When Breeding Danios...

[Ben]

When breeding danios,
do you have to condition the female or male?
Or can i just put them with just normal feedings and nothing special?
I have a spare 20g, that im waiting for shell dweller cichlids, but that might be a while so want to do something exciting with it.
Its heated, cycled, 1 internal filter, 1 Sponge Filter connected to air pump,sand substrate(if i breed the Danios, i will add a layer of marbles and some fake breeding plants)
I was thinking about getting 5 Zebra danios and choosing the best 2 males and one female to spawn.
Ive done a fair bit of research but have not come up with anything that says you must get them in the mood.
So can i get some, get them used to my main tank,
and just spawn them with out doing anything special.
I was thinking of raising the temp and feeding on live and frozen foods.

But other then that, anything else?
Any advice/criticizim would be apreciated.

Thanks

DD

 

[Lateral Line]

As long as your water conditions are okay, Zebra Danios spawn almost continuously. To get a decent sized spawning, you will want to keep the sexes apart. If they are kept together, the females never really fill with eggs, so they only drop a few at a time. The better condition the breeders are in, (both sexes), the better spawning you will get.

 

[The-Wolf]

http/www.danios.odd-fish.net/DANIO/SexingBreeding.html

 

[Ben]

Thanks LL.
I will put the females into the breeding tank and males in the community.

Wolf-Yes i have read your website(it actually promted me to start breeding )
But i failed to see if it said i must condition the fish first. But other then that, you have helped me alot.

Many thanks,

DD

 

[The-Wolf]

They don't have to be conditioned.
If you feel this is what you want to do feed for
3 days consecutively with live foods, BBS, daphnia etc.

 

[Ben]

Thanks again Wolf,
I have run out of flake food so they'll be fed on worms anyway

I'll update as i go along.

DD