Breeding tetras???

[blackwolfXKAV]

Has anyone had any experience or read anything about breeding tetras?
neons maybe? (but any type is ok)
i recall that they need low pH, and it helps to have this achieved by conditoning the water w/ peat moss, a spawning mop (they are egglayers) or plants like java fern, but i can remember the specifics?

Thnaks, B.W.

 

[WeeNe858]

tropical fish hobbyist volume LV Number 2 #607 whole section on spawning cardinals :]

 

[RoseFishWatcher]

There's some info on breeding tetras and similar fish here: (Click "the fish" on the left and it references breeding articles on the right).

http://www.petsforum.com/characin/carey/articles/index.html

 

[Kolmik]

Breeding tetras

Many many years ago my tetras just bred BECAUSE. I think it was due to having the municipal water coming from a gypsum/limestone aquifer.

 

[NinjaPirate]

It's not really worth it, and tetras are considered moderately hard to breed. Mostly you need to provide them with soft water, and lots of java moss for eggs/baby neons to hide in, because parents will immediately eat young.

Nobody does it domestically because they're imported on the cheap, but I've also had a few occasional cases of all the sudden I've got a baby glowlight that somehow reached maturity.