Anyone breed Melanotaenia maccullochi aka dwarf rainbow fish?

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Slippery K

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Has anyone on here sucessfuly bread dwarf rainbow fish? My girlfrends mother wants to get rid of her aquarium and has a small handful of these guys - 5 max. I heard they were very easy to breed and dont require a vary large aquarium to do it in. Iv read about there breeding process here http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/melanotaenia-maccullochi/ but would like to hear of anyones expirences with these fish. I plan on useing them as a live treat to the larger fish if I can manage to raise the fry (my biggest worry)

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Fry are very tiny and take forever to grow to a size where they could be used as feeders.

I'm ok with that. I have plenty of time plus extra tanks. My real concern is food for the fry.

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Awesome. That's very helpful. Thanks a lot man. Have you personally bread these fish before?

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