As of four days ago, my pair of Acaras in my freshwater tank laid eggs and as of today they hatched! This is very exciting news as I have previously had three batches of eggs and managed to have six fish survive. I hoping to have more survive this time but it is very difficult when they are being housed with other aggressive cichlids.
My ultimate goal is to set up a breeding tank just for newly hatched fish so that they have a safe place to live and grow. If all survived that would yeild me about 200 fish. Yes 200 fish is a lot but I would sell them for rather cheap and because they are home grown, people are more apt to want them because color is much better then in fish that are bred in hatcheries.
I will post on here as soon as a new batch arrives so if you are intrested in purchasing some you can let me know. I will probably sell them when they are around a half to full inch long and for about 5.00 a peice.
