Unwanted Breeding? (new Tank)

[Sharpie]

I'm setting up a tank when I get back to college from winter brake. I've been doing a lot of research on the fish I'm getting, mostly out of boredom. The tanks 10g (38L) going to have.
5-Glow danios
5-neon tetra
2or3-Cherry shrimp
and "maybe" some other kind of bottom feeder.

The reason I'm posting this is because some of the articles I was reading were saying that these fish pretty much breed on there own. In the last tank I had I had a small shark that I guess had taken care of the baby's because I never had any. I'm concerned that in a year or so I'm going to have way more fish that I wanted. I don't particularly want to get a bigger tank or add a more aggressive fish. So were these articles just trying to sell the fish as being easy to breed or will I have a problem. Guess I could sell them back to the fish shop if so. Any comments about this or my new tank in general would be appreciated.

 

[WILDER]

Cory are good bottom feeders, I have panda corys and they are adorable and fun to watch.
Will you being doing a fishless cycle.
What is your tap ph at colledge.

 

[Sharpie]

Cory are good bottom feeders, I have panda corys and they are adorable and fun to watch.
Will you being doing a fishless cycle.
What is your tap ph at colledge.

Yes I need to do a fishless cycle to have the shrimp and my roommate had a big problem with his red belly tank because He didn't do it. The tap water here is complete crap I wouldn't even consider using it. I'm going to look into getting a big jug of filtered watter. Thanks I'll look into the corys as long as they don't bother the shrimp and the dainos I might get one.

 

[WILDER]

Cory need to be in a group of no less than three, but if you really want the strimps I wouldn't bother with the corys as it a small tank and might have some trouble.
You need a certain ph to breed neon tetra not sure on the danio never kept them.
Tap water fine as long as you declorinate it, and climatise the fish properly.

 

[Sharpie]

Cory need to be in a group of no less than three, but if you really want the strimps I wouldn't bother with the corys as it a small tank and might have some trouble.
You need a certain ph to breed neon tetra not sure on the danio never kept them.
Tap water fine as long as you declorinate it, and climatise the fish properly.

Thanks but I don't trust the water here. I live in a big city and the water already smells like fish. If I'm not willing to drink it I'm not putting it in the tank with 50 bucks worth of fish.

 

[WILDER]

Ok thats fine.
I would start a thread then on your water you will get plenty of helpful advice.

 

[dthoffsett]

I'm setting up a tank when I get back to college from winter brake. I've been doing a lot of research on the fish I'm getting, mostly out of boredom. The tanks 10g (38L) going to have.
5-Glow danios
5-neon tetra
2or3-Cherry shrimp
and "maybe" some other kind of bottom feeder.

The reason I'm posting this is because some of the articles I was reading were saying that these fish pretty much breed on there own. In the last tank I had I had a small shark that I guess had taken care of the baby's because I never had any. I'm concerned that in a year or so I'm going to have way more fish that I wanted. I don't particularly want to get a bigger tank or add a more aggressive fish. So were these articles just trying to sell the fish as being easy to breed or will I have a problem. Guess I could sell them back to the fish shop if so. Any comments about this or my new tank in general would be appreciated.

Both danios and neons are substrate spawners meaning they scatter their eggs along the bottom. Adults of both breeds (and the shrimp or cories) will eat the eggs. So, unless you are removing the adults after spawning, you have a very small likelyhood of being overpopulated by fry. They are both fairly easy species to spawn, so can be labeled easy breeders.

Instead of buying jugs of filtered water, you might consider geting a Pur or Brita water filter pitcher. They're great, I use a PUR on my tap water, and it would be cheaper in the long run than having to buy water.

[URL="http/www.amazon.com/dp/B0006MQCA4/?tag=ff0d01-20"]http/www.amazon.com/Pur-Stage-Water-Disp...7441&sr=8-3[/URL]

or

[URL="http/www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AP7NV/?tag=ff0d01-20"]http/www.amazon.com/Brita-42629-Slim-Pit...7568&sr=8-1[/URL]

 

[Sharpie]

I'm setting up a tank when I get back to college from winter brake. I've been doing a lot of research on the fish I'm getting, mostly out of boredom. The tanks 10g (38L) going to have.
5-Glow danios
5-neon tetra
2or3-Cherry shrimp
and "maybe" some other kind of bottom feeder.

The reason I'm posting this is because some of the articles I was reading were saying that these fish pretty much breed on there own. In the last tank I had I had a small shark that I guess had taken care of the baby's because I never had any. I'm concerned that in a year or so I'm going to have way more fish that I wanted. I don't particularly want to get a bigger tank or add a more aggressive fish. So were these articles just trying to sell the fish as being easy to breed or will I have a problem. Guess I could sell them back to the fish shop if so. Any comments about this or my new tank in general would be appreciated.

Both danios and neons are substrate spawners meaning they scatter their eggs along the bottom. Adults of both breeds (and the shrimp or cories) will eat the eggs. So, unless you are removing the adults after spawning, you have a very small likelyhood of being overpopulated by fry. They are both fairly easy species to spawn, so can be labeled easy breeders.

Instead of buying jugs of filtered water, you might consider geting a Pur or Brita water filter pitcher. They're great, I use a PUR on my tap water, and it would be cheaper in the long run than having to buy water.

<a href="http/www.amazon.com/Pur-Stage-Water-Dispenser-DS-1800Z/dp/B0006MQCA4/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1197087441&sr=8-3" target="_blank">http/www.amazon.com/Pur-Stage-Water-Disp...7441&sr=8-3</a>

or

<a href="http/www.amazon.com/Brita-42629-Slim-Pitcher/dp/B0000AP7NV/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1197087568&sr=8-1" target="_blank">http/www.amazon.com/Brita-42629-Slim-Pit...7568&sr=8-1</a>

Sounds good I'll look into it.

 

[helterskelter]

5-Glow danios
5-neon tetra
2or3-Cherry shrimp

Neon's will not breed unless you work at breeding them, light kills the eggs.
Glow danio's can breed but you not going to breed them again unless you work at them, they need large water changes and loads of food to condition them.

If you dont want to breed fish then avoide livebearers and cichlids as these will breed almost anywhere (cichlids is a general thing i know a lot are difficualt befor anyone says anything i talking to easy new worlds etc!!)