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Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 11 May 2009, 19:08
by Mats H. O. Hansen
HI! I want a easy breeded and cheap catfish, not an regular ancistrus, but something more exciting. I can't start with something expensive because I don't have any experience with breeding catfish.
Hope i get some good suggestions!!
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 11 May 2009, 20:24
by exasperatus2002
Corydoras are supposed to be easy. I havent bred any cats yet, Im waiting on my Synodontis multipunctatus to grow up so I can.
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 12 May 2009, 00:20
by MatsP
It appears that some forms of Auchenipteridae are also quite easy to breed.
If you have some thoughts of what group of fish you want to keep, then let us know, and we can perhaps suggest a suitable candidate from that group.
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Mats
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 12 May 2009, 06:10
by L number Banana
Hi, The easiest for me so far is
. Smallish cory, needs soft sand to sift through so the barbels will stay healthy and not much else
The egg laying and fry raising are detailed in the thread on the top of this page:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=6
Here's a thread with baby pictures:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =6&t=25918
Good luck but feel free to give us an idea of what sort of set-up, catfish style etc you might fancy. The range is HUGE! Every shape and size, ph's, temps etc etc.
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 12 May 2009, 15:55
by Mats H. O. Hansen
I want a L-numbered catfish. Or you can say a "sucker"
Also interrested in corydoras but mostly L-numbered ones=)
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 12 May 2009, 16:53
by MatsP
Easiest to breed L-numbers are probably Hypancistrus - they are not quite as easy as common Ancistrus.
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Mats
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 12 May 2009, 19:13
by mummymonkey
Whiptails are inexpensive and relatively straightforward to breed.
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 13 May 2009, 11:56
by Phyllonemus
Did you ever think about the mouthbreeding
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 13 May 2009, 13:17
by sidguppy
Phyllonemus doesn't suck!
actually it's so far removed from anything that sucks, that it can be considered a subzero catfish.
it is that cool
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 13 May 2009, 13:40
by Phyllonemus
sidguppy wrote:Phyllonemus doesn't suck
I Know
sidguppy wrote:actually it's so far removed from anything that sucks, that it can be considered a subzero catfish.
it is that cool
They're very cool indeed!
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 14 May 2009, 19:22
by Mats H. O. Hansen
I have figured out that i will start with the regular Ancistrus first, because it is easy breeded and i like it too. I really want too have Peckoltia and Hypancistrus, but its too risky too start with something that expensive. I had a L-129 and it died yesterday 13. May, and i don\t know why...
Thanks for answers!
Re: Hi! Want a cheap and easy breeded catfish.
Posted: 14 May 2009, 19:23
by Mats H. O. Hansen
The L-129 was 4-5 cm long(young(
