Goldfish Breeding: How to Successfully Raise Goldfish Fry

Discover simple techniques and tricks learned over many years of commercial Goldfish breeding by the author on how to breed Goldfish, and raised the fry (babies) successfully. Breeding Goldfish is a fascinating and intensely satisfying hobby, but many hobbyists who spawn their Goldfish fail to raise any fry after the eggs have hatched. If they do manage to raise a few, they are usually the worst examples of the brood. This book changes that by taking you step by step through a breeding cycle, from choosing the best fish, explaining how to prepare your fish for breeding, setting up the spawning container and much more. Once you have successfully spawned your Goldfish, the book details how to avoid parasite infestation and the ideal hatching conditions for the eggs. After hatching, the best and easiest food to prepare and feed your fry is explained, and importantly, when to start feeding. One of the secrets to successfully growing Goldfish fry into quality fish is frequent culling. Goldfish, especially fancy varieties don’t breed very true to type. Many fry will show undesirable traits such as a single tail when there should be two. By culling out the faulty fry, more room, food and space is left for the best fry. One of the most common mistakes hobbyists make is overcrowding their fry. Learn how much room you need to give your fry so they grow quickly, and use the growth charts to check that your fry are growing at the expected rate.