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If you have a tank with a variety of fish, will they breed? If so, then what?
Sometime in the future (definitely not the near future..), I'd like to get a reef aquarium set up, but I know absolutely nothing about the topic.....My number one question, though, is, if you had..say, pairs of different kinds of fish (that could actually get along and what not) and the pairs bred.....what would happen? Would the aquarium eventually become severely overcrowded, or would nature take it's course and the other fish would continually eat the eggs/fry/young? Would that be really stressful on the fish, becoming pregnant all the time?
Sorry if my question is kind of confusing....if it makes you feel any better, I'm confused, too...If you need me to attempt explaining further what I'm trying to ask...just let me know...
I would really appreciate any information you can give me, links would be a plus, too :)
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- catxLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I am a little confused haha. Do you mean pairs of the same species or different species? Nevertheless, breeding saltwater fish is difficult, indeed probably only about 2% of the fish available in the pet trade are bred in captivity, such as some species of Clownfish, Bangai Cardinalfish and some species of Blenny and Goby. Fish like Angelfish, Butterflyfish, Tangs and Pufferfish will all be wild caught.
Saltwater fish breeding to plague proportions in an average reef tank is almost unheard of. Either they are just a species that refuses to breed in tank conditions, or if they do breed, tank mates demolish any fry!
