Re: [RML] Congo Tetra (was Re: oxyeleotris)

Patrick Bessette (killie at CAM.ORG)
Wed, 29 Jan 1997 11:09:26 -0500 (EST)

> Sorry for the non-rainbowfish question, but it is a fish question ;-)
>
> I agree with Roy, the Congo tetra is a cool fish. I currently have a
> male and a female and would like to try to breed them. Has anyone tried
> this? and if so, how do you do it? I think I read that they are egg
> scatters, but this is all I know about it.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Dowden
>

You can breed Congo Tetras like any other tetras. I just put a tank
divider (glass is perfect) in a 33 gallons. Males in one side and females
the other side. Feed them plenty of live food, beefheart, amphipods (they
love it!), brine shrimp.... After two weeks, I make a 80% water change,
put the heater on (80F) and put a lot of java moss on the bottom. Remove
the divider. Let them together for 2 days and remove them from the tank.
Fry will swim in 1 week. They take brine shrimp as first food. They grow
faster than many tetras but I didn't experience good results with frequent
water changes in the fry tank. One female can easily give you more than
300 eggs.

Good luck

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Patrick Bessette
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