marksuttonjr

I have 8 barbs in my 100 gal comunity tank. The 4 older ones have been in the tank several weeks longer than the younger 4. 1 of the females is extreamly fat. A few weeks ago I decided that she must be full of eggs. Thats when I moved them from my girlfriends daughters 20 gal tank to my 100 gal. They have not spawned yet. Do I have to change the water temp like you would with a lot of other fish, or what? Could this female just be getting this fat now after we have had her over a year, and not be full of eggs?

TFA101

i dunno which direction (up or down) is recommended for the encouragement of breeding, but I know that a slight change in temp. will encourage spawning. I also hear that a water change can stimulate breeding and spawning. But take in mind, you also need the healthiest male for spawning to fertilize the eggs the female will lay.

marksuttonjr

Of my original 8 TB I only have 7 left. I did a lot of research on breeding them, and found that most people say 80 is the magic temp. Shortly after I started this thread I purchaseda 35 gal tank cheeeeeep. After it was setup with items from other tanks and well cycled by some goldfish I added my barbs. After they were used to their new tank I started bumping the temp up slowly to 80. 1 of the younger males died 2 days after it was up to temp. It has been there for over a week now and the old female is still fat like she is full of eggs. Fri I purchased 3 young females at the pet store, and have them in a 2.6 gal QT tank. When I am satisfied that they are healthy and ready to spawn I'll put them in the 35 with the rest of my barbs. I'm not sure what I am gonna do about the other female that I originaly thought was full of eggs though. Surely she is only fat, and has not been full of eggs this long without dropping them.