Can you breed rosy barbs in the Display

[nfored]

I have 3 males and 2 female rosy barbs in my 55 Gallon, I am not looking to get into breeding, or setting up a breeding tank. I just woundered if I had even the slightest chance of getting maybe 1 or 2 fry to make it?

Heres the tank

 

[Bethany]

at an lfs near me, they had a few breed in a small display tank

 

[Bethany]

and the fish were so ridiculously fat, like those balloon mollies with their big pregnant bellies

 

[Pyramid_Party]

I dont know if any would survive with those rainbow sharks, that I think I see. If you do manage to notice babies, remove them so they can get a little bigger and survive possibly.

 

[Alistriwen]

It's unlikely but not impossible. I've never had any rosy barb fry grow out in a display tank. I've always had to do a breeding setup for them.

 

[mach_six]

Here's a good site about them breeding. As long as you provide hiding spaces for those fishes just keep the other fishes well fed.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/rosy2.htm

 

[Titania]

I've had several fry show up. I have lots of floating plants in the tank. Tank inhabitants are rosy barbs and a bunch of hungry angelfish. The Einstein rosy barb fry survived just fine and are now spawning, too.

 

[nfored]

Well I setup a 10 gallon last night, But I had to put it on hold, my newest setup dual in-wall 20's; just got an ammonia spike. I think it was from a driftwood I found.