Fish breeding, keeping fish articles

new TELLING MALES FROM FEMALES by Dr. Ron Coleman
Summary: Explains the venting technique to sex fish; also provides link to an exceptional article dealing with same topic.

THE PRESERVATION OF FISH SPECIES THROUGH ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION by Mitchell McKenzie
Summary: A technical paper on the artificial propagation of fish used by the author for credit in University. Serious fish hobbyists may be able to use the techniques explained here.

BREEDING FISH by Cheryl Miller
Summary: Cheryl collected spawning articles from various aquarium club publications for three years, which helped her produce this overview of How To Breed Tropical Fish, covering livebearers, open substrate spawners, substrate spawners that hide their eggs, mouthbrooders, egg scatterers, mop spawners, peat spawners, and nest builders.

"HOW DO FISH MAKE BABIES...AND CAN I WATCH?"
by 'Mr. A. Non c/o Calypso'
Summary: A comprehensive article that answers many of the questions that fish breeders may have.

A LOOK AT GENETICS by Bill "Pegasus NZ"
Summary: Written with particular regard to the selective breeding of guppies, this authoritative article applies to other species of fish too.

FISHES THAT ARE NOT FOR THE BEGINNER by Grant Gussie
Summary: The problems of owning common "beginners' fish" – from guppies to neons to goldfish – are discussed.

SELECTING COMMUNITY TANK FISHES, FOR DUMMIES by Grant Gussie
Summary: Fishes that ARE for the beginner. Grant discusses community aquaria, then gives ten examples of display aquarium set-ups based on tank size and experience level.

THE ROUGH GUYS by Bill "Pegasus NZ"
Summary: Some fish may be aggressive towards others. Bill discusses which species and why, and gives some suggestions as to what to do.

A GUIDE TO FISH COMPATIBILITY by Aquariumpros.com staff
Summary: There are no definite right or wrong answers when it comes to deciding which fish we can keep together in an aquarium, but this article provides many interesting questions to consider, and suggests some ways that aggression can be reduced.

INBREEDING TROPICAL FISH, GOOD OR BAD? by Bill Forrest
Summary: Selective inbreeding can produce strains of a species with enhanced characteristics (especially size, color/albinism, finnage), but undesirable traits may also develop, so breeding stock must be carefully selected and the fry culled. Linebreeding and cross-breeding strains of the same species are acceptable since the gene pool is not polluted, but hybridization (cross breeding different species) should be left to Mother Nature, since it does pollute the gene pool.

THE TROUBLE WITH HYBRIDS by Andrew Boyd
Summary: African cichlids, rainbowfishes and killifishes in particular can often be hybridised, either deliberately or accidentally. This is a "crime against the species" and should not be done, especially with rare or endangered species. (All fish breeders should be made aware of this).

HYBRIDS by Kevin Thurston
Summary: What is a hybrid? Hybrid livebearers? naturally occurring hybrids? New World cichlids? African cichlids? Prejudices against hybrids in the hobby are arbitrary and inconsistent.

DRY AND RAINY SEASONS IN THE TANK by Kristian Adolfsson
Summary: A detailed account of what happens in nature as the rainy season starts and progresses in tropical rain forests. How to simulate this in the aquarium, in order to trigger spawning in fish that are hard to breed. A definitive article of major significance.

WARM-BLOODED FISH by Paul McFarlane
Summary: The body temperature of most fishes is the same as that of their surrounding water. But Tunas and Mackerel Sharks have the ability to raise their body temperatures, which gives them several advantages.

IT'S RAINING CATS AND FRY by Bob Berdoulay
Summary: Bob thought he was phasing out of the fish breeding part of the hobby, but during the month of August 2003, just about all the fish he owned seemed to want to spawn.

HOW I ACHIEVED GROWTH RATE FOR THE Archocentrus spirulus
by Christian B. Homrich Jr.
Summary: Breeding fish is the first step, but what about raising the fry? Christian won a club fry raising contest by giving his fish high water temperature, high protein foods, a large swimming area, and frequent water changes.

HOW I BREED WITH MY FISH by anonymous "Fish Fancier."
Summary: Sex for the home aquarist! This enthusiast does not just breed his fish, he has found a way to breed with his fish! Results and techniques graphically illustrated. (Humour).