Neon Tetra breeding log...

[Newbie Breeder]

Alright thanks..I'll stick with breeding my Betta's for now

 

[albertjavieraguilar]

yeah those are mayfly nymphs mostly vegetarian.

 

[xionglue]

Oh.. I might start raising tetras now too instead of guppies. This seems interesting :]

 

[royteo86]

oh time to do it here in singapore !

 

[Newbie Breeder]

Updates?

 

[plecostic]

Think your going to get rich selling Neon Tetras ? lol Why would LFS buy from you when they have their own breeders or do it themselves.

 

[Newbie Breeder]

Update?

 

[FishForLife]

u shouldnt hav strong lights flashed on the eggs. they will not do well if u do that

 

[Smertrios]

I have tried putting them all into a tank with mesh about 3" off the bottom and a layer of java moss but that didn't work out. Next I will be trying a bigger tank as the one I just tried was rather small for so many fish. Would not be surprised if they ate all the spawned eggs (assuming they spawned).

Its been suggested I use small groups of neons in a 10 gallon which is what I had the first time when it worked => May end up having to do it that way. I am buying some 2x4 material to build shelves so I can have more tanks but with my track record so far I dont have high hopes.

That said the first spawn I had 3 fry survive long enough to get their color. Watching them grow was interesting especially since I had them in a tank *full* of marbled crayfish =/ I don't know what I was thinking doing that. I put them in my neon tank a few days ago.

EDIT: lately time and lack of interest in this project has me doing other things but I have not given up.

 

[Smertrios]

Wood is here! Took a few days I guess some of it ended up on the wrong trailer when someone came to pick up wood and so they had to bring it back. Got a deal on a saw tho... $149 model instead of $99. I didn't design the shelf but based on its size and the wood used its going to be nice and strong and hold around 16 10 gallon tanks. The wire rack I was using held up pretty well considering the weight I had on it but was slowly bending =<