Breeding Danios

[Dixon1990]

I thought i would have a go at breeding some Danios. What is the smallest size tank you can use to breed them in?And What can you feed the fry?

[Caryl]

They need length to swim in so nothing shorter than 45cm (says she who has never bred them) Ask billaney, he is good at it.

Once they have eaten the egg sac they eat newly hatched brine shrimp I think

[mr pleco]

treat almost exactly the same as WCMM tank size app 2ft but can gp smller depending on breeding colony size (how many )

[sharronpaul]

When I've bred them in the past, I've done it in a two-footer with a layer of marbles in the bottom. I've left the parents in the tank for a couple of days then removed them, and soon after that I've seen the fry climbing up the glass sides of the tank. When they're free swimming I gave them decapsulated brine shrimp.

But yes, much the same as WCMM and just as rewarding. A real fun fish to breed and quick growing.

[wilson]

what kind of Danios are you trying to breed?

[Dixon1990]

Either Zebra or Leopard or both.

[Dixon1990]

Would this tank be alright for breeding them in?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=106712550

[markoshark]

Reason for sale is due to the death of the resident

What did it die of!?

[Dixon1990]

i dont know. I meant is this size tank alright for breeding in.

[Alan]

Yep, ideal, looks like the stones are big enough to act as recepters for the eggs too.

Make sure that you boil-up all the gravel before use.

Also sterilise the tank with a paste of salt and water.

Goodluck

[Dixon1990]

Cool, Just got a text from a friend, and he said he has a tank slightly bigger i can use to breed them in.

And One last question. How big do the fish need to be to breed? Mine are about an inch at the max.

And is the breeding method similar for tiger barbs or rasboras because i have some fat tiger barbs and some with really bright red noses and what looks to be a male and a female volcano rasbora.

[alanmin4304]

They will breed OK at that size. I used to seperate males and females and condition them up till the females are obviously fat with roe before spawning and you should get heaps of fry.

[Dixon1990]

Is the breeding method similar for tiger barbs or rasboras?Becuase i have some fat tigerbarbs at the moment and what looks to be a male and a female volcano rasbora.

[alanmin4304]

Tiger barbs will breed that way also.

[Dixon1990]

cool, would a 50cm x 25cm x25cm tank do for them too?

[alanmin4304]

I have bred both in an 18x9x9 inch tank (450x225x225mm). I used marbles in a bare tank. They are cheap at the $2 shop but my advice is to make sure the females are well conditioned and full of roe first. It is just as easy to rear 1000 fry as 100 but pays the power bill better.

[coelacanth]

marbles are more trouble than they're worth. I don't know why people keep recomending them. Go to Mitre 10 or somewhere like that and buy some whitebait mesh, cut a bit to fit the tank and thats your spawning grid. Its easy to take in and out, you can see the eggs and get to them easily if need be, the fish are easier to hook out after they've spawned, etc.

If only spawning a pair or trio (rather than a school) I just use a 30cm tank and float it in whatever larger tank is handy to keep it warm. Much easier and saves on room.

[Devon]

yes i also used this method. I used mosquito netting tho. fattened up the females then pulled the net upwards so they had the whole length of the tank to swim in but only 10cm of space downwards.

[stimpy29]

i have just spawned some zebra danios , my tank is about 15 L .i then put one of those net breeders in the tank and filled it with spawning mops , i dropped the water level so that the the fish had about 1cm of water to swim in(above the level of the mops) . i pulled the adults out after 2 days and had a heap of eggs , and now i have about 50 fry swimming about. im just feeding them on powdered fry food til they are big enough for microworms