Liquidreel Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 (edited) Hello! I am looking to start breeding some fish for fun in addition to cherries. The 16 gallon tank already has some ember tetras and some Pygmy corys. Any recommendations for nano fish that are fairly simple to breed? I am fairly on top of my water changes and have extra filtration to accommodate for the extra waste. I added a picture for reference! And I’ve been thinking of doing CPD’s? Edited December 1, 2020 by Liquidreel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 German Blue Rams, your pygmy corys, pretty much any live bearer (guppy, molly, platy, swordtails, endlers), Snails (thats real easy). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mridul Singh Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Your Pygmies will breed easily. In the 16 gal with cherry shrimp I would recommend you breed any of the following: - Heterandria Formosa (least killifish) - Endlers - Guppies - If you can find them LDA08 plecos Those fish should be relatively easy to breed, and they won't predate too heavily on the shrimp. Good Luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 It would be inspiring to see a photo of your setup. Provided this is a planted tank, I’d select a quality endler strain from a reputable breeder who will sell you a few males and females of the same strain. Grabbed a free-usage photo of a nice male example. There are other even more inspiring gems too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidreel Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 16 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: It would be inspiring to see a photo of your setup. Provided this is a planted tank, I’d select a quality endler strain from a reputable breeder who will sell you a few males and females of the same strain. Grabbed a free-usage photo of a nice male example. There are other even more inspiring gems too! Here you go! Sorry I should have thought of that lol. The Betta will be moved to another tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 CPDs would be glorious. Not sure how the Betta may interact with fry... and CPDs might be a bit challenging to breed. Very pretty tank! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidreel Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 27 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: CPDs would be glorious. Not sure how the Betta may interact with fry... and CPDs might be a bit challenging to breed. Very pretty tank! Thanks for sharing. I would be moving the betta to another tank once I got them in. I’m a bit worried about the Pygmy corys maybe eating some eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Yeah . . . I think that a livebearer you really enjoyed would be most prolific. Curious: is that a matin filter on the side? Trying to figure out the inflow tube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidreel Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, Fish Folk said: Yeah . . . I think that a livebearer you really enjoyed would be most prolific. Curious: is that a matin filter on the side? Trying to figure out the inflow tube. Not a Matin filter. It’s a Fluval spec so it’s their “all in one” filtration system. I threw a sponge filter for extra filtration and to have a cycled sponge ready incase I ever need one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 Oh yes! I have seen those. Very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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