufa actually grow to? thanks





i have four in total, looks like 1 fem three m or 2m 3fm

 

[Gillie]

Hmm, that's a good question. I think they only grow to around 3 inches but I'm not positive, it would be nice to be able to find some info on them, but when I googled them all I got was a bunch of wholesaler and spa sites.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

same

 

[littlemisscoolio]

these little beauties are the real deal, not the false ones some pedicure shops pass off as doctor fish. and my question is, can you breed them in a home tank? what conditions? AND how big do garra rufa actually grow to? thanks

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i have four in total, looks like 1 fem three m or 2m 3fm

Hi there,
I have a fish spa and my garra rufa look exactly the same as yours.
What do the fake ones look like? How can u tell?

 

[Shetland James]

Gara Ruffa tend to not breed in aquariums. They are bred large-scale in places like Asia where workers physically remove the fish from the tank and inject them with hormones which spurs on breeding. So yeah, tricky and of questionable ethics.

 

[Vircomore]

When I bought my Garra Flavatra, the store had them in both juvenile and adult forms, they go from about 1 inch to 3 - 3.5 inches if well-fed.