neon tetra?

Question

I own a freshwater aquarium and I am trying to breed a neon tetra. How can you tell the difference from a male and a female neon tetra. It would also be great to throw in some tips on how to breed neon tetra.

Answer 1

The females are larger, less colorful and heavier bodied than the males. it's not really easy to tell a male or female in a tank by itself, but easy to pick out males and females from a large group.

As for breeding them, I'll give you a link to a great site for some tips:

http://www.qeok.com/fish/1929-fish-5.html

MM

Answer 2

The females have somewhat of a bent blue line and the males have a straighter blue line. The females are also deeper - bodied and plumper than males.

Here's a website on how to breed neon tetras:
http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/aquariumpets/breedingneons.html

~ZTM

Answer 3

Here is a great site that explains everything from sexing to breeding them
http://www.fishpondinfo.com/neon.htm#sex


Hope that helps
Good luck

EB