White Cloud Mountain Minnow Breeding?

Hi, I want to breed minnows in my 10 gallon tank. What do I need to put in the tank? Are they easy to breed?

 

They can be bred but you’ll need a bigger tank for the adults. Preferably a 30” long tank. 10h is alright for a grow out tank.

 

Fairly easy to breed, however have never succeeded myself probably due to having a tank with only 2 females to 7 males
Make sure you have at least half the school as female and have something to spawn on like java moss or clumps of live plants.

 

A cave would help too. When I was researching breeding minnows, every breeder used a small cave . The male would push the female against the sides, releasing her eggs, if I recall correctly. As minnows will eat the eggs you may want some marbles or loose substrate in the breeding area, so that the eggs fall safely out of reach. Or a separate tank set up with a marble substrate

To Prime the fish, slowly raise the temperature about 3-5 degrees, to simulate spring, while feeding live foods. Increase the light cycle to about 10 hours, to simulate longer days. Once hatched, the fry eat infusiora and "green water"(algae rich) If you need further information, here's an information package on breeding minnows in generalhttps://www.nanfa.org/ac/breeding-minnows.pdf

 

I haven't bred minnows yet (project for 2018?) but have bred Danios many times. I used Java Moss for the egglaying substrate and assume this will work for minnows. Others have used green wool as a substitute for moss or something called a spawning mop which is similar I think.

 

How about distinguishing males from females? Anything more to say on that subject beside slimmer males, rounder females?

thanks

 

Males tend to be more torpedo shaped. Females, rounder in the belly. Perhaps a little bigger. Males will colour up a nice red on the fins, to show themselves off to the females, as they display their maleness off, and make themselves more attractive. They swim circles around each other, making their fins as large and impressive as possible, looking like they're dancing....The more impressive wins the display.

It's very interesting to watch, and tends to happen in morning and evening

 

Males tend to be more torpedo shaped. Females, rounder in the belly. Perhaps a little bigger. Males will colour up a nice red on the fins, to show themselves off to the females, as they display their maleness off, and make themselves more attractive. They swim circles around each other, making their fins as large and impressive as possible, looking like they're dancing....The more impressive wins the display.

It's very interesting to watch, and tends to happen in morning and evening

Will watch for that,