Breeding a migratory species! MILKING FISH

[fishoholic20]

Hi everyone this is my first thread so bear with me a bit!

I am trying to breed a certain typ of fish but they are a migratory species!
So its is virtualy impossible to re-creat those conditions!!

Now i have watched a couple of vidoes on youtube about milking fish like they do to salmon and trout and so on! Now comes my questions is it possible to milk your aquarium fish? Or would i kill them if i tried? If any one hase any advice on how to milk fish and so on please let me know!

Thanks in advance!

[Scrup]

You would probably smash them, depending on the size. Also, not all fish can be milked. What kind of fish are we talking about?

[Michael Milligan]

It really does matter what kind of fish. And your timing.

Tell us more about your project? Are they native fishes?

[William]

First of all: Milking would likely not help as you would first need to get them in spawning condition/mood for them to develop eggs and milk. This is usually the hardest part to stimulate in migratory fish so milking might not be an option. I think a better or rather more viable option would be to looking into hormone treatement of the fish.

Would you mind telling us the species. In some case it is possible to simulate the migration in fish.

[fishoholic20]

Hi-fin pangasuise is the fish i am trying to breed! I have studied what i could find on them and i can tell the diffrence between a male and female allready but the problem is there is so little on them maybe yous can help me!

[dbosman]

Um, are you aware of how large they can get?

Here is one quick clip.
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"It's a migratory species, moving upstream to spawn during the late spring and summer months. Obviously these conditions are virtually impossible to replicate in the home. Coupled with the massive size of sexually mature fish, it would seem that aquarium breeding is unlikely to be achieved. It's being bred commercially for food in huge ponds on Far Eastern fish farms, though. Apparently the young fish we see in the hobby come from these same farms."


The literature you are seeking will be at a research library with the other fish farming books and journals.