Spawning Tips

[neon_platy]

Ok so now that I have my 6 corys in the 10 gallon and they have it to themselves, I want to start spawning since I have the 5 gallon that is still open too...just looking for tips since my other fish are livebearers, and when you throw in a male platy you just have to wait 5 secs for him to find a female before she is pregnant...anyway, I've heard you lower temperature and condition them on special food for like a week...i have frozen brine shrimp, and some other type of shrimp too...would that work? any other ideas I should no about?

Thanks!

Brian

 

[love_fish]

I would condition them for a week on frozen blooworms. Then after a week, turn off the heater for one night and see if there are some eggs in the morning.

 

[neon_platy]

cool thanks!

 

[allaboutthefish]

I read somewere that by adding some ice cubes that simulates rain water and is surposed to spark them into sporning, i have never tryed this myself but maybe it will work. I don't know how many cubes to add it's just something i read on the net and in a book once.

 

[love_fish]

You could also do a water change with cooler water over like a time period of 2 hours, ive heard that works too.