Easy To Breed, Non Violent, Egg Laying Fish?

[jdsworld8]

Hey guys, I have decided to have one ten gallon of neon dwarf rainbowfish and one ten gallon of white cloud minnows or zebra danios. Are white cloud minnows harder to breed than the danios or vice versa? Also would I have to separate the sexes for any of these three fish species? Are there any ways to coax these fish into breeding? And lastly, I heard that dwarf rainbows and white cloud minnows do not eat fry. Is this true?

 

[drobbyb]

Rainbows will eat their own fry and eggs, so you have to either move eggs into a hatching container/fry tank or remove the adults. I move the eggs giving me a chance to inspect and remove any fungused/infertile eggs.

 

[mystus]

Hey guys, I have decided to have one ten gallon of neon dwarf rainbowfish and one ten gallon of white cloud minnows or zebra danios. Are white cloud minnows harder to breed than the danios or vice versa? Also would I have to separate the sexes for any of these three fish species? Are there any ways to coax these fish into breeding? And lastly, I heard that dwarf rainbows and white cloud minnows do not eat fry. Is this true?

As long as the white cloud adults are well fed they can live with they're young

 

[jdsworld8]

Rainbows will eat their own fry and eggs, so you have to either move eggs into a hatching container/fry tank or remove the adults. I move the eggs giving me a chance to inspect and remove any fungused/infertile eggs.

How long did it take you to breed your rainbows robby? What methods did you use?

 

[drobbyb]

Honestly I just fed them well and dropped a mop in their tank to collect the eggs. The fish did the rest all on their own. I just checked the mop for eggs and moved the mop to a hatching tank. Really, it's simple to breed rainbows.

 

[jdsworld8]

Honestly I just fed them well and dropped a mop in their tank to collect the eggs. The fish did the rest all on their own. I just checked the mop for eggs and moved the mop to a hatching tank. Really, it's simple to breed rainbows.

Thanks

I'm also thinking of setting up a second ten gallon breeding tank for a different species of fish. Any suggestions?

 

[drobbyb]

Now we venture into the world of blue eyes. They only get to around an inch and a half and have very entertaining displays.

These are P. Gertrudae in this video found here.

For other species check out this web site found here.

These fish, only being an inch and a half long, can be kept in small aquaria.

 

[Inchworm]

I'm also thinking of setting up a second ten gallon breeding tank for a different species of fish. Any suggestions?

Hi jdsworld8

If you would like to try breeding other kinds of fish beside barbs and tetras, and want to use a spawning mop so that you can easily retrieve the eggs, let me suggest a few others that might appeal to you.

Bristlenose plecos are easy to breed and their parents will not eat them. The father fans the large eggs in a cave until the fry hatch and have absorbed their yolk sacs. When they are ready to come out, they are independent and able to eat the same foods adults can. The older fish won't harm them but it's good to remove them from the fry tank just to keep the water quality high. These fish are very popular and usually easy to sell or rehome.

Corydoras are another good egg laying fish. C. aeneus (either bronze or albino) are good producers and place their eggs on the glass where they can be easily removed. C. panda will spawn on mops but I use metal thermometers instead.

 

[jdsworld8]

Now we venture into the world of blue eyes. They only get to around an inch and a half and have very entertaining displays.

These are P. Gertrudae in this video found here.

For other species check out this web site found here.

These fish, only being an inch and a half long, can be kept in small aquaria.

Unfortunately, my LFS's only have very common fish

 

[jdsworld8]

I'm also thinking of setting up a second ten gallon breeding tank for a different species of fish. Any suggestions?

Hi jdsworld8

If you would like to try breeding other kinds of fish beside barbs and tetras, and want to use a spawning mop so that you can easily retrieve the eggs, let me suggest a few others that might appeal to you.

Bristlenose plecos are easy to breed and their parents will not eat them. The father fans the large eggs in a cave until the fry hatch and have absorbed their yolk sacs. When they are ready to come out, they are independent and able to eat the same foods adults can. The older fish won't harm them but it's good to remove them from the fry tank just to keep the water quality high. These fish are very popular and usually easy to sell or rehome.

Corydoras are another good egg laying fish. C. aeneus (either bronze or albino) are good producers and place their eggs on the glass where they can be easily removed. C. panda will spawn on mops but I use metal thermometers instead.

Thanks, I will probably go with the bronze cories because my lfs has nothing.

 

[Inchworm]

Thanks, I will probably go with the bronze cories because my lfs has nothing.

IMHO, that's an excellent choice, jdsworld8. If you post in the Corydoras section we will help you along with them. Be sure to get a breeding group of 6 or so for the best success. It's best to have at least as many (if not more) males to females for the best fertility rate. Also, since corys are schooling fish they do best as a group. They do not pair up like some fish do.

This is a batch of eggs from just one mature wild caught bronze C.aeneus female: