[dinor2]

One of the purposes of our reef tank is for education! I wanted to see if anyone knows of any particular fish that is know for easy breeding and also rearing since I may not have that much available to me to separate and/or spend a lot of time caring for (besides the critters in my main tank!).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Dana

P.S. I have NO fish yet, only cuc since i'm not finished adding lr!

[dori9941]

well if u don't mind tropical fihs. i used to breed platys. they r extremely easy! i have raise over 90 fry. then i was so overflowed with them it was getting hard to donate them, huntsville doesn't have many options. I gave my males away. i made custom colors with this this, my fav was when i took a golden mickey mouse with a sunbust. the result was a solid peach body with the mickey mouse pattern. i was curios as to which gender passed it down. I forgot which one though,lol. i herd that clowns are easy but i'm not sure. Fun thread. I'm curious about what answers u will get

[dori9941]

this might help out.
Fish breeding, fish keeping articles
Tropical Fish Breeding for Profit

[wreckdiver]

Originally Posted by dinor2

One of the purposes of our reef tank is for education! I wanted to see if anyone knows of any particular fish that is know for easy breeding and also rearing since I may not have that much available to me to separate and/or spend a lot of time caring for (besides the critters in my main tank!).

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
Dana

P.S. I have NO fish yet, only cuc since i'm not finished adding lr!

Two of the easiest fish are the Bangai Cardinals and the Ocellarus/Percula Clowns.
The biggest problem is getting them from larvae stage to the fry stage. This is usually the first 10-15 days and after that it should be pretty easy. Bangai's are mouth brooders and from what I have been told they are very easy to breed.

Here is a link about breeding them.
Breeding Clownfish


WreckDiver

[mtfabel]

Another very likely breeder is the neon goby.

[e_baer]

i tried the neon goby, neither one survived. i had them in their own 30g tank (now my lion tank) and i had some rock in there, sand, everything. i acclimated them properly, but one wouldnt eat and died. and since one died, the other wouldnt eat. so then that one died too. maybe i just had some bad luck.

but i have heard yellow head jawfish are easy to breed.

you can get already mated pairs at Sea Life Inc.

[Batfish]

I heard that neon gobies are easy to breed to. I have two of them in my 29gal. They haven't bread but they are eating and they seem healthy.

[e_baer]

Originally Posted by Batfish

I heard that neon gobies are easy to breed to. I have two of them in my 29gal. They haven't bread but they are eating and they seem healthy.

I think for me, they were just stressed from shipping. then they died, then I gave up trying to breed fish. But I do plan on trying again when my seagrass tank gets et up. I will be trying yellowhead jawfish. Sealifeflorida has some tank raised specimans you can get, so they should be a bit hardier. Plus Ken (the guy form the site) is VERY friends and if I ask him for some info I am sure he would have no problem emailing it to me.

[Batfish]

I'm glad you're not giving up!!