Breeding Zebras

[Irishlax627]

Im trying to breed Zebra Danio's in a 10 gallon tank. In it are lots of rocks so when they lay their eggs hopefully some of the eggs will get stuck in the rocks so they cant get to them. Does anyone have any tips on how to get them to breed.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Not sure, I might try and breed mine (probably a cross between leopard and zebra as they look very cool and I think both the zebras are female). Try Googling.

 

[Irishlax627]

That sounds cool well so far ive gotten one in out of the three. Those little things are so small and fast and hard to catch with a net.

I am googling now and its kinda open ended saying just to keep them in a seperate tank. I was just wondering if anyone has ever bred them and has any tips.

 

[OohFeeshy]

I know that once a pair mates, they are unlikely to breed with other danios. And the tank furnishings are best with feathery leaved plants and marbles on the bottom. Would it work in a 3g with just one pair? And what temp is best?

The Wolf will know, he's the danio expert

 

[MegTheFish]

I had 9 danios in a 5.5 gallon (yes, I know, talk about overstocked!!!) and I would find little tiny babies almost everytime I did a gravel vacuum. Did nothing special. Never kept any of them, though, because I didn't have any live food.

 

[The-Wolf]

here we go, all you need to know
http/www.danios.0catch.com/danio/SexingBreeding.html

 

[MegTheFish]

So you don't need to feed the newborn fry live food?
I might try this now...I have Wardley's Small Fry Liquid food for all baby fish...hmm...I don't have an empty tank at the moment but I could find one.

 

[The-Wolf]

no you don't need live food
If you don't have a small tank a bucket will suffice for raising the fry, providing you have a heater of course.
oh, and it needs to be covered as they start jumping at around a week old.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Well, I decided to do it sooner rather than later. I evicted one of the bettas (the white VT, he seems most timid and goes with the tank ), cleared out all the decor, bunged a lot of rocks on the bottom with plenty of gaps in and a few bits of cabomba, added a heater, and got a female zebra and (I hope) a male leopard. And I almost suffocated several in the process- why the hell won't they come out of the jar (I was using it for holding them while they were transferred to different tanks, there were 3 in the 15g, the other female leopard went back into the main tank with her other danio buddies) until there is no water left? Well, I'll update later, I'll also be feeding on brine shrimp. The babies (if I get any) will be getting decapsulated brine shrimp eggs because I've got a bottle lying around and Pets At Home don't sell Liquifry for some reason.

 

[The-Wolf]

I doubt they will take brine shrimp untill they are 4 weeks old, you need to get some infusoria or make your own (search the forums, I'm sure I've seen a topic about home made infusoria made form potaotes or egg yolk)
Good luck Fishy.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Are they that small? Pffft. I'll google the home made stuff then. In the meantime, I'll hone my net skills in case the leopard is female, theres a skinny leopard in the 20 who I'm almost positive is male but couln't be bothered to catch (it was hard enough in the 15.....). They had some leopardxzebra at the lfs, so cute

EDIT- found something. Here we are, I'll post it here in case anyone else wants to make any.

Infusion Recipes: Standard recipes involve boiling hay or grass in water and using the cooled “tea.” One rabbit food pellet per jar is about the same thing. Other infusoria growers blenderize lettuce leaves. Some just grab a handful of aquarium plants and squeeze the juice (and infusoria) from them. In other words, you can invent your own formula.



At times like this it's very handy to have a bunny

 

[Erised]

Or you could just hard boil an egg, let it cool down completely, take out the egg yolk and put it in a bag. Squeeze it up into tiny bits and dissolve some (just a tiny tiny bit) in water, done! The left over egg yolk can just be frozen and kept for the next feeding.

Sounds easier to me Plus, I've heard of others using this before (on danios as well as bettas) and I've used it successfully myself. Never ever heard of the method of feeding you described though.

 

[OohFeeshy]

This is just as easy, if not easier. Grab a bit of hay, boil it, fill some jars with the liquid and bobs your uncle.

 

[Irishlax627]

Thank you wolf for the link. All I can do know is sit and wait for them to do their thing.