Easy to breed catfish's

jdsworld8 · Post by **jdsworld8** » 08 Oct 2007, 02:14

Hi everyone my name is Jason, I'm from Canada, I'm 35 and have 5 kids and a beautiful wife. I was wondering, what other catfish are easy to breed? I've already tried my hand with most of the cories, but I was wondering, what other catfish are popular, small, and easy to breed? (preferably 1/2"-2 1/2")

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Oct 2007, 09:48

Top of the "easy to breed" fishes are certainly . As an added bonus, they are relatively easy (or very easy if they are mature) to determine if they are male or female.

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Mats

DAWN · Post by **DAWN** » 08 Oct 2007, 11:18

Would you say Zebra Plecs are easy to breed, as I'm thinking of having a go at breeding mine

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Oct 2007, 11:37

I wouldn't call them easy, neither would I call them difficult [although I haven't bred them, but from what I read this is the case]. Hardest thing is getting hold of a pair, both in the sense of finding some for sale and in the sense that they cost a lot of money, I would say.

But if you already have a pair or trio, go for it. Having a go certainly isn't a bad thing - if they breed good, if they don't, so be it - what have you lost. Selling the fry should be easy...

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DAWN · Post by **DAWN** » 08 Oct 2007, 11:52

Great! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed then

And as for selling them, I don't think I could do such a thing (their so cute, I would want to keep the first batch for myself

) Cheers Mat, I'll keep you posted on how things pan out

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Oct 2007, 12:02

Well, if you have enough space to house say 15 mature specimens, then that's fine for you. But usually, breedign leads to "overcrowding".

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Mats

DAWN · Post by **DAWN** » 08 Oct 2007, 12:15

Hi Mat. When I say that I won't be selling the babies, I obviously meant I'll be keeping a couple for myself

But first I've got to wait and see!

jdsworld8 · Post by **jdsworld8** » 08 Oct 2007, 16:28

jdsworld8 wrote:Hi everyone my name is Jason, I'm from Canada, I'm 35 and have 5 kids and a beautiful wife. I was wondering, what other catfish are easy to breed? I've already tried my hand with most of the cories, but I was wondering, what other catfish are popular, small, and easy to breed? (preferably 1/2"-2 1/2")

Um, does anybody else have any ideas? (other than ancistrus sp)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Oct 2007, 16:38

There are several others, comes to mind, but the fry can be hard to keep alive (they need food "on location", because they don't "go looking").

Unfortunately, many catfish species need a bit of "work" to make them breed, so the ones that are "really easy" are a bit more of a rarity.

Other genera that are in the "intermediate" level are the genus ,

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Mats

jdsworld8 · Post by **jdsworld8** » 08 Oct 2007, 16:49

jdsworld8 wrote:Hi everyone my name is Jason, I'm from Canada, I'm 35 and have 5 kids and a beautiful wife. I was wondering, what other catfish are easy to breed? I've already tried my hand with most of the cories, but I was wondering, what other catfish are popular, small, and easy to breed? (preferably 1/2"-2 1/2")

How big/old does a bristle nose have to be to be mature? When do male BN plecos get their bristles? When do females mature? When do males mature?

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 08 Oct 2007, 16:55

Both males and females can breed at just over 2" in total length.

Males get bristles around that size.

It's hard to be very specific on that subject, as just like some humans get "bigger quicker" and some get more of a beard early on than others - I'm sure you had the chap in school that could pretend to be 21 at about 15, and then there were others that had to prove that they are over 21 even when they have turned 30, even at the places that are not so picky about ID's in general. Same applies to bristlenoses. But as an average, they breed at a fraction over 2".

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