Feeding fish

[Back in the fold]

I have never done this, by which I mean that I have never done anything to push fish into spawning. They just do. Most of the eggs are eaten but a few do survive and I have or have had fry (now mature or maturing) from several cory species, pencilfish, tetras, barbs, Farlowella, and so on. The really difficult spawners like my hatchetfish have not spawned so far as I know, and providing some live food might induce this but again I am not aiming for that. I get enough fry as it is. Last October I took over 70 Diamond Tetras, all fry of fry, to a local store, along with Black Ruby Barbs, Farlowella, and over 40 Lemon Tetras. The tetras were each in their own species tanks which is why so many eggs did escape predation and hatch.

Okay, that's another point of view and I have had similar experience but never on such a successful scale as that. This is certainly a fascinating topic. Thank you gentlemen.