No, just as you can see in the video. Just make sure your water is very soft (I use RO but rainwater is also good). Once the fish have spawned cover the tank with a towel until the fry are free swimming. Keeping the tank covered helps to keep the bacterial count down. Good luck 🤓👍
Paul - I appreciate your videos. I am breeding the same fish myself. I also have Red Ey tetras and Lemon tetra fry growing out. Like Crowntailhalfmoon, I would like to see videos on raising the paramecium as well as how you secure the grid material for breeding. I've tried several different methods, but still occasionally get a fish underneath it to feast on the eggs. Again, thank you.
I’ve also a breeding Red-eye tetra video on the channel. Maybe I could do a short video on spawning grills and infusoria in the future. However, the fish videos are more my thing… BTW if you look at the Red-eye video (36 seconds in) you’ll see a very simple spawning grill made out of an oven, heat resistant, plastic grill tray. I bought a pack of 3 off eBay for a couple of pounds.
Thanks for your video. Super great, I loved it 👍👍 Do you ever use snails or plants (moss/floatting plants) in your breeding tanks? Another question, you say 2-3 times 50% water change per week, do you vacuum the bottom everytime, and how when the fries are very small ?
Glad that you liked the video. I sometime use plants in the breeding tank (I’m in the process of putting a video together showing the breeding of Reed tetras and I used some Java fern) but prefer to use spawning mops simply because it’s easier to manage. Regarding snails; I’m afraid that they don’t live long in my tanks as I like to syphon the mum off the bottom of the tanks each day in the fish room. This brings on on to your question on how do I syphon tanks with very young fry. When the fry are very small I use airline tubing syphoning the water into a shallow white dish. Any fry that are accidentally picked up can then be seen in the dish and can be returned to the tank using a turkey baster. As the fry increase in size I use larger tubing, removing more water and will put a sponge on the end of the tube to stop the fry being syphon out of the tank (I find that the sponge used on a sponge filter ideal for the purpose). It’s is only when the fry are about 4 weeks of age that I regularly change large volumes of water. I hope this answers your questions?
@@PaulsFishroom ok thanks for your answer! I will try mops for the breeding tanks. I will also use sponge and tube for vacuum 👍 Maybe the snails don't survive in your tanks because you are using a very soft water. They need some minerals to grow. Do you keep your water around 1GH for the whole breeding from egg to 2 months or just to trigger the spawning? Last question, you say you are doing large water change only after 4th week. Before that you just clean the bottom everyday? So only small water changes everyday ?
@@Vlac73 I start doing the water changes if and when I see any mum building up - it’s usually at the stage when I start feeding brine shrimp. I normally start introducing normal tap water slowly and build up the amounts I change at any one time gradually. The key is to keep the tank water as clean as possible. The volume of water changes will also be dependent on the size of the spawning and also the amount of growing space in the aquarium. But the short answer is that I try to increase hardness and pH etc to my normal tap water levels as quickly and gradually as I can. This will vary from species to species so experience with breeding certain types of fish will obviously play a part of this process…
There a lots of videos on making a infusoria culture on TH-cam. I always start off with a seed culture off a friend and feed and maintain the culture using a solution of gram flour and water. You add just enough of the solution to turn the culture slightly cloudy and repeat when the culture clears. 🤓👍
Ive bred a few different fish but never a tetra, growing out 2 males and 6 females now of the black phantoms, how do you deal with fungus on sterile eggs?
Most tetra eggs hatch in around 24 hrs (at 78-82F) and I’ve found that I don’t need to do anything. Keeping the tank covered and in the dark until the eggs hatch also tends to keep bacteria at low levels. Once the fry are a week or two old I syphon the base of the tank with airline tubing which also keeps bacterial infections at bay. You can, if you wish, use water that has been filtered through peat which has excellent anti-bacterial properties. I also tend to spawn tetras using RO water… Hope this helps?
@@PaulsFishroom kind of lol most fish ive bred hatch in 2 or more days and most of the time fungus comes around on day 2 or 3 so kind of a moot point if they hatching in 24 hours
Great video Thank you so much! I really need help I have two black phantom tetras with 5blue Mickey Mouse platties I had 8fry 5 in a breeding box 3 strong free swimmers. The free swimmers developed faster and I noticed the pattern was of the tetra. (They didn't behave like tetra tho they were swimming all over the tank!) then as they grew more I noticed they weren't event the same shape as the tetra! I fully understand that they don't breed in the same way but is it possible?!?
Sorry but I don’t have an idea what these fry are without seeing them. I presume that you know what Platy fry look like and that these are the fry that you have in the breeding box?
