Jarred Darque
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ok, I am having to restart my GBR breeding operation. I lost my female a while back, and according to this site, was because she was being over-breed by the male, at least twice a month.
ok, so I need 1 male, 2 females. The breeding tank will be a 10 gallon planted tank, one of my two display tanks. The eggs will go into a 5 gallon tank, and the fry will be in there till maybe a few days or a week after they are free-swimming. Then they will go to a 10 gallon grow out tank where they will spend time with guppy fry about the same size before they go up for sale at the pet store.
Anyways, can I keep both females in the same tank at the same time? Will they stil lbe overbred. or do I need to move the females out of the tank after they have bred for a few weeks to regain strength? should I just swap them out every two weeks or so in the breeding tank?
If (prolly) the females cannot be with the male all the time, and they need antoehr home as well. Which tank? I also have a 10 gallon guppy breeding tank, but am worried that a GBR in that tank may disrupt the breeding operations of the guppies, at least slow them down or end up eating the guppy fry before I can remove them, is this a reasonable concern?
The other tank is my 75 display tank, problems with that tank right now are small, but in the future, there are some fish in there that will grow big enough to view a full grown ram as a snack...(Senegalus Bichir and soon a Delhezi Bichir)
Any tips/suggestions would be nice,
BTW, what are some triggers I can use to keep the fish breeding? (I sitll have to pick up two females, Iwas sent 3 males instead of the 1 and 2 I had ordered. :/ oh well, LFS will swap them out directly.
ok, so I need 1 male, 2 females. The breeding tank will be a 10 gallon planted tank, one of my two display tanks. The eggs will go into a 5 gallon tank, and the fry will be in there till maybe a few days or a week after they are free-swimming. Then they will go to a 10 gallon grow out tank where they will spend time with guppy fry about the same size before they go up for sale at the pet store.
Anyways, can I keep both females in the same tank at the same time? Will they stil lbe overbred. or do I need to move the females out of the tank after they have bred for a few weeks to regain strength? should I just swap them out every two weeks or so in the breeding tank?
If (prolly) the females cannot be with the male all the time, and they need antoehr home as well. Which tank? I also have a 10 gallon guppy breeding tank, but am worried that a GBR in that tank may disrupt the breeding operations of the guppies, at least slow them down or end up eating the guppy fry before I can remove them, is this a reasonable concern?
The other tank is my 75 display tank, problems with that tank right now are small, but in the future, there are some fish in there that will grow big enough to view a full grown ram as a snack...(Senegalus Bichir and soon a Delhezi Bichir)
Any tips/suggestions would be nice,
BTW, what are some triggers I can use to keep the fish breeding? (I sitll have to pick up two females, Iwas sent 3 males instead of the 1 and 2 I had ordered. :/ oh well, LFS will swap them out directly.