How long douse it take to have zebra dainos ready to spawn again? (after they have spawned)?

Question

Today i was going to try to breed my zebra daino's because they were ready. last night the female was fat and now she is skinny. I think they spawned when my dad opened the blinds in my room this morning. I was still asleep so i don't know. Did they spawn and when will the do it again?

Answer 1

Sounds like they spawned for sure. Danios are big time egg eaters so without a proper set up no doubt all the eggs are gone by now. You an usually get them back into spawning condition in just a few weeks. Feed plenty of flake food, but swap it off with frozen and freezedried foods as well. and they will condition quite quickly.

The next time you breed them, you need to set up a special tank. Search around on the web for design ideas, but basically set up a tank a heater and filter, nothing else. Move the males into this tank for a week or so. Clean the trash from the bottom of the tank carefully and add 2-3 layers of marbles. Then lower the water level to about 2" above the marbles and add the females. They will spawn in a matter of a hour or two if they are going to at all. If they don't, go back to step one with them seperate for another week.

Plans to treat the eggs with a fungus medicine right away as the unfertilized eggs will fungus within a day and it can spread to the viable eggs and kill them. You shoudl remove all the adults as soon as breeding is completed and remove the marbles the next day. If you see fuzzy eggs, take them out using a piece of airline tubing as a syphon as those will be the fungused eggs. The babies do well on baby brine shrimp as soon as they are free swimming.