@@PaulsFishroom they were all born at the same time and all look very similar. 3of them are bigger because they never went in the breeding box for a week or so .but they all got a stripe pretty early so I assumed tetra because the all the platy are Mickey Mouse . As they grew they have a platy body and swim all over but they are grey ,the fin has the black edge and the blue black blue stripe of the phantoms
There can be many reasons. As long as the pair are ready to spawn and the tank is not in a busy or noisy spot I would leave them alone for 3 days. After that try changing about one third of the tank water with water that is a few degrees cooler. If they still don’t spawn I’d take them out of the tank and try to condition them again. Just try again - I have periods when the fish I try to spawn fail. It happens to us all but we generally only see the successful spawnings on TH-cam …
@@PaulsFishroom At present, I have sera Biofibre as the egg bed in my aquarium, the water temperature is about 26 degrees, and then I put Catappa leaves to make the water quality slightly acidic, but to be on the safe side, I will follow your advice and let them stay together for a few days , or stimulate them with a water change😁
@@jager4775 I normally see eggs under the grill in the early afternoon and then remove the parents. As I do my water changes in the mornings I normally cover the front of the tank before going to bed the night before so as not to disturb the pair while I’m working in the small fish room.
@@PaulsFishroom Hi, friend. I'm from Russia. I wrote to you that I really liked your aquarium and your fish. I also keep Black Phantoms and other fish, they are great. I wish you the best day ever.
The abbreviation BBS is baby brine shrimp (Artemia salina) and is often used in fish breeding videos when talking about food relating to growing young fry. If you watch my “Breeding Dwarf Gouramis” video at the 5 mins 46 sec you’ll see my brine shrimp hatchers.
@@PaulsFishroom you should try shellfree artemia to replace the work of non-stop hatching artemia. Tetra's readily take the non-moving artemia embryo's after a few days adaptation. It saves a lot of time and money 🙂
@@wasp586 maybe if it works for you. Personally, I’ve tried this and it’s not worked for me but I’m an impatient man and I could possibly have persisted continually trying this as an alternative. All my videos represent my personal experiences after 60 + years of breeding fish. I’m still learning and hopefully, long may it continue. Thank you for your comment. 👍
I'm going to attempt to breed these. Was it simply a male and female in the breeding tank or 5 or 6?
Yes a single male and female. If you put a group in a tank to spawn the males just keep on fighting with each other for territory. Good luck 👍
Great video and information
Can i ask Sir,is the eggs need some air pump(oksigen)?
No, just as you can see in the video. Just make sure your water is very soft (I use RO but rainwater is also good). Once the fish have spawned cover the tank with a towel until the fry are free swimming. Keeping the tank covered helps to keep the bacterial count down. Good luck 🤓👍
Paul - I appreciate your videos. I am breeding the same fish myself. I also have Red Ey tetras and Lemon tetra fry growing out. Like Crowntailhalfmoon, I would like to see videos on raising the paramecium as well as how you secure the grid material for breeding. I've tried several different methods, but still occasionally get a fish underneath it to feast on the eggs. Again, thank you.
I’ve also a breeding Red-eye tetra video on the channel. Maybe I could do a short video on spawning grills and infusoria in the future. However, the fish videos are more my thing… BTW if you look at the Red-eye video (36 seconds in) you’ll see a very simple spawning grill made out of an oven, heat resistant, plastic grill tray. I bought a pack of 3 off eBay for a couple of pounds.
I'm doing the red eye tetras also
@@jaxxonfishroom hopefully my red-eye tetra video helps you. Spawning can be quite big…
Thanks for your video. Super great, I loved it 👍👍
Do you ever use snails or plants (moss/floatting plants) in your breeding tanks?
Another question, you say 2-3 times 50% water change per week, do you vacuum the bottom everytime, and how when the fries are very small ?
Glad that you liked the video. I sometime use plants in the breeding tank (I’m in the process of putting a video together showing the breeding of Reed tetras and I used some Java fern) but prefer to use spawning mops simply because it’s easier to manage.
Regarding snails; I’m afraid that they don’t live long in my tanks as I like to syphon the mum off the bottom of the tanks each day in the fish room. This brings on on to your question on how do I syphon tanks with very young fry. When the fry are very small I use airline tubing syphoning the water into a shallow white dish. Any fry that are accidentally picked up can then be seen in the dish and can be returned to the tank using a turkey baster. As the fry increase in size I use larger tubing, removing more water and will put a sponge on the end of the tube to stop the fry being syphon out of the tank (I find that the sponge used on a sponge filter ideal for the purpose). It’s is only when the fry are about 4 weeks of age that I regularly change large volumes of water. I hope this answers your questions?
@@PaulsFishroom ok thanks for your answer! I will try mops for the breeding tanks. I will also use sponge and tube for vacuum 👍
Maybe the snails don't survive in your tanks because you are using a very soft water. They need some minerals to grow.
Do you keep your water around 1GH for the whole breeding from egg to 2 months or just to trigger the spawning?
Last question, you say you are doing large water change only after 4th week. Before that you just clean the bottom everyday? So only small water changes everyday ?
@@Vlac73 I start doing the water changes if and when I see any mum building up - it’s usually at the stage when I start feeding brine shrimp. I normally start introducing normal tap water slowly and build up the amounts I change at any one time gradually. The key is to keep the tank water as clean as possible. The volume of water changes will also be dependent on the size of the spawning and also the amount of growing space in the aquarium. But the short answer is that I try to increase hardness and pH etc to my normal tap water levels as quickly and gradually as I can. This will vary from species to species so experience with breeding certain types of fish will obviously play a part of this process…
Super awesome Sir. 👏👏👏
TY 🤓👍
@@PaulsFishroom
Sir can you share a video on how you culture paramecium and how you setup the breeding tank with the netting floor?
