Malta Aquarist Society

A bright idea popped into my mind! I tought this would be a very interesting thread were everyone can write what fish have bred into his aquarias. This thread can be helpful for amateur breeders so that they contact the right person to give him tips! :)

so this is my list:

Siamese fighter (betta splendens) - Red devil cichlid (Amphilophus Labiatus) - Convict cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatus) - Malawi golden cichlid (Melanchromis auratus) - Red Zebra (Metraclima esterae) - Red top Zebra (Metraclima "red top") - German red pecock (Auloncara spp.) - Burtoni (Astatotilapia Burtoni) - White cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes) - Bronze cory (Corydoras Aeneus) - Koi (Cyprinus Carpio) - Shubunkin (Crassius auratus) - Paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis) - Kribensis (Pelviachromis pulcher)

thats my list so far..  what yours?

Nice list cichlid maniac

Here's mine

Fish that I have bred

Siamese Fighter (betta splendens) -  guppy - (poecilia reticulata) - bronze cory - (corydoras aeneus) - albino cory (corydoras aeneus var. albino) - peppered cory (corydoras paleatus) -  Kribensis (Pelviachromis pulcher) - Red Kribensis (variant of Pelvicachromis pulcher) - Yellow Kribensis (pelvicachromis subocellatus) - angelfish (pterophyllum scalare) - rosy barb (Puntius conchonius) - Kenyi cichlids (Maylandia lombardoi) - Yellow Labidos (Labidochromis caeruleus) - applesnail (pomacea bridgesi)  - firemouths (cichlasoma meeki)

 Fish I have never bred that I intend to breed later on 

Frontosa (Cyphotilapia frontosa) - Bristlenoses(Ancistrus sp.) - corydoras julii - corydoras arcuatus - corydoras panda - oscars (Astronotus ocellatus)- hoplo catfish (megalechis thoracta)

Fish i kept but never managed to breed

Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) always died in the summer heatwaves - pelvicachromis taneatus Nigeria red; bottom glass of the tank with 4 juveniles cracked during the night - Neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) in the same tank as taneatus.  

Oh nice list! never seen Yellow and red kribs locally! I forgot to mention what fish I intend to breed ...

Black Ruby Barb (puntius nigrofasciatus), Rhomb barbs (puntius rhumboocellatus), hoplo cats (megalechis thoracta) and maybe my bolivian rams( MIcrogeophagus altispinosa)...

I had the yellow kribs a while back, roughly 6 years ago as well as the red kribensis. The p.taneatus I had last year.

I had black ruby barbs (puntius nigrofasciatus) but I gave them away after a week. Nice fish but they used to nip the find of otehr fish I kept, namely the longfin rosybarbs.

Very interesting thread Robert and prosit to you and Corydorasmalta. I am sure we will be hearing more from all our friends

( and myself ) about alll the fish they have bred.

I cannot say that i bred alot of aquatic species, but this is my list - Apple Snails (Ampullariidae), Cherry Shrimps (Neocaridina denticulata sinensis "red"), C.aeneus "var" albino, C.paleneatus, N,brichardi, Elec.Yellow Labs. (Labidochromis caeruleus), Guppy (Poecilia reticulata), Molly (Poecilia sphenops), Swordtail (Xiphophorus hellerii) & Angels (Pterophyllum scalare).

I just hope to find some free time to breed Angels again & more species of Corydoras.

Nice list man Will you be trying to breed some "rare" cory species?

Not specifically rare but any type of Corydoras.

At the moment i am trying to breed c.panda but as yet no success. Have you tried/done this? Has this been done in malta? Any tips?

Thanks

I have C.panda but never tried to breed them. I bought them last year & so i'm still waiting till they mature. Actually i'm not trying to breed any species, apart from C.rabauti & BN.

I also think that my C.trilineatus are ready to breed & maybe they already do it, in my planted tank, as i have seen their breeding behaviour a few times.

Actually there aren't alot of Corydoras keepers/breeders & i have never talked to anybody that bred C.panda.

Thanks Martin! sady my female ancistrus haplogenys died.... now i have to give up trying to breed my plecos :(

C.rabauti have quite interesting coloration as fry.

I agree that there are few cory keepers/breeders

I have seen breeding behaviour in my pandas for quite a while but as yet no eggs in the breeding tank Will keep you posted and will post pics if i have fry

Today I found my youngest kribensis pair have fry. I am quite astonished as these fish are barely 3months old and there is quite a large number of fry (counted about 44).  The parents are still quite small (1") obviously due to their age. My worry now is taht the parents will be stunted .

forgot to mention that the parents are from my own fry

gd those are some fertile little critters! keep it up!