Reply To: Paul Dixon and Pete Liptrot

At the moment I have 17 in a heavily planted 15G tank and I’m finding 1-3 fry every few days. So far up to 13 fry in the breeding net. I’ve set up my other 15 G with a single piece of bogwood covered in java moss. I am planning to try your suggestion and move one female into this tank, leave her for a couple of days to fatten up on live foods. Then I’ll try adding a male overnight and see what happens, hopefully, as soon as they’ve spawned, I’ll remove the adults back into the planted tank and fingers crossed there will be loads of fry.
I’ll be moving this summer and the cpd’s will all be moving into a 4 ft tank. Do you think I should try dividing it and having the females one side and the males on the other? That way I could use the 15G they are in now to pair fish off (ie breeding only tank, bare bottom with just java moss) and the other 15 G as a fry tank.
I think my husband will kill me if I set up all 3 tanks when we move, He’s hoping I’ll reduce the number of tanks I’ve got rather than increase them!
K