Cyprinidae: Hyphessobrycon Rosaceus

Thursday, 19 July 2012

Hyphessobrycon Rosaceus

With tetras, I’m learning to isolate the sexes for a time before attempting a spawn. This practice benefits the female by giving her time to produce eggs without mating pressure. This separation also gives the males, if a pugnacious species, time to heal and fatten up. The females are put in the prepared spawning tank. The males are put anywhere you can duplicate the conditions of the female/spawning tank.

I used a 20-gallon long with about 12 gallons of R/O water. I do not know how important it is to use water this soft. It may be a simple matter of using SOMEWHAT softer water than what they’re used to. The DIFFERENCE may be the trigger more than the degree of difference. I packed the bottom and one end with dense plastic plants. I guessed at 76 degrees as a good temperature. It worked, so again, I do not know if this was optimal.