Reply To: Paul Dixon and Pete Liptrot
Ha ha i know the feeling well, my wife is non to pleased about all my tanks.. I wont tell her i getting 4 more small ones for breeding. With a bit of luck i will be moving them into a purpose built fishroom soon so they are all together.
I dont think seperating them makes them anymore likely to breed but there is the chance of them breeding in the community and eating all the eggs. I use a tiny 10 litre tank for spawning small fish like these (16x8x8) bare with only a small amount of moss or woolen mops for the eggs to be layed on. You can either watch them spawn and remove them or use a plastic grid on the bottom so the eggs fall through. That way if you miss the spawning you still save the maximum number of eggs.