Breeding Green Barbs.

[vetra70]

I have one male and one female and I want to know how to breed them.

 

[eSUng15]

try increasing the temperature just a little..or feeding live foods would pretty much trigger spawning or w/e....u have to be kinda careful because the parents will eat the eggs...u can maybe get some spawning grass , but when after spawning, it's best to remove the parents and like isolate them...i unno if u have experienced this but u can get this fish called Bitterling who like basicly is like a sheild for the eggs and like defends them...

 

[Lateral Line]

Fisrt thing to note is that most barbs are better off kept in larger groups. How many depends on what "Green Barb" you have. There are a couple of quite different fish that get that common name.

If you have the "Green Barb" that is a dark Tiger Barb, you should really keep at least 6 of them. My breeding experience with them is in this thread.

If you have the original "Green Barb", Barbus semifasciolatus, this is a larger fish best kept in groups of at least 4 fish. They won't spawn until they are about 3"/75mm. The same procedure can be used, but they are even more fussy with water quality. The males develop a pinky/red colouration over the lower abdomen when they are ready to spawn - don't confuse that with blood spots which the fish show readily in poor conditions. The fry are small. If you have these, then I would consider you lucky! I haven't seen any for years - used to be common.