:?: how will i know if my:
-black tetras are ready to lay eggs
-platys are ready to give birth
-guppies are ready to give birth
-swordtail is ready to give birth
-glow-light tetras are ready to lay eggs
-bloodfins are ready to lay eggs
:?:
please answer THANKS!!!!!! :thanks:

lolz, black egg layers i don't know, but the live bearers , the males will stick there anal fin in to the females vent, then the female will become more sulgish and the belly will become really full
then she'll drop fry

how will i know when there going to lay eggs or give birth

slow down,
first of all, if you want to breed them your gonna have to get another fish tank for the parents and fry, then your gonna have to watch the fry for a while to make sure there alive and healthy, then your gonna have grow them up until they can be released in the tank

i have another place to put the fry and parents and its all set up

~sigh~
I mean, it takes more than ONE or TWO tanks to breed fish and have any kind of success in doing it!!! You should[U] have breed specific tanks and I don't think that you have THAT many tanks. Why, prey tell, are you trying to breed all these fish? do you want to sell them all? I mean you're pretty cramped as it is!!! I have a lot of tanks (there are not even half of them listed in my signature) and I feel that mine are a bit cramped!!! I'm not even breeding all of the species that you are... PLEASE take into consideration the gourgeous fish that you are putting at jeapordy here. The egg layers that you are talking about will eat the eggs before you can even see them, they all need breeder and fry tanks, the egg layers need a place to drop thier eggs were they cannot eat them i find that a tank full of large marbles on the bottom works well. and you need AT lease two fry tanks, one hatchery and one grow out!! AT THE VERY LEAST!!! as for your live bearers, they WILL BREED!! they will have fry about every mont(28 - 26 days) you do nithing and they will give you tons of fry in just a month! however!!!!
You NEED one breeder tank and AT LEAST two fry tanks, one newborn and one growout... I am not talking just ten gallons here either, (the fry tank can pull off 10, but the grow out tanks shoul be larger (if you are only using 3 tanks per spieces) it is ideal to have around 8-10 smaller tanks if you are breeding to get high quality show type offspring, and when i say smaller tanks i mean 10 gallon tanks.... ALL OF THE FRY TANKS SOULD HAVE SPONGE FILTERS OR AT LEAST (FOR THOSE OF US THAT ARE BROKE... FROM SELLING OUR FISH :whistle: ) PANTY HOSE *GIGGLES* HELD ON WITH A TIGHT RUBBER BAND OVER THE INTAKE!!! These filters need to be adequate, meaning the the filter should be capable of handling much more than your tank size... 10 gallon tanks should have the capacity to filter a 30 gal with no problem!!

PLEASE THINK ABOUT THE VENTURE THAT YOU ARE GETTING INTO!!!!

Now, if you are truley interested in doing this correctly, PM me, I would be more than happy to help you with anything that you need to start breeding your FIRST species of fish (meaning one type at first... tank things slowlly here!!!) THESE ARE LIVING ANIMALS... JUST CAUSE THEY CAN BE BOUGHT AT WALMART DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE LESS SIGNIFICANT THEN A DOG... INFACT THEY NEED MORE CARE!!!

:bitchslap:
sorry for the rant...
~Krys

YES I Wanna do this
please help

pm me
:hug:

pm?

Private message... the little button that is at the bottom of this post...it says PM...CLICK ON THAT, AND TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE WITH THESE TANKS...
~Krys

ok