Have you had fish breed for you?

We've had a lot of fish breed for us of the past 2 years of being in the hobby. Most did it on their own in the main tanks, without any help from us, but we/I helped raised their young.
~Lake MalawI African cichlids: yellow labs, stevenI peacocks, blue haps, acei
~ Convicts (who hasn't?)
~Kribensis
~Diamond tetra ( a mysterious fry appeared a year ago)it is female
~SW Clown fish (didn't raise their young, but the man who has them now says they are his most productive breeding pair
~Guppies when we first got into the hobby
What about you? What fish would you like to breed for you?
I'd like to getting a breeding pair of fancy betta to breed, and our angels. Once the bristle nose plecos are both ready to breed we are going to let them breed too. I really want to breed angelfish, b/c they have been so hard to keep the eggs after they've laid them.

 

I'm part of the "who hasnt" ..with convicts..I think LOL still waiting and watching...although in my earlier post, I thought I had two boys!

 

Yeah. Guppies and mollies, when I had them.

I hope my cory's will get on their own and I intend breeding angels..........someday.

 

Guppies, Platys, Endlers and MahachaI Bettas.. and Cherry Shrimp.

 

I'm part of the "who hasnt" ..with convicts..I think LOL still waiting and watching...although in my earlier post, I thought I had two boys!

once they start......

 

still unsure if they are boy/gal...guess time will tell

 

Ive had lots of fish... including the infamous baby producers the platy and mollies. Only one time did I find a few fry swimming in the tank and I didnt even know that there were any pregnant fish. May have had the fry during the night, that by morning when I noticed something tiny swimming by, they were gone in a second... :-\ and that was only a few fry.
Since then.. and all the other fish I have kept, I have never had any fry or pregnant fish. Now I purposely make sure that I keep the males separated from the females, since I really do not want to breed them.

~ kate

 

Yes, angelfish and Gold severums. The parents always ate all the eggs, and I was fine with that since I had no interest in raising hundreds of fry!

 

I've had guppies and swordtails breed without even knowing it. I noticed one baby swordtail hiding among the plants in my tank. I put him in a breeder and raised him and now he is in with my big swordtails! Also, when I converted my 10 gallon to a betta tank, I noticed a baby guppy swimming around with Dusty in his half of the tank. Needless to say, I guess Dusty likes his little friend cause the little guy is still there after about 3 weeks.

 

Boy this could take me awhile, but I'll try to remember.

Africans: C. Leptosoma, Blue Dolphins, Placidochromis Electra, Protomelas taeniolatus, Ps Polit, N Venustus, Hap Ahli, Yellow labs, Labeotropheus trewavasae, Hap Brownae, Red Fin Borleyi, Ruben Red Peacock, Ps acei, Cobalt Blue Zebra, Red Zebra, OB Peacock, , Sunshine Peacock.

Others: Kribensis, Cory Sterbai, Bristlenose pleco (regular, albino & albino longfin), silver dollars, swordtails, platys and guppies oh and yellow apple snails.

NOTE: No convicts though, couldn't breed them.

 

I have had my danios breed and would love it if my clown loaches did (dreaming). Do snails count ?....lol

 

Boy this could take me awhile, but I'll try to remember.

Africans: C. Leptosoma, Blue Dolphins, Placidochromis Electra, Protomelas taeniolatus, Ps Polit, N Venustus, Hap Ahli, Yellow labs, Labeotropheus trewavasae, Hap Brownae, Red Fin Borleyi, Ruben Red Peacock, Ps acei, Cobalt Blue Zebra, Red Zebra, OB Peacock, , Sunshine Peacock.

Others: Kribensis, Cory Sterbai, Bristlenose pleco (regular, albino & albino longfin), silver dollars, swordtails, platys and guppies oh and yellow apple snails.

NOTE: No convicts though, couldn't breed them.

The convicts didn't breed for you? WEIRD!!
I think I had baby fish from a lot of your africans.

 

I have had mollys, platys, guppies and angelfish breed for me.

 

Seahorse, H.Reidi,
The fry only lasted to day 4, hope to be better prepaired next time..

 

The convicts didn't breed for you? WEIRD!!
I think I had baby fish from a lot of your africans.

You mean lucky me that they didn't breed. The pair I got was probably not a m/f and they were my first cichlids. Then I got discus and angels who both laid eggs but I've never seen any wigglers.

Yes you got lots of my babies. Any luck on finding those deep water haps?

 

I will try to get a list up this weekend.

