I have been thinking about trying to breed some of the fish in my community tank for a while. The only fish that have successfully bred were my plecos, but they did that on their own and for some reason only bred 3-4 times over the course of a month and never did it again. I have neon tetras, cherry barbs, and 8 beckford pencilfish. I read that neon tetras cannot breed if they live in high ph (mine is 8), and I am not sure I want more cherry barbs.
I really like the Beckford pencilfish and they appear to be showing breeding behavior. Two large males are a very dark color- seems almost like jet black/blue. These males fight and do little displays with each other, and one appears to have claimed the right side of the tank in the jungle val.
What will I need to breed them? They seem pretty fat and happy. I feed flakes and frozen blood worms. I have a small ~1.5g plastic bin and an extra 10 gallon I can use for breeding. I was thinking of making the 10 gallon bare bottom with some moss, netting, and floating plants for cover, then moving a few females to this tank and conditioning them with bloodworms and then adding the males in after about a week. Will that work? I read I need to keep the water around 82 degrees and use ro water to lower the ph to around 7. To make them spawn do I add the males into the tank in the evening, then add cold ro water and wait till the morning to remove them? Are there any specific supplies I will need? I know I will need to feed the fry small food so will flakes ground into powder work?
I really like the Beckford pencilfish and they appear to be showing breeding behavior. Two large males are a very dark color- seems almost like jet black/blue. These males fight and do little displays with each other, and one appears to have claimed the right side of the tank in the jungle val.
What will I need to breed them? They seem pretty fat and happy. I feed flakes and frozen blood worms. I have a small ~1.5g plastic bin and an extra 10 gallon I can use for breeding. I was thinking of making the 10 gallon bare bottom with some moss, netting, and floating plants for cover, then moving a few females to this tank and conditioning them with bloodworms and then adding the males in after about a week. Will that work? I read I need to keep the water around 82 degrees and use ro water to lower the ph to around 7. To make them spawn do I add the males into the tank in the evening, then add cold ro water and wait till the morning to remove them? Are there any specific supplies I will need? I know I will need to feed the fry small food so will flakes ground into powder work?