Xianghao's galaxy rasbora have reproduced!

[Xianghao]

Hi guys, just to share the good news, I have kept 5 rasbora galaxies in my 2 feet cherry shrimp tank for a few months and yesterday night i spotted 3 fish fry swimming around. I feel quite proud having read that wild rasbora galaxies are under threat, however I am also quite clueless as to how to ensure the survival of the fry. Anybody care to share any experience?

The fry are really small and i do not have a good camera, so I doubt I will post any pics unless the fry get bigger..

[genes]

Wow. congrats! The first person here (if i am not wrong) to report a successful spawn from this fish.

By the way, they have been renamed to Danio margaritatus and not a rasbora.
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u....php?news=1538

[Merviso]

Well done bro... maybe you can share with us your tank setup and also photos of your whole tank; so that we can have a better understanding of what kind of environment is suitable for them... Cheers!

[Xianghao]

i only can find 1 fry swimming around now.. its grown larger but still doesnt look like the adult.. hmm i never really feed the fry anything special i was hoping there was enough junk in my tank for the fry to survive because my tank is already quite mature and predominantly moss with alot of hiding place meant for my cherry shrimp.

[Xianghao]

Hi guys, sorry for not posting any pics of my galaxy rasbora offspring earlier. Here is one decent pic i took recently- the baby hk.as developed the nice patterns of the adults. Currently I have about 5 more offspring in my shrimp tank, I am waiting for them to grow bigger before transferring them to my other tan

[Xianghao]

I am not sure how to upload the picture because I have already used it in another thread. Anyway here is the link.

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...9&postcount=41

[torque6]

Pic is unclear, perhaps it have been better to highlight the fries.

[mickthefish]

i bred this danio when they first come out in the UK in 07, the fry do need infusoria in the early stages of life thats why your only getting a few fry.

mick

[MartialTheory]

Can u please post the stats of ur tank?

Like ph, kh and tempture along other things. I like to see what is nessacary to breed them.

[Xianghao]

my ph is 7.. kh i did not measure though. temperature in my tank around this time of the season is usually below 25 degrees celsius. I think whats important is that there should be ample hiding place, ie moss.

[bettabetter]

Congrats bro on the spawn!

[Puffer]

my ph is 7.. kh i did not measure though. temperature in my tank around this time of the season is usually below 25 degrees celsius. I think whats important is that there should be ample hiding place, ie moss.

Hi Xiaohao, congrats on your spawn. I've 5 of these fish in a bushy java moss tank and it's been a month and I still don't see any fry. How do you manage your tank temperature at 25? Mine's constantly at 26 with a big fan on 24 hrs. I add in ketapang leaves to keep the water soft though.

[Puffer]

i bred this danio when they first come out in the UK in 07, the fry do need infusoria in the early stages of life thats why your only getting a few fry.

mick

Mick, I know you're an expert in this area. What's your advice on the ratio of male-female in a moss-rich breeding tank?

[mickthefish]

i work on a ratio of i male to 3 or 4 females, i had a group of 4 males to 6 females and it worked pretty good.
in your tank which i think is perfect as a spawning tank, any fries to be seen will be within the first 2 inches at the water surface as they grow they go nearer to the base.
i had a small tank to raise the fry, so when fry were seen i netted them out and raised them in that tank.
why are you trying to make the water soft as this fish in caught in fairly hard water, mine were spawning in a ph of 7+ with a hardness of 10.
but i've spawned them in soft water just as an experiment.

mick

[Puffer]

..why are you trying to make the water soft as this fish in caught in fairly hard water, mine were spawning in a ph of 7+ with a hardness of 10.
but i've spawned them in soft water just as an experiment.

mick

Mick, I keep the water soft as there are c. habrosus and shrimps which I'm also hoping them to spawn. Thanks for the useful information. I shall give the fish a boost in male population very shortly. I currently house 3 plump females and 2 colourful males. Did you trigger their spawn by inducing colder water during water changes?

[mickthefish]

there's no trigger needed Rob, usually when you see the males doing a darting dance and their colour intensifies then you know he's on the hunt for females.

mick

[Xianghao]

Hi Xiaohao, congrats on your spawn. I've 5 of these fish in a bushy java moss tank and it's been a month and I still don't see any fry. How do you manage your tank temperature at 25? Mine's constantly at 26 with a big fan on 24 hrs. I add in ketapang leaves to keep the water soft though.

I think my tank is situated at a place with good ventilation, plus the weather nowadays is rather cooling, and also i only use 18w light so the temperature is below 25 degrees, in the mornings it can even go as low as below 24 degrees.

[Xianghao]

wow u guys are really well researched.. on the other hand my success is based largely on luck..

[Puffer]

I think I've read almost everything there is on this fish, yet I haven't got the 'luck' to see fry. People's been saying this is one of the easiest to breed, yet this is my second or third failed attempt to breed this fish. I've had success with discus, cherry barbs (thanks to mick), german rams, croaking gourami etc., yet...Anyway, this may be my final attempt at it. Let's hope mick's magical advice helps!

[beetroot]

mick mentioned a "darting dance" which i cannot visualise.. oops.
but i saw a circling dance which lasted quite a while. is that a "mating" dance or a "fighting" dance?