Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: Cichlid Breeding - Right in Your Aquarium

Aquarists all over the world actively participate
in cichlid breeding. Whether they are doing it
in order to sell to pet store owners, or whether
they wish to keep the fry, any type of cichlid
breeding is a process. The following article
will briefly discuss the three types of cichlid
breeding.

The first type of cichlid breeding is called open
breeding. Open breeding means that the fish will
spawn out in the open. Objects that are useful
for this type of breeding include rocks, plants,
and leaves. Open breeders share responsibility
over caring for their fertilized eggs. The male
will protect the territory, while the female
tends to the eggs. Open breeders tend to lay
around 1,000 eggs. Examples of open breeders
include Freshwater Angelfish and the German Blue
Ram.

Another type of cichlid breeding is called cave
breeding. Cave breeders seek out hidden areas
such as hollowed out logs and caves to lay their
eggs. If you wish to breed any of the species
known as cave breeders, it is important to
provide them with plenty of hiding places in
order for them to effectively breed. Examples of
cave breeders include Kribensis and Convict
cichlid.

Finally, the last type of cichlid breeding is
referred to as mouth-brooding. This simply means
that the female cichlid will keep her eggs or fry
in her mouth. This is done to protect her young
from other predatory fish. She will eventually
release the fry back into the tank when she feels
the time is right.

If you have mouth brooding cichlids you have to
make sure that the female does not eat the fry
after she releases them. Why would she eat her
fry? After mouth-brooding for a few weeks,
without eating, the female will be near
starvation and she will eat anything she can,
including her fry. The best thing to do is
separate the fry from the female. Since there
are other fish in the aquarium that may eat fry,
you may want to move the fry to a separate tank
until they are big enough to fend for themselves.
At that point, you can re-introduce them to
their original tank. The fry will be able to eat
brine shrimp and flake foods once they have
finished the yolk.

Overall, cichlid breeding can often be encouraged
by providing plenty of breeding aids. The
breeding aids can range from rocks to hiding
places, depending on the specific type of cichlid
you are trying to breed.

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Learn more about the specifics of cichlid
breeding on my site before you decide to try it
for yourself. Good cichlid feeding is also
important for encouraging breeding in these fish.
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