Spink Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Hi Guys! I have a few different danio's in my community tank, and i was wondering what the chances are of them cross breeding? I have 2 long finned leopards, 3 pearl, 1 albino zebra, and 1 other albino (which I expect will kark it - I had two, but the seem sad and won't gain weight) I think I have witnessed spawning behavior with the pearl's, but the albino zebra seems full of eggs, and I wondered if any male I might have would be able to fertilize the eggs I'm not ready to breed them yet - waiting for the club meeting where we will discuss breeding tank set ups - but just wondered what was possible with the group I have. Any advise greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 what else have you got in the tank ? cory's or bristlenose will eat any eggs that are scattered as will most other community fish. The chance of a danio egg surviving to adult is very very slim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spink Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 It's a completely mixed community tank - danios, tetras, female Siamese fighting fish, checkered barbs, peppered and similis cories, pygmy cories, gobies, honey gouramis, loaches,etc. I have a feeling the pearls have spawned in the tank previously, but any eggs scattered would have been relished by the other fish. Once the breeding tank is set up, I just wondered if you can cross a leopard and a pearl, a pearl and a zebra etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billaney Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 the answer to that is No , i doubt its possible but even if its possible you should NOT TRY , keep the species we have as clean as we can or we will end up with no true species only hybrids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spink Posted August 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Don't worry Paul, it's not something I really want to do, I'm just not sure if I have both male and female danios, so didn't know if any eggs that were produced would end up fertile. I thought perhaps if I had all female pearl danios, would the eggs be fertile if I had a male leopard etc. My long term hope is I have a breeding trio of pearls that I can breed when the new tank is set up and ready for them. I agree, I don't want mutant fish that may end up weak and die quickly, I think that's what my other albino ones are :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 the answer to that is No , i doubt its possible but even if its possible you should NOT TRY , keep the species we have as clean as we can or we will end up with no true species only hybrids Im pretty sure i read on the net that leopards and zebras will breed with pearls but all offspring will be Sterile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I have crossed leopards with zebras, not trying to. Zebra jumped accross to breeding tank. The result was basically a zebra with the blue lines lighter at the bottom and spots on the bottom half. Not very bright. About 100 were put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 I have crossed leopards with zebras, not trying to. Zebra jumped accross to breeding tank. The result was basically a zebra with the blue lines lighter at the bottom and spots on the bottom half. Not very bright. About 100 were put down. Zebras and leopards are the same species.. Just natural varients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheesejawa Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Zebras and leopards are the same species.. Just natural varients. Not natural I think but I agree that they are the same species. I have heard that crossing long fin danios with short fin ones will produce sterile offspring but I may be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 16, 2008 Report Share Posted August 16, 2008 Long fin and short fin cross arent sterile, and leopards are a natural varient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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