Fish that I wanna start breeding.

[mark d]

I want to start breeding angels,discus and rams.They will all be in separate tanks. Can someone please tell me How do I pair them and what will I need to feed the fry ?How many L tanks for the adults and to raise the fry.

[azurekoi]

First of all - these are all soft5water species,needing a more acidic pH - what's Swakops water like?

Pair selection should be natural - dont force fish to mate with someone YOU chose - let them pick their own mates....Buy a young group of 6 - 8 of each - let them grow up and pick their own mates. Also try to get the young fish from mixed sources if you can...

You can breed Rams in a 3footer,Angels do well in a 4 foot as does Discus,but bred my discus in 60 x60 x60 cubes - growing on tanks? The bigger,the better....

[mark d]

OK.Thanks .Our water has a high PH 14 I think.

[Gert Combrink]

OK.Thanks .Our water has a high PH 14 I think.

That's totally on the high end of the scale, and is too alkaline, for most fish.
Get your tank water professionally tested, as well as your tap water.
Don't go out on a "think" or hunch, as this could kill any fish or breeding plans, not to mention - fish keeping plans!

[azurekoi]

Dude - that is like the most alkaline that water CAN get... As Gert Combrink said - get your water properly tested - water that ph would not even be fit for human consumption...

If still high pH - R.O unit your only option for what you want to breed... G'luck!

[SalmonAfrica]

Get that water tested - I doubt it's pH is 14. That's the highest pH you can get and quite frankly, with a pH like that, drinking that water isn't safe. I don't know how your fish survive in water like that. Even the most extremophile fish only tolerate a pH of up to 10...

[freerider]

I think caustic soda only has a PH of around 11 or so.

[mark d]

My tanks PH was last time I checked in was 6.0.

[Go-Big]

Perfect for al those fish. But breeding fish is not easy and getting fry to sub-aduld fish ever more difficult. I would def not start breeding with 3 kinds at once if you have limited experience. Choose one and take time to get as much info as posible. From the 3 fish you mention i thing angles is the easiest.....but still not easy. So start there. Or choose a mush easier fish like Kribesis just to start breeding and learn from that.

[mark d]

I have bred angels before.