Breeding Zebra Danios

[Lindsey88]

I have 5 zebra danios (3 are glofish one of each color) I believe 3 are females a regular zebra and the orange glofish. How can I go about breeding them. They live in a 29 gallon tank but I have an extra 10 gallon.

 

[StatMan]

Having just got 16 Zebra's would be interested to see anyone's experiences here, it would seem from what I have read so far that the reccomendation is to move them to another tank topawn or have marbles as a substrate as they tend to eat the eggs.

Never Seen those Glofish before, thought they may have been dyed but it appears they are Genetically modified.

info on wikipedia:

http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloFish

StatMan

 

[Chuck100]

I have some experience with Zebra danio (zebrafish). They're a favorite fish of mine... active, hardy, not aggressive. The glofish are genetically modified (and thus illegal in some places like Europe); some google searching has suggested that the "glo" gene is autosomal dominant (thus, as long as the glofish breeds true- 2 copies of the glo gene- than all crosses of glofish x regular zebra should = glofish. Of course, the next generation would be a mix.) This is all speculation on my part, I've only ever had regular zebras.

I've had my zebras breed... but not on purpose. They seem to breed in the early morning, about dawn, and are more likely to do so if you leave their light off for a day or two. More than once I've had a female drop eggs on a Monday morning after being out of town for the weekend. I've never done anything to protect the eggs, so they mostly get eaten, but a few slip through, and usually the fry then get eaten, but sometimes one or two will make it to adulthood. If you want more to live, I guess you should put them in a separate tank, with a large substrate to trap eggs. Remove the adults after they've laid- they'll eat eggs. I'd also say to put the breeding tank in a room in your home that you don't go in much (if possible) and leave the light off in both the room and the tank. If that's not possible, at least leave the tank light off.

Keep us posted!

P.S.: the fry eat infusoria.

 

[swordtailsrock]

its very easy to breed them and it looks your yellow glofish is pregnant, so it would be cool to see a glofish hybrid. when your fish start swimming around the bottom and chase each other, they are breeding. i heard somewhere that danios lay eggs everyday so i know what you should do if you want lots of fry.

1. remove all the fish from the tank

2.start your gravel vacuum

3.stir the substrate up and clean your tank

4.empty the dirty water into a large bowl.

5. look through the dirty water and i guarentee you will find plenty of fry

6.the fry are really tiny so you cant grab them with a net because they go thru.

7. even if you havent seen your fish spawn i am 100% sure you will find fry in the water.

8.dump the rest of the water out and put your fry somewhere safe

good luck!

 

[augustaranger]

Try this:

Do a regular water change.

Place the bucket with the water in it out of the way (I use my laundry room).

After a couple of days, look for tiny dots attached to the sides of the bucket.

In a couple more days, you may see very tiny dots with tails scooting through the water.

I've done this a few times; it really works.