Daryth Darkmoon
Aquarium Advice Regular
About a month back, I purchased a bleeding heart tetra from a local Pet Supplies Plus.
Two days later I saw a baby fish swimming around the tank. Unfortunately it got sucked up into the filter before I could do anything. I had a 5.5 gallon tank that was still running, but lacking in fish since I hadn't unplugged it yet from moving what I had in it.
So I unplugged the filter in the one tank, removed the filter from the 5.5 and dropped in some air stones. Luckily I had an old pump lying around so I pretty much had everything I needed.
Over the course of the following 2 days I removed 11 baby fish from the tank, and transferred them into the now filterless 5.5.
As things stand now, all 11 are still alive and eating flake food, and the ghost shrimp I added are doing a decent job of helping keep things clean.
I just found it interesting, since all the information I could find online indicated that bleeding heart tetras have not been bred sucessfully in captivity. I'm pretty sure I just got lucky with the one I bought, and it was carrying the eggs when it was captured for sale.
I just thought it was an interesting story all things considered, and wondered if anyone else has had an experience like this with the breed.
That and I'm still suprised that all 11 have survived, despite the fact that I had no idea what the heck I was doing when I moved them.
Two days later I saw a baby fish swimming around the tank. Unfortunately it got sucked up into the filter before I could do anything. I had a 5.5 gallon tank that was still running, but lacking in fish since I hadn't unplugged it yet from moving what I had in it.
So I unplugged the filter in the one tank, removed the filter from the 5.5 and dropped in some air stones. Luckily I had an old pump lying around so I pretty much had everything I needed.
Over the course of the following 2 days I removed 11 baby fish from the tank, and transferred them into the now filterless 5.5.
As things stand now, all 11 are still alive and eating flake food, and the ghost shrimp I added are doing a decent job of helping keep things clean.
I just found it interesting, since all the information I could find online indicated that bleeding heart tetras have not been bred sucessfully in captivity. I'm pretty sure I just got lucky with the one I bought, and it was carrying the eggs when it was captured for sale.
I just thought it was an interesting story all things considered, and wondered if anyone else has had an experience like this with the breed.
That and I'm still suprised that all 11 have survived, despite the fact that I had no idea what the heck I was doing when I moved them.
