Liquidreel Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Has anybody ever breed these before? I want to breed a small fish in a 16 gallon but I’m not super hyped on live bearers (sorry Cory). And do people think they would be okay with some cherries? I included my tank! And will remove the Betta before adding these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenage fish Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I know that adding floating plants such as hornwort will help with breeding because the fish will lay their eggs in these. Also, a spawning mop works too. I don’t know what water parameters and what feeding is required for breeding, but I do know that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_Bone Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Super funny you’re posting about these guys now! I have 6 of them I ordered to my LFS that came in today and will be ready to take home Friday. I’m a little concerned though because they are tiny little guys (.5”-1” max) and I was expecting them to be much larger (the size of the other pseudomugils they stock). They’ll be going in a pretty heavily planted 20 gallon with a few guppies. I have had an awesome experience with my red dwarf Lilly bulb from aquarium co-op if you’re looking for an easy plant that gives surface cover. I have to remove 1-2 pads per week if not more to allow light to reach the rest of my plants! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 14 hours ago, Liquidreel said: And do people think they would be okay with some cherries? If by cherries you mean shrimp, yes. If you mean barbs, then no. They are little, but beautiful. My spotted blue eyes spawned often, but no fry because I never worked hard enough to get rid of the snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidreel Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 20 minutes ago, Brandy said: If by cherries you mean shrimp, yes. If you mean barbs, then no. They are little, but beautiful. My spotted blue eyes spawned often, but no fry because I never worked hard enough to get rid of the snails. Yup I meant shrimp! Thank you for the Info! I’m hoping to breed some for fun but also wanted to breed cherry shrimp too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
test.tin Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 I'm also planning to breed these in the future too, so ill share some of the things I've gathered from researching. I haven't put any of these into practice yet and will be my first time trying breeding too, so definitely take it with a grain of salt. -Colony breeding is possible but could have less yield. Definitely want lots of cover so they don't eat eggs. I would recommend you getting more plants, floating plants, dense amount of moss, etc. -Higher temperature will speed up eggs hatching, faster egg hatching means the fry are bigger and stronger. Temp should be minimum 80F or higher. Faster egg hatch time is anywhere from 10-20 days. -If your water is at a high temp and it takes more than 20 days for them to hatch, sometimes the chemicals in water conditioners can cause the eggs to take longer. Try using aged water or other methods to get rid of chlorine and chloramine. -Have small food ready, I've read conflicting info about the fry being too small for baby brine shrimp. My plan is to have sera micron and ocean nutrition's instant baby brine ready. I only have 2 nano tanks, so hatching baby brine isn't worth it to me. Currently power feeding the adults the instant baby brine so I can differentiate the males and females. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 On 12/2/2020 at 3:03 PM, Liquidreel said: Yup I meant shrimp! Thank you for the Info! I’m hoping to breed some for fun but also wanted to breed cherry shrimp too. I was going to ask something similar. will they hunt down baby/juvenile shrimp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquidreel Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share Posted April 13, 2021 7 hours ago, quirkylemon103 said: I was going to ask something similar. will they hunt down baby/juvenile shrimp? I have had no problem with my baby shrimp. The rainbows are mainly surface dwellers so they rarely interact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikrogeophagus Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 I have bred P. gertrudae, and I am currently breeding P. luminatus. It sounds like you want to colony breed based on your original post. I definitely agree with @Brandy in regard to cherry shrimp compatibility. I do not keep shrimp currently, but there is a tour of LRBAquatics fishroom where he mentions observing Neocaridina shrimp clean rainbowfish eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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