425nm Posted June 10, 2011 Report Share Posted June 10, 2011 (edited) Hey guys. So I've been trying to breed some giant danio with little luck. They were spawning back in April though in low quantities (ie. 12 eggs per pairing) and all the fry came out deformed & died after a week. I was wondering if anybody has bred them in the past and if they have any advice on how to get them to spawn. I've been using breeding traps in and out of tank as well as just using mesh over the bottom of the tank. Should I be pairing them or setting them up in groups? Telling the males from the females is also proving quite difficult. Edited June 10, 2011 by 425nm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
425nm Posted June 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 Really? No one has anyideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 did you buy all your Giant Danios from the same place? It's possible they're just too imbred to produce normal fry? Sexing them is an issue, but if you knew for sure that you had a male and several females, then letting them spawn in a heavily planted tank and removing the adults to allow the fry to hatch you might have more success with them living (if they're not deformed). i've personally never bred them, but it's what i've heard through the grape vine...lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewels Posted June 18, 2011 Report Share Posted June 18, 2011 letting them spawn in a heavily planted tank and removing the adults to allow the fry to hatch Apply this advice to any egg-scatterer; still the best way imho , , , usually how I end up with fry from any given egg-layer - including my danios. BTW - with an under temp. water change the danios stress(?) and flush their colour. When they are washed out like that I regard some of them are grey/silver whilst others of the same brood retain a 'fleshy' pink colour. Is this a identifying feature between sexes? - I do not know; and also cannot spot any differences otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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