Well my first attempt to breed any fish, in this case glowlights, was a success. I transfered them from the 45 to a 10 gallon planted. I put some peat in the filter and the pH lowered to 7 and the water turned a pee yellow, which looks pretty attractive and makes the driftwood and gravel stand out more.
Today before the lights came on say an hour before i moved the blanket that covers the window to let in some natural light. This stimulated my zebra danios which probably spawned but im sure they will eat all the eggs.
Then when i returned from my haircut, after the lights turned on i saw them twisting through my cambomba and watersprite. It was pretty exciting just because the eggs could actually hatch this time unlike in my community tank. So now since ive lowered the pH in this tank i will just leave the glowlights in the tank because all my other tanks have a higher pH.
So I havent completely breed these fish yet since ive raised no fry but what do you guys think the chances are that they will survive off the plant matter? Also has anyone else ever breed glowlights? I would have to say it was pretty easy but its not over yet for me I hope.
- depthC
Today before the lights came on say an hour before i moved the blanket that covers the window to let in some natural light. This stimulated my zebra danios which probably spawned but im sure they will eat all the eggs.
Then when i returned from my haircut, after the lights turned on i saw them twisting through my cambomba and watersprite. It was pretty exciting just because the eggs could actually hatch this time unlike in my community tank. So now since ive lowered the pH in this tank i will just leave the glowlights in the tank because all my other tanks have a higher pH.
So I havent completely breed these fish yet since ive raised no fry but what do you guys think the chances are that they will survive off the plant matter? Also has anyone else ever breed glowlights? I would have to say it was pretty easy but its not over yet for me I hope.
- depthC
