Breeding Advice

rararuku

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I am a "newbie" here and so I am not sure if this is the right place to post. Nevertheless, I would like some advice on what species of fish is easiest to breed.
I currently have prolific guppies in one tank, 100+ fry in a nursury tank, a large community tank with fire belly frogs and newts, also Zebra Danios, White Clouds, Harlequin Rasboras, and a few more guppies from a previous brood. I also have a blue betta.
I am setting up yet another tank to raise the guppy fry in seeing as they are in a flower vase with an airstone right now. But once the guppies have outgrown this 10 g tank, I want to try my hand at some egglayers. I have heard bettas are fun but I am not sure a female could live in my community tank. None of danios look egg bound. So what I am leaning towards are the white clouds. Some of the females are gigantic. Is this wise? Thanks for any advice! (I also love gouramis and would love an excuse to get some!)
NOTE: My danios may be eggbound, maybe I just don't know what to look for :D

Edit:
Sorry, I forgot I also have two silver-tip tetras, an algae eater, a cory, and a pleco in the guppy tank.
 
From experience, try and get quite a heavily planted part of the aquarium, with lots of leaves. Feed them live food or frozen good quality food for a few days and keep changing the water, it only has to be a little bit, i changed maybe 2 litres in a 10 gallon aquarium once every two days, and replaced it with colder water than they were in.

If you notice two swimming up and down the glass they're ready to spawn :) the male will lead the female to a leafy spot and she will release eggs. You won't be able to spot them however as the females scatter the eggs rather than stick them all in a large bunch. In about a week look on the glass for tiny tiny little things clinging to the glass (the fry). They don't really need feeding at this stage, but when you see them free swimming (If you do..they are that small!) Feed them then. I managed to rear a few on crushed flakes dissolved in water and brine shrimp eggs, but liquifry would have been beter i reckon.
 

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