In the last week or so CWC and I have had babies from

X. maye
X. alverez
X. hellerI lyretail
Wild St Thomas guppies
Betta mahachai
1/2 black purple guppies
Yellow cobra guppies
wild type variatus platies
gambusia holbrooki
1/2 black guppies
green/red platy

 

Spawned and had fry from - Angels (Koi, black lace, marble), Multis (Neolamprologus multifasciatus), Cryptoheros cutterI (common name Cutters cichlid), Bristlenose (L107, Ancistrus sp3, an unknown we thought was L45 but was not), albino Cory, Guppies, Platys.
Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) spawned for us but fry only survived a few days.
Carol

 

Marble Angels
L107 Bristlenose Plecos
Cherry Barbs(never raised fry)
Guppies and one half endler lol

 

Mollies, Guppies, Swordtails, Platys, Endlers, Convict Cichlids and most recently, Albino Corydoras

 

You mean lucky me that they didn't breed. The pair I got was probably not a m/f and they were my first cichlids. Then I got discus and angels who both laid eggs but I've never seen any wigglers.

Yes you got lots of my babies. Any luck on finding those deep water haps?

No deep water haps for me yet. had some before xmas but we don't want to order 8 fish at a good price then pay all that money for shipping. The only way I am doing a fish order is if it's in the warmer months and if someone else is helping with shipping.

 

guppies which took a while to breed, now they breed constantly!
also galaxy rasboras which I got one batch from of about 6 fry last june....nothing's chamged for them, but had no more fry......if only I knew what spurred them into breeding then as i'd love some more galaxy fry! still keeping everything crossed for them!

 

Lately, Endlers and Rosy Barbs.

Obviously, they are not in the same tank!

Julie

 

Hmmm:
Kribensis
Mollies
Swordtails
Guppies
Platys
Yellow Lab Cichlids
Minnows

Several Other fish, but I can't remeber them right now!

 

Well, we've had platy, guppies, betta sp mahachai, endlers and this past week cherry shrimp and ameca splendens.

 

Hi!

Even my Platys didn't breed when I had both sexes. I guess I shouldn't have planned on breeding them - they would have bred then! I'm going to try Bolivian Rams and CRS soon.

 

Hi!

Even my Platys didn't breed when I had both sexes.

my guppies took a few months to start breeding! to say they are meant to be easy to breed being livebearers I was surprised! I guess they just needed a little time to settle in!
do you still have your platties?

 

I've had my GBR spawn for me twice, but no luck with the eggs, and I've had numerous livebearer fry from different livebearers. I am currently working on breeding my clown plecos(peckoltia vittata), my kribensis, and my new cherry barbs.
Tom

 

my guppies took a few months to start breeding! to say they are meant to be easy to breed being livebearers I was surprised! I guess they just needed a little time to settle in!
do you still have your platties?

Hi!

Well, not the ones I was going to breed. I have 4 red wags though. Probably one of my favourite fish in the 47gal. I've had them for ages... I added a new one a few days ago - not quite settled into the 'school' yet. Nice to see someone else from the UK!

 

I hav a breeding pair of GBR's but as soon as the eggs hatch they seem to just disappear so I can't feed them. so confused I just gave up

my platys bred a couple times

 

Hi!

Even my Platys didn't breed when I had both sexes. I guess I shouldn't have planned on breeding them - they would have bred then! I'm going to try Bolivian Rams and CRS soon.

Maybe that's what I should have done with my angels.

 

Maybe that's what I should have done with my angels.

I hear ya!!

 

Maybe that's what I should have done with my angels.

Hi!

Well, I'm sure you all know I'm never, ever going to breed Bolivian rams!

 

Hi!

Well, I'm sure you all know I'm never, ever going to breed Bolivian rams!

You never know! Sometimes they take that decision out of our hands
carol

 

Guppies, black mollies and swordtails.

Hoping for new batches of fry in another 2 weeks or so! LOL

"I think I need another tank, Hunny... Just a 10 gallon, pleeease?"

 

guppies

sometimes I wish my guppies were infertile ugh all these fry!!!!

 

I'm trying to separate the sexes on some of my older guppy fry. I got a new 10 gallon split down the middle one side males other females. So far I have only sexed 3 females and 1 male and had to take a break . So got lots of guppy fry and my african yellow labs had babys once but they didnt make it. I think the female is holding again though. Also my friends platys had fry and I'm getting 10 of them as soon as they are alittle bigger. So I progbally will have platy fry of my own in acouple months.

 

Hi!

Well, not the ones I was going to breed. I have 4 red wags though. Probably one of my favourite fish in the 47gal. I've had them for ages... I added a new one a few days ago - not quite settled into the 'school' yet. Nice to see someone else from the UK!

they'll breed when you're not looking and when you least expect it!! I had bbs ready for them for ages, gave up, then fry appeared and had to make a quick dash to lfs for fine flakes!!

 

they'll breed when you're not looking and when you least expect it!! I had bbs ready for them for ages, gave up, then fry appeared and had to make a quick dash to lfs for fine flakes!!

Hi!

Yup, I'm actually glad I left some tank space for some other fish though!

 

Guppies

 

Sadly, no and from what I've read, it's not a problem I will have.