Malta Aquarist Society

 Natalia I began a new post for you. What's the method you're using for breeding of galaxy rasboras?

For information purposes, the galaxy rasbora was recently renamed celestial pearl danio. But on further studies on this species was further renamed to  Danio margaritatus.

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Thank u Johnaton

in the breeding tank i had lots of java moss ,thin layer of gravel,nothing else,water T was abt 24C,ph 7

i didnt collect eggs,but every now and then fry would appear clinging to the walls ,but only few made to free swimming

Now i have 8adults+1baby(F2),F1 begun to breed at the age abt 7 month (maybe before but i didnt watch them closely)

I would apprecciate any info from u all on collecting eggs from them , set up of  the breeding tank and abt breeding trap(where it can be obtained from i've seen one sort of stainless steel bascket mesh like with the holes abt 2mm )

thank u in advance

 I assume that you take away the adults as soon as they breed! When I used to breed egg scaterers I used to put breeding mops at the bottom ( in your case you're using java moss) and also have some floating so that the fish can breed in them too. You can use live plants such as  cabomba. 

I used to separate the sexes for a week and feed heavily with live bloodworms and also dried brine shrimp. When I was still at school, Saturday were the best day for me to breed these fish so as to check their breeding behaviour. So on Friday when light are off, I used to put the breeding pair or trio in the breeding tank, so that in the morning they start breeding. Then after loosing interest in each other and fetching for food ( many times they find their own eggs) approx. 3 hrs after the fish begin their breeding ritual. I take the fish off that tank. Some methylene blue is used only if the water is a bit dirty or if the previous batches of eggs fungused. I don't use traps as I think that fish feel uncomfortable with them and also can get stuck in them. But I know of breeders that make use of them. I wasn't lucky with them. Any pics vera? We saw some on our newsletter but in colour they are nicer. 

You can use a fine plastic mesh, about 2cm from the bottom of the tank, so the eggs will pass & the parents cannot eat them. Always keep the water as shallow as possible, so you'll increase the chance of saving more eggs.

Natalia i am going to show you what i did to save the eggs but with no hatching but as soon as i get hold of some of this fish i will try again.

In my opinion it was the water quality,ph too low .But now i will try them again as soon as i have some of them ,who knows may be this time they hatch.

Interesting breeding trap Charles,something like this i had in mind

This photo shows the eggs ,but as you can see too much uneten food on the bottom and such will help in fungus of the eggs ,it could have been the cause too.

Natalia as soon as you know that an lfs have in stock please drop me a line thanks ,and if you have any fry i will be interested to own some thanks once again

I have also seen somewhere.....forgot where..... a kind of aluminium mesh with tiny holes siutable for breeding small fish. The

advantage with aluminium is that you can work it out the shape that you want. Could have seen it in a harware shop. If I see it

again I will inform you all.

Please do Martin

wouldn`t aluminium be harmful for the fish? meaning it may leach out some toxins since it is a metal, and btw charles that breeding trap is exactly like mine lol only mine is light green

I will confirm about the toxins Kris but I have used aluminium myself without any adverse reactions. Bear in mind that the mesh is

 only in the water for a day or two until the eggs are laid and then removed. I"ll keep you posted.

yes martin but since these are fish eggs, i think that even that day only would be sufficient to poison the water. and kill or damage any eggs or fry