When your fish spawn

[Skyrmir]

1. Tank size: 10 gallon
2. Temperature: 78
3. pH ~7.2-7.6, [acronym:f84db3faa3="General Hardness"]GH[/acronym:f84db3faa3] 9dGH
4. Nutrafin Flakes in the morning, Big Al's freeze dried blood worms in the evening.
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning: Crazy, they're danio's. Nonstop speed is a way of life.
6. Selection of spawning site (if any): All over the place, mostly sucked up in the filter though Fixed that now.
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn - Turning on the lights in the morning pretty much gets them going. The bloodworms seemed to really encourage them though.

[cdawson]

Apistogramma Nijsseni

Tank - 15g
Ph. - 5.5
Hardness [acronym:34559520c2="General Hardness"]GH[/acronym:34559520c2] - 1 [acronym:34559520c2="Carbonate Hardness"]KH[/acronym:34559520c2] - 0
Temp 76
Diet: Mike Reed's Angel/Discus flakes every morning, and at night they get Frozen BS, Bloodworms, Mysis shrimp and every second day in between they get live black worms.
Site : They spawned in a cave under a piece of driftwood on the underside of the wood.

Pelvicachromis Taeniatus 'Moliwe'

Tank - 15g
Ph - 6.8
Hardness 3 [acronym:34559520c2="General Hardness"]GH[/acronym:34559520c2]- 4KH
Temp 76
Diet : See above
Site : In an overturned Flowerpot, the female excavated the inside of the flowerpot and spawned either on the bare tank bottom or the underside of the flowerpot.
Trigger : I saw no action for weeks until I removed the heater and added a small bag of crushed oyster shells as our water here is extremely soft.

[mrspughster]

[quote="Skyrmir"]
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning: Crazy, they're danio's. Nonstop speed is a way of life.


I have danios and my males turn almost red when chasing the females. Is that normal?

[maxwell1295]

GERMAN BLUE RAMS

1. Tank size -30 gallon long
2. Temperature - 82*
3. pH, GH - 6.6, 1*
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding) - Flake, frozen brine shrimp
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning - Pretty normal but the female was acting strange, laying on the bottom of the tank. I thought she was sick even though my water conditions are perfect (0ppm,0ppm,5ppm)
6. Selection of spawning site (if any) - Slate rock on right side of tank, away from filter current
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn - Leave them alone , they were spawning when I walked in the door. This is my 2nd spawn in 5 days.
8. Pics are always great - Here they are!

[studmaster]

TomK2,

What's the grass/plant that you have on the right side of your tank? I've seen some similar to that before, but don't know where to get it. I have a hard time because for some reason my mollies like to snack on their young after birth. I have a lot of fake plants, but I think I need more where they can hide.

Thanks.

[newfound77951]

"australian" rainbows (ie the common pet store variety)

30g long
pH ~6-6.5
gH ~6 dGh
temp 75
Flake food, occasional frozen brine shrimp, occasional baby guppies (I know, I know)

This was weird, I didn't even know they were spawning, until I moved some live plants from their tank to the 55 gal I am setting up...suddenly I had 4 baby fish in an otherwise fishless tank! Once I started paying attention I saw the two largest rainbows spawn shortly after the tank lights (but not the room lights) went out for the night. they spawned right on the gravel between two rocks. Lots of chasing and displaying, and all the other fish (more rainbows and 4 large clown barbs) were all hyped up too. The barbs went right in after the spawn and ate everything in a few seconds.

[maxwell1295]

I have a pair of GBRs in a 10 gallon tank that have been breeding like rabbits, although I have not been able to raise any fry yet. I've been letting them try on their own, but I will pull the next batch of eggs a day or two after they've been laid.

1. Tank size -10 gallon
2. Temperature - 82*
3. pH/KH/GH - 7.0/3*KH/1*GH
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding) - Flake, frozen brine shrimp, freeze dried bloodworms on occasion (maybe 1x week)
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning - Pretty normal but the female gets really aggressive towards me when I put my hand in the tank. She is absolutely vicious! She chases my hand completely out of the tank! She also beats up on the male or at least tries to.
6. Selection of spawning site (if any) - Driftwood, away from filter current
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn - Leave them alone, they are the lone fish in the tank. I did a 25% cool water PWC earlier in the day. I've read that can be a spawning trigger, but this pair has been spawning every 9 day, so they were due whether I did a PWC or not. This is my 3rd spawn in 18 days with this pair...

[Big Ben]

Balloon Mollies:
10 gal
some aquarium salt
feed flake food everyday and freeze dried blood worms (3 times a week)
ph 7.4
80 degrees

She hid from the other fish alot prior to giving birth. I suspect other mollies at some fry as well as maybe her as I only found 5 fry. Found fry under driftwood and in java moss. without these they woudl've all been eaten most likely.

[DarylF2]

Corydoras catfish

1. Tank size: 38 gallon
2. Temperature: ~75°F
3. pH, GH: pH: 6.6-6.8, GH: uncertain (alkalinity: ~80 ppm, hardness: ~120ppm)
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding): Tetra-Min tropical flakes as staple food for Zebra Danios, Hikari algae tablets as staple food for bottom feeders (Corydoras and Otocinclus catfish), Wardley dried tubifex worms as treat, Wardley brine shrimp pellets as treat)
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning: increased activity; males chasing female playfully
6. Selection of spawning site (if any): sides of glass tank and leaves of Amazon sword and similar plants
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn: spawning nearly always occurs after weekly 10% water change (water is aged 1-5 days, treated with a drop of Genesis per gallon, and a 1-3°F cooler than tank water)
8. Pics are always great Very Happy: See here.

GBRs


1. Tank size -- 20 gal high
2. Temperature -- 82 degrees
3. pH, GH -- 7.8, unknown
4. Conditioning (or what you've been feeding) -- flakes and brine shrimp and bloodworms
5. Fishes activity prior to spawning -- pairing up, chasing away other fish, picking out breeding spots
6. Selection of spawning site (if any) -- in a bowl shaped part of an ornament
7. Anything you might have done to induce the spawn -- water change, other than that, they caught me off gaurd
8. Pics are always great Very Happy -- no pics, they ate the eggs =)