breeding egg-layers?

Question

I have never bred any egg-layers before (usually i have bred livebearers) but i decided to try this. I have already started and i was just wondering if the female fish's stomach gets big when it gets full of eggs. Or maybe a males stomach gets big for some reason? Any other advice is welcome.

I am using a seperate 10 gallon tank with a fake plant that takes up about 1/3 of the tank and 3 caves/places to hide. I am also using gravel and it is very aerated. The temp right now is set at about 78 degrees and everything is balanced

I also try to alter the temperature a little to try to imitate a tropical day and the rising and falling of the temperature in water throughout the day. I also heard that if you change the water more and adding cooler water and live food it imitates the rainfall off tropical weather. I am trying to breed loaches.

Answer 1

The stomaches will grow larger. Kuhli loaches eggs are the color green, so with the kuhlis, when you see their stomach getting green and fat, they are ready to spawn or mate or whatever, dont know the specific details and such, but the stomach will grow, and depending on the species, the color of the stomach may turn as well. Good luck.

Answer 2

Depending on what types of loaches you're trying to breed may control some other variables for your tank. Cross check online for mating habits for your specific loaches. Many will need a cold season, and others may even need dry land to lay eggs on, with a tide to wash eggs back into the water. Emulating cold season includes keeping a large aquarium in an unheated area of your home during winter months. Often aquariums will break under the thermal stress, due to this childrens swimming pools are often suggested.

Loaches have been considered very difficult to breed in captivity and generally this feat is overcomed with the use of ponds or aquacultures.

Also the limitations of a 10 gallon tank are endless. You may not be able to provide adequate current or temperature simply because of the size of your tank. Temperature fluxuations in my 10 gallon tank will be in effect of 3-4 degrees F. This notably is due to the small amount of water being heated using 1 heater. A larger aquarium an easily get out of this darkzone.

I've never bred loaches, however many fish will take fancy to eat their eggs before they even hatch. I overcome this with marbles lining the bottom of a 10 gallon tank. However note that I am breeding danios, who are well known to scatter then eat their eggs. I manage though to keep weather loaches with my molly fry without losing baby fish to my loaches appetitie...

Other safety nets for eggs are mosses and plants, if you're a fan of live plants in your aquarium, Java Moss or Spanish moss provides superb cover for the baby fry to hide in after they hatch from their eggs.

I truly would love to hear of your successes and failiures (if you have any failiures) with this home project. I'm quite the fan of loaches myself, but never had the time or zeal to try breeding them at home.

Answer 3

the undertaking is the tank length. Its no longer sufficiently huge to assist adults and fry. Even the smallest species of fish could have a 10 gallon breeding tank length purely for keeping fry. in case you choose to maintain adults and fry mutually you're finding at 20 gallons, minimum. you will additionally relatively require a clear out to strengthen fry. A sponge clear out could be terrific, on account that that may not suck up any toddlers. in case you have neither of those issues it relatively is your situation. in case you choose to enhance Zebra Danios (they require a minimum of 20 gallons) are quite ordinary egg laying species. in case you choose the dad and mom to guard issues for you attempt a Bristlenose Pleco (30 gallons minimum). a million male according to tank, as they are territorial. The male and lady will mate and Daddy will defend and carry the fry till they are loose swimming. he will choose a hollow log or some thing with sufficiently huge openings for him - he's a 5 inch fish. you will then have a lot of fry, so be certain you have a place to go them too - there'll be too many so you might maintain all of them.

Answer 4

The female's stomach will swell, yeah, but she will not look as big as a livebearer about to give birth. It isn't as obviously, they just look sort of chunky.

Which type of fish are you trying to breed? I suggest you go with something like an angelfish, n. brevis, apistogramma, rams or kribs - they are good parents (as opposed to, say, tetras) and should minimize the amount of work you have to do.