white cloud breeding

[wolffish]

I have a 10 gallon tank with 5 neon tetras, 3 white clouds and 1 cory cat. One of the white clouds is pregnant. The other 2 seem to be males. i dont know when the female is going to lay the eggs. Should i add extra plants? Also will the other fish eat the eggs if they are layed?

 

[joy13]

The other fish will eat the eggs. They are egg scatters and the cory and neons will most likely eat them.

Robyn's White Cloud Mountain Minnow Page

 

[wolffish]

Drat. What should i do besides buying a new tank. I am sort of on a budet.

 

[wolffish]

Could i put the female in some kind of net seperate from the other fish? You know just untill she lays her eggs

 

[mfdrookie516]

breeding traps are death traps imo.

 

[wolffish]

ok thanks i have decided on getting another tank.

 

[cwt]

on that page that Joy13 linked to, it suggests that java moss is a good addition, the clouds like to breed in it. I've seen that with some of my other egg scatterers; the moss gives the fry a place to hide out. So you could try some of that. Just be prepared to trim it back now and then.

 

[wolffish]

Thanks!