The quickest growing breeders

I need a really good supply of live feeder fish. I have two pikes and they have about knocked out my overcrowding with fry. My question is what type of fish breeds the quick and grows quickly?

Convict cichlids

Guppies, Guppies and more Guppies!!!!

ok I have convicts and hrps, they cant keep up. I have never kept guppies, is there anything special about them?

I have some fancy if you want the breed like rabbits I had 3 now I have about 20

Yeah man if you want to trade for some kribs or Hrps let me know.

I'll ask my wife they are her fish

And what kinda fish are those lol I'm more of a salt guy

Pelvicachromis Pulcher (kribensis) cichlid. Pelva/chromis =belly/color pulcher =beautiful. West Africa ravine cichlids.

She is worried they will eat her guppys

They will of they fit in thier mouth. Kribensis get really nasty when breeding. I had 12 danios in with a pair of kribs and everyday one ended up missing when they would spawn.

Thanksfor the fish broo I'll post pics later let me know what your Co worker says

Same here. Will do.

i would say either mollies or guppies, every time i go in a fish store there always fry in there or the mom is prego

Any livebears specially guppy's Flip, and there dirt cheap i get 8 for a dollar at the LFS

marbled crayfish are good and fast breeders. i started with 7 babies in april 2011. and now ive got dozens.

you can go to animal jungle and get there babies for free.. also do people buy pike? and how much? i might start selling them in the summer around 2-4 inches

bossman wrote:

you can go to animal jungle and get there babies for free.. also do people buy pike? and how much? i might start selling them in the summer around 2-4 inches

I don't think so, they had a Vieja pair in there a few weeks back with new free swimming fry and I asked if they were for sale and they said no. I asked why and they said they couldn't guarantee the fish would live. So asked If I could have a few and they said no... I was so confused ... I gave up, Those people get on my last nerve sometimes.

yeah me too! but both times i went to get free ballon belly mollies i got hem no hastle... the key is you have to find a women, then tell her how cute the are and ask if you can have a couple they usually give me around 5

oh, also i get the little cheap babies like mollies and platies, they dont seem to have a problem leting them go.

get some swordtails, breeds good an grows low

or some danios

coolfish15 wrote:

get some swordtails, breeds good an grows low

or some danios

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I believe danios scatter thier eggs. Too much work for me

Convicts in Green water.... during warmer months get one of those little Swimming pools. Keep it in a 1/2 shady area. Then throw an adult pair of convicts in there. With the Mosquito larvae the fry will be breeder size withing a few months! Don't forget Convicts can spawn multiple times in very short periods. It's kind of difficult this time of year to get a bunch of spawning.

The easiest route would be to go to the fish store and get a bunch of rosey reds feeders. Don't feed them to your trout until you've treated for disease. Put them in a 55 gallon and treat with medications and give them a couple of weeks to grow out. Then just net a few out each day and feed the trout. I haven't bought them in years but I remember getting them for something like 500 for $10 or something like that.
JB

Yeah i agree with you there. I was doing this with a 29 but it just got old going back for more and dedicating a tank to them for quarantine. I do have convicts and Hrps that I have been feeding. Maybe I should bump up the heat to like 80 and see id they spawn quicker.

jaiko1975 wrote:

Any livebears specially guppy's Flip, and there dirt cheap i get 8 for a dollar at the LFS

I got some guppies from WildWiley and going to put them in a ten. Is there a recommended amount? Or a max amount?