Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
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- Jim Powers
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Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
Does anyone have any experience breeding Vietnamese White Clouds?
I have some in my main river tank, but just got another batch the other day and put them in a 10 gallon tank heavily planted with java fern, crypts, java moss and riccia. It has a fair amount of current and no heater.
Any suggestions on how to get them to spawn or will they take care of that themselves.
I have some in my main river tank, but just got another batch the other day and put them in a 10 gallon tank heavily planted with java fern, crypts, java moss and riccia. It has a fair amount of current and no heater.
Any suggestions on how to get them to spawn or will they take care of that themselves.
Re: Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
hi Jim
they are on my list but I didn't try yet. a breeder told me that' it's like t. albonubes. this one is my "piece de resistance". tried it long ago and wasn't successful
so in theorie: a small tank as you wrote it, put a male and two females or a pair in - after good feeding - after two or three days and a water change it should come to spawning. seperate the adults from the fry. and that's it.
cheers Charles
they are on my list but I didn't try yet. a breeder told me that' it's like t. albonubes. this one is my "piece de resistance". tried it long ago and wasn't successful
so in theorie: a small tank as you wrote it, put a male and two females or a pair in - after good feeding - after two or three days and a water change it should come to spawning. seperate the adults from the fry. and that's it.
cheers Charles
Re: Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
Jim ,it might be worth putting the tank near a window a lot of Cyprinids appreciate the early morning sun !
- Jim Powers
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Re: Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
Thanks!The tank is near a window, so hopefully that will help. I don't really plan on doing too much except maybe increase the water changes a little and let them do their thing.
- Ruhig Blut
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Re: Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
Hi Jim,
I don't have them, so I don't have my own experience with them. But the one thing I heard from other breeders is that there mustn't be any snails in the tank! The eggs seem to taste very good and aren't snail-resistant at all. The same goes for shrimp also.
Ingo
I don't have them, so I don't have my own experience with them. But the one thing I heard from other breeders is that there mustn't be any snails in the tank! The eggs seem to taste very good and aren't snail-resistant at all. The same goes for shrimp also.
Ingo
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- Jim Powers
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Re: Breeding Vietnamese White Clouds
I just did a small water change in the heavily planted 10 gallon that is housing some of the Vietnamese White Clouds. I scooped out about a gallon of water instead of using a Python as I normally do. I had carefully checked each scoop (or so I thought) but when I looked into the bucket, I saw a very small fry. I got it out and back into the tank and checked one more time, and found another. They are so tiny I almost missed them. The adults have been hiding in the month since I got them so I was very surprised to see they had apparently spawned!!! Now I wonder about the rest I have in one of my river tanks. I certainly hope I get a self sustaining colony out of this.
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