@@CrowntailHalfmoon maybe in the future 👍
Very awesome. I love black phantoms. Can you make a video how to cultivate infusoria?
There a lots of videos on making a infusoria culture on TH-cam. I always start off with a seed culture off a friend and feed and maintain the culture using a solution of gram flour and water. You add just enough of the solution to turn the culture slightly cloudy and repeat when the culture clears. 🤓👍
Ive bred a few different fish but never a tetra, growing out 2 males and 6 females now of the black phantoms, how do you deal with fungus on sterile eggs?
Most tetra eggs hatch in around 24 hrs (at 78-82F) and I’ve found that I don’t need to do anything. Keeping the tank covered and in the dark until the eggs hatch also tends to keep bacteria at low levels. Once the fry are a week or two old I syphon the base of the tank with airline tubing which also keeps bacterial infections at bay. You can, if you wish, use water that has been filtered through peat which has excellent anti-bacterial properties. I also tend to spawn tetras using RO water… Hope this helps?
@@PaulsFishroom kind of lol most fish ive bred hatch in 2 or more days and most of the time fungus comes around on day 2 or 3 so kind of a moot point if they hatching in 24 hours
Great video Thank you so much! I really need help I have two black phantom tetras with 5blue Mickey Mouse platties I had 8fry 5 in a breeding box 3 strong free swimmers. The free swimmers developed faster and I noticed the pattern was of the tetra. (They didn't behave like tetra tho they were swimming all over the tank!) then as they grew more I noticed they weren't event the same shape as the tetra! I fully understand that they don't breed in the same way but is it possible?!?
Sorry but I don’t have an idea what these fry are without seeing them. I presume that you know what Platy fry look like and that these are the fry that you have in the breeding box?
@@PaulsFishroom they were all born at the same time and all look very similar. 3of them are bigger because they never went in the breeding box for a week or so .but they all got a stripe pretty early so I assumed tetra because the all the platy are Mickey Mouse . As they grew they have a platy body and swim all over but they are grey ,the fin has the black edge and the blue black blue stripe of the phantoms
@@mattercolini7451 they sound like platties to me. Not all platties breed 100% true…
in how many days did they spawn?
If I put a pair of fish in a spawning tank and they don’t spawn within 3 to 4 days I take them out. Normally, they’ll spawn within a couple of days.
Why hasn't my tetra spawned for a day? May I ask how many days they usually lay eggs together?
There can be many reasons. As long as the pair are ready to spawn and the tank is not in a busy or noisy spot I would leave them alone for 3 days. After that try changing about one third of the tank water with water that is a few degrees cooler. If they still don’t spawn I’d take them out of the tank and try to condition them again. Just try again - I have periods when the fish I try to spawn fail. It happens to us all but we generally only see the successful spawnings on TH-cam …
@@PaulsFishroom At present, I have sera Biofibre as the egg bed in my aquarium, the water temperature is about 26 degrees, and then I put Catappa leaves to make the water quality slightly acidic, but to be on the safe side, I will follow your advice and let them stay together for a few days , or stimulate them with a water change😁
@@PaulsFishroom I have another question, what time of day do they spawn?
@@jager4775 I normally see eggs under the grill in the early afternoon and then remove the parents. As I do my water changes in the mornings I normally cover the front of the tank before going to bed the night before so as not to disturb the pair while I’m working in the small fish room.
@@PaulsFishroom ok, that deduces that they breed early in the morning, all i need to do is wait
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Sorry 🤓?
@@PaulsFishroom Hi, friend. I'm from Russia. I wrote to you that I really liked your aquarium and your fish. I also keep Black Phantoms and other fish, they are great. I wish you the best day ever.
@@natureandtravelonthefamily8421 thank you I’m pleased that you enjoyed my fish room. I live in Liverpool, England.
@@PaulsFishroom Рады знакомству. "Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart,
And you`ll never walk alone...
You`ll never walk alone."
@@natureandtravelonthefamily8421 😂👍
What's bbs.
The abbreviation BBS is baby brine shrimp (Artemia salina) and is often used in fish breeding videos when talking about food relating to growing young fry. If you watch my “Breeding Dwarf Gouramis” video at the 5 mins 46 sec you’ll see my brine shrimp hatchers.
@@PaulsFishroom you should try shellfree artemia to replace the work of non-stop hatching artemia. Tetra's readily take the non-moving artemia embryo's after a few days adaptation. It saves a lot of time and money 🙂
@@wasp586 maybe if it works for you. Personally, I’ve tried this and it’s not worked for me but I’m an impatient man and I could possibly have persisted continually trying this as an alternative. All my videos represent my personal experiences after 60 + years of breeding fish. I’m still learning and hopefully, long may it continue. Thank you for your comment. 👍