Has any 1 bred neon tetras here???Is it easy?

Question

i'm planing to get some in a couple of days is it easy?

Answer 1

They aren't hard to breed at all. Raising the fry can be a bit of a challenge if you aren't very well prepared.

Very soft water that is also slightly acidic is a must. As is a well aged, very mature tank. The adults should be well conditioned on live foods and allowed to be in top condition before breeding is attempted. A change to a tank with a lower water level, a few degrees cooler than you normally keep them and tons of fine leafed plants will encourage spawning. The eggs will be scattered through out the plants and the adults are avid egg eaters so they should be removed as soon as breeding activity has stopped. The eggs are prone to fungus infections so a fungus treatment should be used as a preventative measure.

After breeding, raise the tank temperature to 78-80 and allow the eggs to hatch in the tank they were spawned in. Be ready to feed the fry infusoria beginning on day 2. They will need such small food for at least a week and loads of it, so have several mature colonies available and a few fresh colonies started before the fry become free swimming.

After infusoria, the fry can eat microworms, vinegar eels and after a week more can graduate up to newly hatched brine shrimp. That food will carry them until they are about 2 months old and then can begin to take flake foods in addition to the live foods.

MM

Answer 2

The breeding tank should be clean of everyhing except a single foliage (plant). The tank should be a 10 gallon one and already cycled completely. The pH should be as close as you can get to 7.0. The water temperature should be 75-78°f for the spawing. Rain water would be the best for this if you can gather it. Once you choose the male and female put them into the breeding tank. Female being round in comparison to the slim male. Use a dim light or cover the aquarium with a sheet to dim the sun's light. If your lucky, they'll start breeding the next morning. The eggs are about the size of a grain of sand and practically invisible. This is why you can't have gravel or sand. The eggs fall at random and will be lost if fallen on any gravel. Once the spawning is over and the eggs are laid, the female should be removed first for she will eat them. The male will chase here around the tank to prevent this. Have plenty of brine shrimp ready for the offspring will hatch the next day or in 36 hours.

Answer 3

I have succesfully bred Black Widow Tetra, Black Neon Tetra, Neon Tetra, Cardinal Tetra and Glowlight Tetra. All these are easy to breed.

For Neon Tetra breeding provide a dark substrate in a well-planted aquarium, where the Neon will swim at all levels. Like all tetras, this fish prefers soft, acidic water , which will bring out its colors, though it will tolerate water of medium hardness. Feeding live foods will induce the onset of spawning. They are not difficult to breed, and follow the standard egg scattering procedure among plants.

Answer 4

http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/aquariumpets/breedingneons.html
fairly easy, i also found that once you've removed the parents raising the temp slightly 78/80 and adding a drop or two of methalene blue will stop any fungus spreading from infertile eggs to fertile ones.

another food for them is to place a bottle of water on a window sill put some lettuce in and then leave it for a few days, you will notice small critters jumping around in there after awhile rotifers siphon the water off through a tight gauze and drop the result in the tank of fry.

AJ

Answer 5

You need to have soft water The conditions have to be perfect, And the female should spawn, Not straight away obvously She has to be old anough first,

Some sites that may help you
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/neon.htm
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/aquariumpets/breedingneons.html

Answer 6

I have never bred them, but I have heard that they are quite hard to breed.


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Answer 7

yes

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