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Never mind she definitely doesn't want a tank that size in the lounge so I have to go with the 180 x 80 x 70 tank. Do you know what the cost would be to remove my window and then get it reinstalled, if it's not to expensive I might go with the larger tank

Yea I'm really considering getting a school of about 50 rummys, they're one of my favourite  fish  

Yea I'm really considering getting a school of about 50 rummys, they're one of my favourite  fish  

Yea I'm really considering getting a school of about 50 rummys, they're one of my favourite  fish  

Hi guys so I'm going to get 6 discus from hff and hope the naturally pair off. Then I'm going to start setting up the fish room in a few weeks.

On Tuesday my lights, skimmer, pump, ATO and 2 x powerheads arrived.


 
 

I used to breed a lot of angels in a previous life. If you wish to breed them please try to get ones with good genetics. It seems that at the moment people are prepared to breed any male to any female and there is a lot of rubbish out there. Also you will need bare tanks to put the breeding pairs in ---I used 600x300x300mm tanks, small tanks to hatch the eggs in --I used 150x150x150mm tanks for that then larger tanks to grow out the babies. Work out what you are going to do with the fish you breed---my biggest spawning was 1226 raised and sold, and they will breed every 10 days if you do it right. If you want to get a pair from younger ones start with 7 and be prepared to hold or dispose of the other 5. If you sell from home it is unlikely that a wholesaler or retailer will buy from you after you have destroyed the market for them by selling at the back door. The easiest to sell when I was doing it was black zebra lace veil tails but you might have to work towards creating them yourself. There are a few genetics about now that were not available when I was doing it so you may be able to start with some of them but you need to establish a reputation for having very good quality fish that are healthy and in good condition. Reputation is everything. I used to work with a friend and we were selling over 50000 fish a year to one wholesaler (who is no longer about). The genes in angel fish are in pairs so a marble should have two marble genes but may have gold as well ---If they only have one marble gene they do not look good. Do not cross a blusher (two stripeless genes) to a normal (two stripe genes). Read heaps and talk to people with knowledge and you will get on the right track. Good luck. 

Hollywood fish farm Mt Roskill have 11 for $20 at the moment.

I have four young adult angelfish for sale.  1 striped, 3 black.  $5 each or make an offer for the lot.  Pick up only Epsom, Auckland.

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Breed fish species that you like, because if you don't personally like them, then you won't bother with them so much.
Might be good to start with egg layers that actually look after their eggs/fry, then if you are at school when they lay them, the eggs won't all be eaten before you get home.
So Angel fish, maybe Bristlenose Ancistrus, I'm sure there are others but I don't really know which ones, so you might need to do a bit of research.
Killiefish might be good to try as well?

Welcome. My best suggestion is to have at least 3 tanks per breeding group/pair. So that's one for the parents, one for eggs/fry/rearing, and one for growing-on or similar. Especially if you have fish that produce 40 or more kids per brood/spawning, you will need way more room to rear them than you think you will.
Start small, and build up numbers of tanks over time as you get to know what works best for your own situation, is my second best suggestion!
Third suggestion - have fun.

The angels leave the neon tetra alone even when the bigger on was there he left them, I got him and a buddy when they were small, now my brother has the buddy coz they fought, the large angels never bothered the neon tetra