I'm currently trying to breed a pair of my Cherry Barbs. The female's belly is pretty big and I have both the male and female in a 10G tank right now that has some plants and co2 going.
Will this co2 be an issue for the fry?
Today is the second day they have been together and the male has been chasing the female all day. She has been letting him get on the side of her to fertilize her eggs; or at least that is what I think is happening??
I haven't been able to see any eggs be released and her belly doesn't seem to appear smaller so I'm not sure how long this process takes. Will her belly become noticeable smaller when she has released all of her eggs?
When should I pull them out of the tank to protect the eggs that have been released?
IF you have experience with breeding cherry barbs or other fish, I would like to hear from you. I'm excited and I hope I start to see some fry soon. Thanks for any help and if you have any pointers I would love to here it.
I've raised a colony, kept the babes, and now they are breeding. I have 16 from 1/4 size to young adults that are breeding.
They are in my 40. I have a large clump of Subwassertang 5x8" that they spawn in. I get maybe 2-3 babies survive each spawn. Which is fine as I do nothing special to save them. My tank is well aged and there's enough bio -film and micro food available. I also have a sponge over the return. t protects again fry being sucked into the filter.
I "old school" method was put a conditioned / gravid female(s) in a tank full of marbles. When they were full of eggs add the male and raise the temps from 75 to 80. After they spawn the adults are removed and the eggs that fell between the marbles (saved from being eaten) are left in the breeding tank to develop.
I try to keep a ratio of 1 male to 2-3 females.
At this point, I also should remove my males and replace them with new males to infuse fresh DNA into the colony.
Thanks for the response, I have heard about the marbles before, it seems like a good idea. to save the eggs. My Cherry barbs would swim through some of my plants and that is when the male would get on the side of the female. Would they do this if there wasn't any plants to swim through?
Is this when they are fertilizing the eggs? I just wan to be clear.
In a tank with marbles on the bottom, would you keep some sort of plants for the parents to swim through and do this?
I was thinking about putting a ten gallon together with some sort of carpeting plant like hair grass to protect the eggs. I'm not sure how good this would be. Maybe use a carpet of some sort of moss on the floor.
How often did you have spawns? and how many Cherry barbs do yo have?
For your breeding tank you could you could cut Lighting "egg crate" to fit the inside of your tank. Cut a few smaller pc to make "legs" to get it off the bottom at least 1/2". Get some Java Moss and place it under the grid so it will grow through the grid. Also get some Guppy Grass/Naja Grass and do the same thing with it, only make 3-4 group planting. Then add a heater & sponge filter.
Use water from your established tank.
You'll create an excellent egg layer spawning tank.
The grid will allow you to see any eggs/fry that fall through. It will also allow you to easily pull all plants if the need arises.
With a colony of 16, my girls are spawning on a regular basis. I find babys about once a month. I usually start seeing them at 1/4" size as the start getting bold and swim out from the Subwassertang. I also have Taiwan Moss on drift woos near the surface they hide and feed in. There are Daphnia living in my tank too. So, I'm sure that's another food source.
I thought about the egg crate before, it seems like a good idea. I think I might try to do something like this. I also like the marble idea. Once the next $1 per gallon sale is going on at Petco I think I'm going to get a couple tanks for breeding.
In the tank I have right now, I can't tell if the female has laid any eggs from the other day or overnight. I have play sand so I can't tell if there is any eggs laying anywhere. I did stop the co2 and added an air stone to see how things go. I also can't tell if the female is smaller, it doesn't look like it, but sometimes It does; not sure. I'll see what happens over the next couple days.
They don't lay the eggs all at once; a few at a time so she'll look big all the time. You'll know when you actually see eggs popping out or you'll see a fry or two.
With the egg crate you need the Java Moss so the adults don't try to get through the crate. I've also seen marbles on egg crate used my people breeding Synodontis catfish.
I just did huge water change and some 'scape maintenance in my 40 this am.. I had the two more dominate males driving the girls around within 20min of the W/C. Tonight I notice the most gravid female looks slimmer.
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