2007-01-09 18:00:16 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
That depends on the type of fish. Some fish are live beeders. There include mollis, plattys, guppies and swordtails.
They are easy to breed and inexpensive. Other fish require a tank with a sheltered area to brood. Ciclid fish will have their eggs near the bottom of a tank, often making a nest in the gravel, while other fish will use plant masses or tank ornaments to shelter their young. If you are unsure about how your specific fish breeds, just ask your local petstore and they should be able to help.
2007-01-09 18:07:42 · answer #1 · answered by lady_necromancer666 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was going to say that first, he takes her to a movie and then a candle-lit dinner...but that's just not true. Lol.
Livebearers : The male slides up next to the female, moves his male part forward and sticks it into the female fish's cloaca.
Egglayers: The female lays eggs either on a surface, glass, plant or rocks, or inside a dug hole or object. The male quickly comes behind her and squirts his sperm onto the eggs.
Labyrinth fish: Gouramis, Bettas and other air breathing fish lay eggs in a bubble nest, built above the water, by blowing floating bubbles till it forms a nest. Eggs are laid, then blown into the bubbles. A male comes and flips his sperm into the nest when the eggs are laid.
Mouthbreeders: Cichlids, African Cichlids to be exact, are often mouthbreeders. They lay eggs just like egglayers, but they carry them in their mouths until hatched and ready to swim freely. Sometimes this is for as much as 45 days. When they blow out the fry, they have their own school of fish around them. The parent will not eat the entire time they carry the babies in their mouths.
2007-01-09 18:07:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the fish. Most fish are egglayers, where the female lays the eggs and the male fertilizes them externally. Fish like mollies, guppies and platys are livebearers, where the male internally fertilizes the eggs and the female gives live birth. Fish like chilids are mouthbrooders, where they keep the eggs in their mouths until they hatch, and protect their young by using their mouths. Gouramis make bubble nests, laying their eggs in a nest of bubbles at the surface of the water. There are many ways fish mate, it just depends on the fish.
2007-01-09 18:15:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would do it the same way they would in the open lake or sea. This is all factors kept constant.
2007-01-09 21:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by Counsellor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With the lights out.
2007-01-09 18:06:31 · answer #5 · answered by jai 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