For multi-breeders of fish…
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Well, mostly I’m asking those people here that have bred many different types of fish, or are currently breeding them. You know who you are, my dear fish geeks. :wink:
How did you get into this? And how did you learn (trial and error, learned from someone else, studied theory etc.)
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What do you usually do with the offspring?Just curious…
– Atlantis Child
Yep i know im a fish geek…. :oops:
I have been keeping fish since i was 16, i am now 30 this month. I started with basic community tanks and i kept a large oscar for 2-3years in my late teens. Mostly it is trial and error, but i love to read, i read everyday and if its not a book it is on the net, i prefer to either read or work in my fishroom rather than sit infront of the telly.
I have always had a good collection of fish books but lately i have been building my collection of very old books from the beginning of the hobby, the oldest i have is Tropical fish in the aquarium by J.M.Lodewijks 1963.
The best book about Breeding fish i have come across is the series by Dr Herbert.r.Axelrod simply called ‘Breeding Aquarium fish’ It is the most indepth series of books about breeding i have read yet, the first one was published in 1971 but the info is not out of date at all, sure their equipment is completely different to the modern stuff we use now but the fish still breed the same and thats what counts.
However reading is only a guide, try and do it yourself and work at it, nothing beats practical experience, years ago i lost 6 full broods of pencilfish fry due to various reasons. Now i can raise a brood of 60-70 with losses as few as 5-6 over 3 months, same with everything else. I had never bred corydoras before this year now they will not stop and i have answered a lot of my own questions..Where do they spawn? Which are male/female? how many eggs? how often? how long to hatch? do parents eat fry?
I could of got 100 different answers from 100 diferent people on the net but now i know cos i did it myself.Getting rid of fry is the most hard work of the lot, you can take them to the petshop(and get penny’s or cents), offer them on Ebay or similar(mailorder) or advertise localy bred fish for sale. I put mine on ebay for collection only, although i have today posted my first lot of fry..I hope they survive..
Thanx for that, ste12000… Your probably the biggest fish geek here.
And that’s an honest complement.@ste12000 wrote:
The best book about Breeding fish i have come across is the series by Dr Herbert.r.Axelrod simply called ‘Breeding Aquarium fish’ It is the most indepth series of books about breeding i have read yet, the first one was published in 1971 but the info is not out of date at all, sure their equipment is completely different to the modern stuff we use now but the fish still breed the same and thats what counts.
I actually have two of the books in that series, Book 4 and 6. They were selling them used from my local library. They didn’t have the rest of them, unfortunately. And also, none of the fish in those books I have, or can get right now.
But there is probably a bunch of similarities between related species, right?
He’s also written a lot of other books as well, 9 of which are at my library, so I’ve gone through some of those, and will try to get my hands on the others.
Really like the way he writes, actually. Very easy to read, not too text-booky and quite personal.
I have 2&3 and am looking at eventually buying the whole series. You are right about related species having similar breeding patterns, for example you would breed a zebra danio in the sameway as a pearl danio you could use the same method to try and breed the glowlight danio. If they do not spawn try raising the temp…Hey presto you have learnt something…Thats how it go’s. Also the Celestial pearl danios come from Myanmar(formaly Burma)same as the glowlight so i suppose they will also need the same triggers as Glowlight danios. Chris will leave a smart arse comment now as i am the only one on here that has’nt bred them :oops:
I find i can breed most egg scatterer’s by using very similar methods, barbs,tetra and danios.
Yes i am fairly new to Axelrods books but as you say they are very well written, he knows his stuff and the personality that shows through in his writing always makes for a good book. I will certainly be looking for the rest of the series on breeding fish.@ste12000 wrote:
Chris will leave a smart arse comment now as i am the only one on here that has’nt bred them :oops:
Well neither have I. Which is kinda silly since I post here so often…Oh well, just trying to learn afterall. Think it’s a matter of time though, and I just love these fish.!
…Now Chris, if you see this, don’t you dare say anything.
Thanx for the tip about the Glowlight Tetra. I’ll look ’em up.
– Atlantis Child
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