[plecosword]

has anyone ever bred these?

[plecosword]

Does anyone happen to know how to tell the difference between the male and female then?

[plecosword]

RRRRRRRRR! some one Answer me, i feel crazy talking to my self!! lol

[rlcline76]

Like I said, I would discourage breeding until you have been a successful hobbyist for several years. Until you get a tank and can keep just a regular system going I would not take on additional endeavors.

[e_baer]

Pleco, a while ago I tried to breed some neon gobies. I was very disapointed because I did not do enough research and was not experienced enough. One goby died, then about a week later the other one died as well. they were a amted pair.

[plecosword]

sorry about your lost but its not turning me down lol. I found a very interesting article on breeding carinal fish if anyone else is interested.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/G.../bcphotos.html

[rlcline76]

Yeah. I have to say, please do not get into this hobby. This is not for you. I can tell from your questions that you have not taken us seriously when we encouraged you to read outside of this site. You have a "I want everything right now" attitude with little concern as to how all of this works. I foresee much death in your system. Any responsibile hobbyist would not encourage you to take up this hobby because of something called ethics.

[plecosword]

Originally Posted by rlcline76

Yeah. I have to say, please do not get into this hobby. This is not for you. I can tell from your questions that you have not taken us seriously when we encouraged you to read outside of this site. You have a "I want everything right now" attitude with little concern as to how all of this works. I foresee much death in your system. Any responsibile hobbyist would not encourage you to take up this hobby because of something called ethics.

Thats true about my atitude. I do sound like i whant to breed them right away but it is not what im planning at all. Just learning what kind of fish i might be able to breed

[geekdafied]

I wouldnt discourage anybody from trying to start a breeding a program as long as they research the needs of the fish. Everytime somebody starts a successful breeding program, thats less strain on their wild counter parts.

[geekdafied]

If I were you pleco, I would be talking to marine ecologists about raising rotifers. L strain inparticular. You will need to be able to successfully raise rotifers before you even attpempt to raise any fry. Fry eat rotifers and other planktonic LIVE foods. Be prepared for rotifer grow out systems to crash several times before you get it right. Then you can focus on a breeding program.

[plecosword]

hhmm, thanks geek! i was going to go with live baby brine shrimp but ill have to look into that one. i do know how pikcarinals can get.

[geekdafied]

Artemia is too big for newborn larval to eat. You'll need to feed rotifers atleast the first week.

Heres good site with info on Rotifers

Rotifer Eggs

[geekdafied]

If you're serious about doing it, you'll wanna look into something like this eventually.
High-Density Rotifer Systems

[plecosword]

thanks, but i do know how to feed fish that small. i have powder food for em.
and dude, I got to get my tank set up first.

[geekdafied]

hahaha good luck with that

[geekdafied]

Im assuming from your name and all the questions youve been asking that you breed freshwater fish. Its a little different when it comes to saltwater. You're use to dealing with raising farmed fish from multigenrations of farmed fish, saltwater isnt like that. If you feed powdered food to larval, or TRY to, you're going have a lot of dead babies.

[plecosword]

Originally Posted by geekdafied

Im assuming from your name and all the questions youve been asking that you breed freshwater fish. Its a little different when it comes to saltwater. You're use to dealing with raising farmed fish from multigenrations of farmed fish, saltwater isnt like that. If you feed powdered food to larval, or TRY to, you're going have a lot of dead babies.

no really i know how it is and all the differences.realy i have breed almost every type of freshwater fish. anyway im not going to get into this untill i get a real saltwater tank