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Is my rainbow fish pregnant2007-11-24 23:37:28

I bought 3 australian rainbowfish two weeks ago. 1 is big with long fins and colorful. the other two are small, shortfinned, and not t hat colorful. Now one of my small ones has a big bulgy abdmin. So, is she pregnsnt? and if she is how do i go about taking care of here and the babies?

Answers:

Breeding: Mix your conditioned breeders in a non-brightly lit planted tank. Add Black Water Tonic to their tank. Keep them well fed. Rainbowfish usually spawn every morning for a week. The eggs stick to the plants (like killifish eggs). Most breeders ignore the eggs. Take out the parents after a week or they will likely eat the hatching fry. Some people say they don鈥檛. Some people say lots of things. I see little reason to believe they wouldn鈥檛 eat their eggs also. Keep them well fed.

Saving More Fry: Make a long mop of Orlon or Nylon strands. Attach the strands to a cork or anything that floats. Use this as their spawning site and remove the mop when you have enough eggs. Hatch them in their own 10-gallon tank. Or you can do the same thing with a bunch of hornwort -- with a lot less hassle.

Fry Foods: Baby rainbowfish do best on infusoria. Some breeders feed them the powdered dry foods. After one or two weeks feed newly hatched shrimps or microworms. Add big snails to clean up the excess.

Filtration: Baby rainbowfish fish need clean water. Use an undergravel or sponge filter. Sponge filters clean their water, grow extra food, and prevent scum from building up on the water鈥檚 surface.