Am I doing this right?
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I have put 2 female and 1 male into my 5 gallon breeding tank …
with some moss and a sponge filter.
They have been in there for more than 2 weeks. This week i plan to move them out on friday and see…
but the problem i have is that If I put them back into the main tank, they will be lost forever..
The rest of the CPD are in the 20 planted tank …getting them out would impossible due to the massive dense cover of water sprite….
so … what do you guys think? i haven’t seen anything for 2 weeks…
I would imagine they are eating all the eggs and/or fry and that’s why you haven’t seen anything.
When I run out of room for fry, I will often just leave the breeders in a 5 gallon breeder set-up. I vary rarely see any fry as long as the adults are in the tank. When I’m ready for more fry, the adults go into a new breeder set-up and about 90% of the time the tank that wasn’t showing any fry will have fry in a week to 10 days after the adults are removed.
Most aquarium fish, if they are well taken care of, will spawn on a regular basis. The problem is that they eat the results… so many hobbyists are not aware that their fish are reproducing.
Best of luck with your breeding project!
Dennis
@BallAquatics wrote:
I would imagine they are eating all the eggs and/or fry and that’s why you haven’t seen anything.
When I run out of room for fry, I will often just leave the breeders in a 5 gallon breeder set-up. I vary rarely see any fry as long as the adults are in the tank. When I’m ready for more fry, the adults go into a new breeder set-up and about 90% of the time the tank that wasn’t showing any fry will have fry in a week to 10 days after the adults are removed.
Most aquarium fish, if they are well taken care of, will spawn on a regular basis. The problem is that they eat the results… so many hobbyists are not aware that their fish are reproducing.
Best of luck with your breeding project!
Dennis
Thanks for the help.
My first attemp was a failure due to leaving the parent in the tank of too long.
My second attempt was a success thanks to your tips.
I left the adult on one side of the tank for 4-5 days and there was alot of activities going on in it….I also added 1 male and 1 female which give me a total fo 3 male to 2 male to increase my chance.
After moving them to the other side, I saw two fry in the evening after 4 days.
Here a video of one:
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