Breeding Glowlights

[Colonel Mustard]

Has anyon ever been able to breed glowlight tetras in an aquairum before.

it is something I really want to do.

What are the techiniques? (in theory anyway)

Thanks
Colonel Mustard

 

[Lateral Line]

Glowlights are one of the easier tetras to breed. Usual stuff, keep the males and females seperate for a couple of weeks to let the females fill with eggs. Feed high quality food and keep the water conditions suitable and in top form. Set up the breeding tank with excellent water, a few clumps of spawning plants etc. Put the female in during the day to get used to things. Just before lights out put the male in, cover the tank if it is still light. Rarely fail to spawn at first light - take the parents out as soon as spawning is finished, fry typically hatch after 24 hours, start feeding with Liquifry or infusoria when free swimming, about 6 days. Feed well, BBS as soon as they will take it, keep the water stats as near to perfect as possible.