breeding neon tetras?

Question

how do you breed neon tetras and how long dose it take for them to lay their eggs

Answer 1

To breed Neon Tetras I suggest you use a separate breeding tank with soft water at a temperature of about 76 degrees and a pH between 5 and 6. Used subdued lighting which can be done with floating plants. Keep water conditions optimal and you should see your breeding pair (females have a more rounded body than the males) spawn laying sometimes over 100 eggs. Make sure to remove the adults after spawning and let the eggs stay in the darkened tank to prevent fungus growth. The fry should hatch in about 1 day and be free swimming in about 5 days. Feed infusoria and baby brine shrimp to the fry.

No need to boil any water or use rain water. Don't worry about substrate either, you may actually want to find some kind of Perlon mat for the famale to lay her eggs on. What Perlon is I am not sure. That is another question to ask here at Yahoo Answers.

You can check my source, I have never bred Neon Tetras but I got my answer right out of my copy of this Aquarium Atlas.

Answer 2

Breeding neons isn't all that hard actually. The tough part is raising the fry! They will lay the eggs in just a matter of about an hour, all of the females and males will spawn together at the same time.

Here's a pretty good page about how to handle breeding them

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/neon.htm

Oh, and Perlon is the name of a company that makes monofilament materials. They make among other things a fiber mat material much like the big blue and white air filters for a central air conditioner.

Hope that helps

MM

Answer 3

Neon tetras are the most popular and most beautiful fish in the United States. They deserve specail treatment in the community tank. But breeding them aren't easy. Thus is why they aren't commercaily bred in the U.S. I'll go step by step on how to breed neon tetras.
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equipment needed.
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10 gallon aqaurium
baby neon food;live brine
rain water (if possible)
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Requirements
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water at 75 to 78°f for spawning
7.0 ph level
still water before spawning
no gravel; expecially sand
no snails, for they eat eggs
foilage (meaning plants)
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The breeding tank should be clean of everyhing except a single foliage (plant). Some aquarist think it's ok to keep snails in the breeding tank. This is not true. Snails are scavenders. They eat eggs. Before putting the parents in the breeding tank, the water should be stertilized by boiling for twenty minutes. This will kill any bacteria in the water (stertilizes). The pH should be as close as you can get to 7.0. The water temputer should be 75-78°f for the spawing. Rain water would be the best for this is you can gather it. Once you choose the male and female put the into the breeding tank. Female being round in comparison to the slim male. Refer to Fish Facts for help. 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 invisable. 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 yank to prevent this. Have plenty of brine shrimp ready for the offspring will hatch the next day or in 36 hours.

Answer 4

they will breed on there own
but
make sure you put a small glass cup, vase, bowl, etc. so the female can lay the eggs and so they grow up with out being bothered by the adults

Answer 5

Just a BTW for the guy who suggested a Perlon mat.

Perlon is monofilament leader used in saltwater fishing, not something fish lay their eggs on.

Answer 6

Nope. They're a different species. The coloring being similar is just coincidental.

Answer 7

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