I remember the first time breeding my Tiger Barbs I wound up with over 100 babies from a single pair. They are one of my favorite fish.

@PaulsFishroom

6 ай бұрын

Yes they can be very prolific 🤓👍

Nice video🐟🐟🤙🏼🤙🏼

@PaulsFishroom

2 ай бұрын

Pleased you enjoyed it 👍

Another classic fish species in the hobby! Love to see it 👍

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

Yes a golden oldie. I’m revisiting some of the fish that I used to breed many years ago. 🤓👍

@891Nils

11 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroom That`s great 👍Looking forward to future projects😀

such a great video seeing the fry grow! Ive just had 10 Black Ruby Barb fry hatch and this video has helped alot, as i havent raised any barb fry yet. Thank you.

@PaulsFishroom

7 ай бұрын

I’m pleased you enjoyed it. Good luck 🤓👍

Awesome

@PaulsFishroom

9 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 👍

Nice white clouds

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

My friend has been breeding this strain for many years and uses them as dither fish for his pairs of dwarf cichlids. They are known as “Pooni” and have been bred in the North of England for decades. I have been unable to find out anything out the origin of this strain unfortunately Alex…

@whitecloudmountainminnowpr6353

11 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroom ahhh .I remember you talking about them now

Great video!!! I appreciate the effort and time you put in to a video like this. Keep up the good work!

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤓👍

@beacefarm4378

10 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroomthank you very much ❤

Mr. Paul please make a guiding video on how to breed and raise zebra danio fish frys ..

@PaulsFishroom

4 ай бұрын

I would like to do this in the future IF I can find some decent quality fish to work with. Unfortunately, most of the zebra danios I’ve seen for sale locally are of poor quality and I wouldn’t keep them in my fish room. I’ll keep looking and maybe I’ll find some. 🤓👍

Thank you Paul for all the efforts you do to show us all the details in fish breeding! :-) May I ask how often you see young fish with skeletal deformations or other anatomical anomalies ? I recently saw lots of deformed gold barbs at my fishdealer. about 10% of the stock. Do you select young fish and check them for health - and use those not according to standard (missing fins,etc) as live food for the angel fish ?

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

It’s very rare that I see deformed fry in significant numbers in a spawning. At the beginning of the year however, I did have to cull a spawning of Emperor tetras (N palmeri) because a spawning had many fry with spine deformities. I need to use a magnifying glass to spot such problems and the fry were culled at an early stage. Problems usually occur in fry that have been inbred brother to sister over a long period so it’s always best to outcross wherever possible. I also try to pick healthy young fish to grow up to use as my breeding stock. Hope this answers your question?

@JO-nh6mo

11 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroom Thank you for the quick response -I wish more breeders were so careful ! Best regards from Austria.

I love the hobby, but it is frustrating when things do not go as planned, I started to reproduce my pair of phantom tetra, with rainwater, heater, but in 4 days there were no eggs, my aquarium was 20 liters, I had everything but the only thing I did not have was the filter, I do not know if that is a key piece, do you know how to help me?

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

Yes breeding our fish can be very frustrating at times. In this Tiger video I had to change the males after 3 days before I eventually had a spawning. You are not alone with your failures, we all have them but these videos are rarely put on KZread. Look at the video I put on the channel a few months ago called “Fry and failures…” this shows some of the failures I had so far this year. Hopefully the videos that I upload give fellow hobbyists a guide to breeding some species of fish. Unfortunately they will not guarantee success every time you put your fish down to spawn. Keep trying that’s all we can do…

Im hoping my Chillis will breed, i seen you commenting on someone's videos saying you need to add clouds of infusoria everyday , is that why many fry don't survive more than a couple weeks ,through starvation

@PaulsFishroom

7 ай бұрын

Yes it’s important the very young fry have a constant supply of micro food. Many hobbyists try using micro fry food but only have limited success at best. I start most egg laying fry on infusoria as a first food before moving the fry onto freshly hatch brine shrimp. I don’t know what fish you are referring to though when you mention Chillis - do you know the scientific name?

Can you talk about your brine ahrimp and how you get 99% shrimp and not abunch of eggs in the mix when feeding fry ❤

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

Do you have a Facebook Messenger account? It would be easier to send you some photos of my brine shrimp setup and describe my hatching and harvesting method. As this is not possible using a KZread reply.

@Mrfish700

11 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroom I don't unfortunately but thanks for replying maybe add clips in future videos 😊

All fry do you feed infusoria ? Do you have a video on how to create infusoria? Thank you very much

@PaulsFishroom

10 ай бұрын

Yes I start most egg layer fry on infusoria with the exception of cichlids. Regarding starting infusoria cultures: I have always been fortunate to obtain a starter culture from fellow hobbyists. Once you have one culture you can use this to start multiple cultures. The trick is knowing how to feed the culture to keep it reproducing. To do this I feed gram flour (chickpea flour). I mix a small amount of the flour in a test tube (or similar) with some water to make a milky liquid. A small amount of this liquid is fed to the culture - just enough to turn the culture slightly cloudy. This is repeated once the cutter becomes clear. If you cannot obtain a starter culture either from a fellow hobbyist, or off the internet, there are lots of videos on KZread that show you how to start a culture. I’ve never had any success however trying to start a culture from scratch. Good luck 👍

What is the "breeding life" of tiger barbs?

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

This fish used in the video were about two years old. They were part of a group that I kept in my living room tank but have been slowly dying off in the last few months.

How important is keeping the eggs in the dark.

@PaulsFishroom

11 ай бұрын

There are different opinions to this practise: some breeders say it makes no difference while others have the opposite viewpoint. My view is that it cannot do any harm and also bacteria is inhibited in the dark. Dark tanks also help the fry feel less threatened than brightly lit tanks especially when they are not yet free swimming. Once the fry are free swimming I’ll introduce light gradually so that the fry feel comfortable in their surroundings.

@irsacae

11 ай бұрын

@@PaulsFishroom thanks Paul, if there is a reduction in bacterial growth that in itself would make it worth it.