Breeding Tiger barb

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla wrote:
"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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swarvegorilla wrote:


I'd chase up info on that species and try apply it to the tiger barb.
Think of barbs as rainbow fish in that it is VERY rare for fry to
survive being in the same tank as adults.
No that doesn't include 'blue eyes' but then they are not really
rainbows
I recon a good bit of egg mop work and a seperate tank (filled with
water from the parent tank) to hatch out eggs on the mops will be the go

My experience has been slightly different....my blue eyes never bred
successfully.....but I do have a 1" Boesman Rainbow Juv in one of my
tanks.....not with his parents to be fair but with another trio of
Boesmans before I even realised he was there....he travelled across tanks
in some Java Moss....so a bit of a fluke.....the tank he went to just
contained the Boesmans and some tetras IRRC at the time and was
130g....so it is possible.....

Sorry for the hijack - it was just this comment by Swarvgorilla caught my
attention

Gill





I breed blue eyes by the thousand
tis the other rainbows I have trouble with
heh heh
What's the secret????....mine are now approaching one year plus in age and
I'm seeing a lot of deaths....from my research this is because they are
"annuals".....I'd like to get my remaining 4 breeding to establish some
ongoing stock or have I left it too late....

With the other Rainbows.....what I did, accidentally, was move Java Moss
into a tank with very few predators...it was pretty much a fluke....my
water is hard and the pH is high and the tank was over filtered for the
stocking levels (don't have the exact figures) but from what I've read
pretty much good conditions for rainbows....I guess if I wanted to try
again I would watch the shimmering and then grab out the Java Moss and
place it in a well filtered tank and wait to see what happens....my Reds
are buggers for eating anything that is small enough to get in their
mouths....I added some amano shrimps and the female red said "thanks for
the snack" - ouch....but that being said I still have a good platy fry
survival rate in the tank....maybe the Yoyos and the Plec go egg
hunting.....

Gill

Get a pond.
Establish with fluffy water plants
add 30 blue eyes
(NO OTHER FISH!!!!)
feed flake everyday
come back in a few months
should be thousands
:-)

Not really something I have a set plan for
I just play the numbers and rely on the fact they rarely target their young
compared to other rainbows.
well in my experience anyway.
I have had trouble with aggro males before in tanks
but other than that rotate egg mogs thru the breeding tank and into the
hatching fry tank.
they are always at it, just not always huge amounts.