Easiest fish to breed?

LB79 · 03-19-2013, 04:27 PM

Convicts, kribs, angelfish, rams, dwarf golden acaras, keyhole cichlids, multis (shelldweller).... and literally all the livebearers out there (cichlids are more interactive with their young than livebearers, but it depends on what you want)

CrypticLifeStyle · 03-19-2013, 04:27 PM

Do your research on convicts though. Easy to breed, but they can become very problematic to keep if not prepared. Shameless cichlids they are.

LB79 · 03-19-2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by CrypticLifeStyle

Do your research on convicts though. Easy to breed, but they can become very problematic to keep if not prepared. Shameless cichlids they are.

Definitely. Convicts are the best of parents, but unfortunately that means being the worst of tankmates.

Hobbes1911 · 03-19-2013, 04:56 PM

desert gobies also breed like rabbits. and I found so do B. channoides

Acro · 03-19-2013, 08:52 PM

Wow, thanks for the wonderful responce! Really, thank you all!
I never knew that some cichlids were so prolific! Livebarers seem great too, no egg stage! And a few others that I didn't know about too!
Now I have a place to start doing some fish research, thanks again!

mistahoo · 03-19-2013, 09:07 PM

Livebearers and Convicts like everyone else said. Livebearers are easy if you keep some kind of bushy cover for the fry to get away (plants or plastic plants). Convicts are easy as well, but they require a larger tank. You can breed Livebearers in buckets if you want.

Aquafisious · 03-20-2013, 04:22 AM

from experience, excluding guppies, it would have to be celestial pearl danios. some say its hard but I've bred them every where. clean water, dirty water, little water....pretty much just have a couple like 5-7 with some moss and they breed. they do eat their babies though.

**shloken38** · 03-20-2013, 08:49 PM

Endlers are the easiest.....by far. I think my females drop babies every dang day! But if you are looking for parent/fry interaction, then don't go with endlers. Once the momma drops, she is done with them.

gnod · 03-20-2013, 08:51 PM

+1 endlers. dont even have to try.. haha

**shloken38** · 03-20-2013, 11:00 PM

I think they would breed in a soiled toilet, quite frankly. You have to see the males.....they are absolute hornballs! They try to stick their thing in everything that moves! It's funny to watch. I think one of my guys tried that on my whisker shrimp once.....

Art by Stef* · 03-20-2013, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shloken38

I think they would breed in a soiled toilet, quite frankly. You have to see the males.....they are absolute hornballs! They try to stick their thing in everything that moves! It's funny to watch. I think one of my guys tried that on my whisker shrimp once.....

LMAO!!!!!
Too funny

**shloken38** · 03-21-2013, 12:19 AM

Hehe.....it is. And it's true!

ADJAquariums · 03-21-2013, 12:37 AM

I havent seen cories mentioned, they are pretty easy to breed, cld water changes and a lot of food and their good to go, they arent good parents though... Cherry Barbs are EASY to breed, 2 females, a male, good amount of food and some water changes and their good.

Acro · 03-22-2013, 05:42 AM

Thanks again everyone! Love all the ideas!

Now I just have to figure out who is compatable with snails, shrimp and live plants. I think that puts most cichlids out. I think that keeps most live bearers (and a few others) in.

auban · 03-22-2013, 06:05 AM

i just got a pair of betta mahachais last week. they ate the first day and spawned the second. after traveling half way around the world(overseas), they weren't even in my tank for a week before there was free swimming fry. one week and my number of mahachais went from two to over fifty. dont get much easier than that.

