how do you breed fish?

Answer 1

It really depends on what fish you want to breed as all fish are different.

Some fish lay eggs and care for their young while others have live fry pop out them and they would prob eat them.

Things like cichlids (egg layers) will get very aggressive during breeding and attack even kill other fish, most cichlids will care for their young although they might eat the 1st batch.

Some fish are very easy to breed others can be more difficult and require the right water conditions and alot of patients.

Guppies, platys and other live barers are very easy to breed and can store sperm and have lots of pregnancy's from this.

If you look at guppies and platys in your lft you will be able to tell if 1 is pregnant as they will be fatter and have a black spot near her anus, this is the baby fry.

When you live barer gives birth you should remove her from tank or if its a community tank you will need lots of plants for the fry to hide cause they will get eaten.

If you intend on saving them and you have a few females then you will soon be over run with them.

here is a link about tropical fish and how they like the water, it also tells you abit about breeding and other info.
http://www.aquariumlife.net/
Failing that do a google search on the fish you want to breed.

Answer 2

As many have already said you must decide on what fish you want to breed then figure out how you should go about doing it. Bob M explained how certain fish breed but obviously in very simple terms. Some fish are monogamous so just putting a male and female together may not work. Some fish are sold in breeding pairs which means these fish have already mated and had offspring so you increase your chances of them doing it again. I currently breed hippocampus kuda's (spotted seahorse's) and ive noticed these are not monogomous i have had females that mate with several males and vica versa. So you have to choose which fish you plan to breed then figure out the best way to get them to mate and produce offspring. Then once the offspring are produced there are methods to keep those offspring alive and not fall to predation by either the parents or the other fish that may be in your tank. Hope this helps and good luck with the breeding project. I have more useful info for marine fish than i do for freshwater but there are a bunch of people on here that will have some great information for breeding freshwater fish.

Answer 3

Depends on the type of fish. What you need to find out first is if you have a male and female. Outside of that, keeping the water in pristine condition, with lots of water changes and feed a quality food. You will want to provide the fish with the habitat as close to the natural area as possible. Some fish need very slow moving water, while others need swift water. Some fish prefer a cave to lay eggs, while other prefer a smooth flat surface. And there are some fish that don't need anything special at all.

Answer 4

There are many ways fish breed so to answer this questin one needs to know the specific fish Guppys have live young,cichlids lay eggs and guard them either in the open ,a cave or in their mouth depending on the species, Bettas lay eggs and care for them in nests of bubbles till they hatch. Tetras lay eggs but do not show any parental care they just scater them randomly.

Answer 5

first it depends on what sort of fish it is some are live barers, mouth broders, egg scratters, egg depositors or nest builders.

1) so first chose a species.
2) find out whish type breeder it is.
3) then find out if there are any visable diffrences betwen males and female. (if there are diffrences best to buy more females than males.)
4) then rearch on the breeding habbits of your fish and tank desing. as some fish will look after the babies and some will eat them.

Answer 6

You have to get alot of them into one tank since its hard to tell with most fish about gender, and they have their cycle when they lay eggs. Careful not to put ALL sorts of different fish together because some might only get along with their own breed type. You should read and learn about fish before having them. Thanks.

Answer 7

there are many ways to breed fish you will have to know what fish you are trying to breed if you want more help.

Answer 8

WELL I BREED FANCY GUPPIES SO TAKE THIS ADVICE....
WHEN YOU BREED FISH YOU OVIOUSLY HAVE TO HAVE A MALE AND FEMALE FISH IN A LARGE TANK. I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE BETTER LUCK THE MORE FISH YOU HAVE IN THE TANK OF THE SAME SPECIES.
WHEN THE BABIES COME OUT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD PUT THEM IN A DIFFERENT TANK. OTHERWISE THE OTHER FISH WILL EAT THEM.

Answer 9

just get like like 5 of the same fish and then they will start to breed and when you see little yellow specs floating around that is their eggs so buy a little net that you out on the tank so the eggs have a safe place to be in and still be in the tank

Answer 10

Lots of different answers to this question,but some general rules are:----Clean water,the best water conditions you can provide.--------Fish in superb condition,from living in clean water and being fed appropriate live foods.-------research,you must find out what each different species requires,and provide it for them.-------and, in most cases,quite a few separate tanks(for growing out the fry and for resting the parent fish between spawns).
This of course this is not a complete answer,but it will give you a small idea of what's required.