steve slack Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 hey guys was thinking of having a go at breeding one of the tetra species and was wondering if anyone could recommend a species that is not to hard to breed cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted April 23, 2005 Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Try these Steve Glowlights Silver tips Emperor tets Kerri or blue emperors Serpae tets, When you have done these ones Steve, give us a yell and we'll sort some more out for you. Alan 104 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve slack Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 ok i was thinking glowlights ill give it a go is all i need soft water and good food? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Rain water is best steve , thats water 10ppm or less, a 10ltr tank and spawning mops worked good for me 200 + fry . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 10 litre? that's small. Lemon tetras are also easy to breed, rummy noses I have found easy too. I'd start with glowlights though. Separate males and females, condition on live/frozen food for about 2 weeks, put female in spawning tank half hour before male, check in morning for eggs. Allow about 48 hrs to hatch. For a few days they'll feed off their egg sack then start feeding them infusoria, liquifry, baby brine shrimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 Yes Luke* it is small , but it's all they need. It all so keeps the food close to the frys mouths less swimming more eating . after about a month to 6 weeks the young fish should be about a cm long (mini glow lights )and ready to be transferd to a larger tank for growing out. I had a friend that breed neons in 5lt plastic cookie jars, it worked very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve slack Posted April 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 thanks guys i think il give the glowlights a go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Wow that's cool they'll breed in something so small, makes sense about the food/effort. Then again I did breed albino glowlights in a 3gal (10.8 litre) tank once, all the eggs fungused though. Goodluck with the glowlights Steve slack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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