How do they do it?

[Ryan75]

Everyone says Neon Tetras are one of the hardest fish to breed in captivity. How do wholesalers do it? All chain petstores/LFS are always stocked with them.

 

[reptileguy2727]

They are grown on farms and with massive containers of water so water quality is higher, they can feed foods to condition them for breeding, and with a temperature change can easily trigger a spawning event. Honestly I don't know exactly how they do it with some species. For many though it is a matter of putting a lot of them together, conditioning them for breeding, then simulating their natural breeding trigger (in many cases a shift from the dry season into the wet season).

 

[Ryan75]

Ic, it's crazy how they keep fish in big climate controlled rooms

 

[treldib]

2 words. Injectable hormones.

Old as dirt video but still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au2f5QzkuJ4

 

[Ryan75]

lol

 

[reptileguy2727]

I think hobbyist fish will have lower tech techniques, but very possible. I think most of the farms are outdoor in tropical areas (like Florida or South East Asia).

 

[Ryan75]

Yeah of course lol. I think the smaller techniques are much more neat. Just because they are pairing off maybe only 1 pair as to multiple pairs having babies with who knows what fish