White Cloud Minnows
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They are a little harder to breed than Zebra Danios. All you need to do is get a sponge filter, put all marbles on the bottom, get lots of White Minnows. Just remove the parents to a different tank when the eggs are laid but they should be safe for a while.
So, how big of a tank will I need?
And it has to be marbles? Can't it be gravel?
Any other factors needed to induce breeding? (IE Diet, making it seem like the rainy season, etc.)
And it has to be marbles? Can't it be gravel?
Any other factors needed to induce breeding? (IE Diet, making it seem like the rainy season, etc.)
Breeding:
When they are ready to spawn, males will display to females and, if the female is receptive to their advances, the males will lead them to an aquatic thicket where the eggs will be deposited. The fry will hatch within two days and can be dealt with in one of two manners: the first being that they receive no special care, and some fry will survive and thrive while most do not, and the second being that they are actually raised by the keeper. In that case, the fry should receive liquid fry food for about a week and then microcapsules or Artemia ssp. brine shrimp soon after.
Sexing:
When they are ready to spawn, males will display to females and, if the female is receptive to their advances, the males will lead them to an aquatic thicket where the eggs will be deposited. The fry will hatch within two days and can be dealt with in one of two manners: the first being that they receive no special care, and some fry will survive and thrive while most do not, and the second being that they are actually raised by the keeper. In that case, the fry should receive liquid fry food for about a week and then microcapsules or Artemia ssp. brine shrimp soon after.
Sexing:
Like most Cyprinids, male White Clouds are thinner and have more intense coloration. They will often be the fish displaying to one another in a White Cloud species tank.
Diet:Brine Shrimp, Bloodworms, Whiteworms, etc (almost anything like other small fish use to eat while breeding.)
Water Temperature:
42 to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (5-27 degrees Celsius).
Water Chemistry:They generally prefer softer water, but have been bred enough that they may be acclimated to moderate to hard water.
pH:6-7 is ideal, but they can be acclimated to water outside this range.
Cichlaholics Anonymous;2429018; said:
That must be pretty low. My heater went out and the water got 53F and all my fish survived.
I got a problem now hearing this.
I live in tropical Philippines.
Would I need a chiller to breed these or would just keeping them in the shade be fine?
I live in tropical Philippines.
Would I need a chiller to breed these or would just keeping them in the shade be fine?