03-19-2013, 04:27 PM	#16
LB79 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South-central Washington State, USA Posts: 1,784	Convicts, kribs, angelfish, rams, dwarf golden acaras, keyhole cichlids, multis (shelldweller).... and literally all the livebearers out there (cichlids are more interactive with their young than livebearers, but it depends on what you want) __________________ "It's not who you are that makes you great; it's what you do." –Batman Begins

03-19-2013, 04:27 PM	#17
CrypticLifeStyle Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (5/100%) Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Boston / Leominster Posts: 564	Do your research on convicts though. Easy to breed, but they can become very problematic to keep if not prepared. Shameless cichlids they are. __________________ 1x 180g - 1x 75g - 4x 55g - 1x 29g - 1x 20g - 1x 15g Geo's - Cory's - Loaches - Ram's - Firemouths - Convicts - Endlers - Tetras - Plants - Jack Dempsey's - Shrimp

03-19-2013, 09:07 PM	#21
mistahoo Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (8/100%) Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Houston,Tx Posts: 679	Livebearers and Convicts like everyone else said. Livebearers are easy if you keep some kind of bushy cover for the fry to get away (plants or plastic plants). Convicts are easy as well, but they require a larger tank. You can breed Livebearers in buckets if you want. __________________ SunSun Pimp #82\|RAOK Club Member #89\|Eheim Pimp #543 210G\|1.5G Iwagumi DSM\|5G Fluval Chi

03-20-2013, 08:49 PM	#23
shloken38 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 499	Endlers are the easiest.....by far. I think my females drop babies every dang day! But if you are looking for parent/fry interaction, then don't go with endlers. Once the momma drops, she is done with them. __________________ 10 Gallon - Planted with Endlers and Red Cherry Shrimp 29 Gallon - Planted Community

03-20-2013, 08:51 PM	#24
gnod Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (29/100%) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ny ny Posts: 1,352	+1 endlers. dont even have to try.. haha __________________ ~~2.5 nano~~ ~~V1 - 4 gallon~~ V2 - 4 gallon @ 3.17.13 wabi ball #1

03-19-2013, 04:56 PM	#19
Hobbes1911 Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (16/100%) Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,220	desert gobies also breed like rabbits. and I found so do B. channoides

03-19-2013, 08:52 PM	#20
Acro Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 254	Wow, thanks for the wonderful responce! Really, thank you all! I never knew that some cichlids were so prolific! Livebarers seem great too, no egg stage! And a few others that I didn't know about too! Now I have a place to start doing some fish research, thanks again!

03-20-2013, 04:22 AM	#22
Aquafisious Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2/100%) Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: wisconsin Posts: 26	from experience, excluding guppies, it would have to be celestial pearl danios. some say its hard but I've bred them every where. clean water, dirty water, little water....pretty much just have a couple like 5-7 with some moss and they breed. they do eat their babies though.

03-20-2013, 11:00 PM	#25
shloken38 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 499	Easiest fish to breed? I think they would breed in a soiled toilet, quite frankly. You have to see the males.....they are absolute hornballs! They try to stick their thing in everything that moves! It's funny to watch. I think one of my guys tried that on my whisker shrimp once..... __________________ 10 Gallon - Planted with Endlers and Red Cherry Shrimp 29 Gallon - Planted Community

03-21-2013, 12:19 AM	#27
shloken38 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NJ Posts: 499	Easiest fish to breed? Hehe.....it is. And it's true! __________________ 10 Gallon - Planted with Endlers and Red Cherry Shrimp 29 Gallon - Planted Community

03-21-2013, 12:37 AM	#28
ADJAquariums Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Albany, New York Posts: 959	I havent seen cories mentioned, they are pretty easy to breed, cld water changes and a lot of food and their good to go, they arent good parents though... Cherry Barbs are EASY to breed, 2 females, a male, good amount of food and some water changes and their good. __________________ 40 gal http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2194146#post2194146 Breeding fish and Genetics thread http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/showthread.php?t=214906

03-22-2013, 05:42 AM	#29
Acro Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (10/100%) Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Georgia Posts: 254	Thanks again everyone! Love all the ideas! Now I just have to figure out who is compatable with snails, shrimp and live plants. I think that puts most cichlids out. I think that keeps most live bearers (and a few others) in.

03-22-2013, 06:05 AM	#30
auban Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 424	i just got a pair of betta mahachais last week. they ate the first day and spawned the second. after traveling half way around the world(overseas), they weren't even in my tank for a week before there was free swimming fry. one week and my number of mahachais went from two to over fifty. dont get much easier than that.

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