BREEDING Neon Tetras in Tubs - Over 100 Fry!

In this video, I show you how to easily breed neon tetras in tubs!
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:04 Equipment that I’ll be using
3:20 RO water system
4:25 How to sex neon tetras
5:57 Setting up the tubs
8:01 Checking the pH & TDS
9:46 First viable spawn
12:44 More spawns!
14:38 How to feed the fry
16:23 How to water change the tubs
17:54 Moving the fry to the tank
18:04 Summary
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[@aydendaugherty9432]

Great video, you have inspired me to start a fish tank young man. I’m 92 years old and my wife passed 8 months ago so I have been looking for things to keep my mind off her. This will be the first fish tank in the 92 years I’ve been alive. Thanks young lad.

[@braddishner8597]

I read this and want to know how the tank set up is going?

[@micheleprunty8995]

I'm sorry for your loss sir!!!

[@firedogz7355]

Romans 10:9-10 “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. ”

[@fursher]

@@firedogz7355 he has suffered a loss and we do not need your religious gobbledygook

[@mtubr]

Much love and cheers for you. Must b heartbreaking to lose such a long time companion. This also inspired me to restart my love for aquarism and after reading your comment made me want even more.

[@WayneTheSeine]

Pretty awesome young man. At 74 I just picked up tropical fish keeping again. This makes the 4th time in my long life that I have done so. I have always been forced to give it up due to too busy a schedule. Now that I am retired I am getting back into it. I love neons and did not know they could be bred so well in captivity. I subscribed and look forward to some benge watching.

[@pauledwards5607]

you give this 63 year old hope...

[@WayneTheSeine]

@@pauledwards5607 Ha ha....indeed

[@BigBroccoli_]

I’m 18 and I just started fish keeping and I’ve got 6 neons in a 10 gallon

[@aidanan3381]

I’m 14 and I own 1 freshwater tank but this is definitely a great idea

[@CaniHaveTheRedPill]

32, 40gal/5/10. I love how this hobby is generational.

[@josemontalvo4532]

I’ve bred Neon Tetra’s when I was in my twenties. It just happened without trying in a 55 gallon aquarium. I never how it happened, but I was excited that it happened. Over the years I just repeated the process. I had many hiding places in the tank, so about 1/3 of them would survive to adults. I’m in my mid 60’s now. I’ve had other kinds of fish, but I’m returning to Neon Tetras soon. I enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing.

[@irdonna]

I've been having a lot of anxiety and when I found this channel, I started watching it to calm down. I find your content very soothing and informative.

[@KeepingFishSimple]

One of the best comments I’ve ever received thank you!

[@eagz2898]

Fish are great for relaxation therapy

[@susanmeagher3951]

I so agree. This guy is so informative and really great for making you feel great apart from the fact that he is so good at breeding and caring about fish.

[@petrosstefanis6234]

Some advice from an old chemist, add a de ionising resin cartridge to your RO unit, your tds will go to zero. RODI water! I use it in all my tanks. ps I love your channel, well done.

[@josephprem8861]

So coincidental, I just bred my neon tetra two weeks ago. Right now I have around 15 fry. Planning to breed more with your method. 👍

[@fritznetic4344]

Wow, that's really cool! How are your tetras?

[@fannyalbi9040]

what do feed them?

[@nemesis_destroyerofgods8743]

I thought you were going to say with your mom

[@NatureStudio25]

I love neons and i really want to breed them once.....

[@youtubealt243]

We had a normal fish tank with 4 neon tetras, we never even tried to breed them and yet we were surprised to see large fry swimming around (we weren’t expecting fry so we didn’t see them when they were small), we had a spongey rock/tunnel with lots of shade, and i guess the fry ate algae or fish food scraps,

[@bardofely]

I am really impressed. I am 69 and used to keep tropical fish when I was a boy when this species was regarded as very difficult to breed. It used to be recommended that you use "peat water."

[@muurrarium9460]

For the same reasons people use RO water nowadys: keep the funguscount etc. low, as well as the PH of course.

[@tattoocollective2599]

The eggs do benefit from humid acid and tannins. Coconut fiber has tannins so seems like either would work but the fiber does seem easy

[@elijahang507]

Neon tetras are indeed one of the most fantastic fishes to keep. Their color and mobility felt like an underwater paradise whenever you look at them in a dark background! This is absolutely informative.

[@matteoborghese8398]

These are content that I like the most in you channel: real experience and updates from your fishroom, with also the failures when occours, because we learn more from the things that does't work than from the ones that works well. Can' wait to see your new fishroom when it will be. Cheers from Italy!

[@d4n13lr0x]

Absolutely in love with these breeding journal style videos. Great work!

[@Wal48]

I like this approach and you did really well with it. I currently have a storage box ‘aquarium’ for Endlers. Can’t find cheap tanks easily in UK and manufacturers do their utmost to make sure they sell you as many ‘essential’ gadgets and filter media at max cost as possible. Like the keeping it simple idea with plants doing the filtration.

[@chickenfist1554]

Glad it's not just me. I've been out of the hobby for a long time but I'm still interested in it. You can't just buy a tank on its own, they only seem to sell complete set ups with things you don't want or need!

[@NativeVirgo]

Perhaps it's a better way to make your own. You can purchase the supplies online? It may take a while and you might mess up but what if you don't! 😊

[@dhouse609]

When I was a younger boy, I had a couple of these fish in my tank. These fish multiplied so fast.

[@FatherFH]

Great video, i didnt realize that it could be this simple. A few tips: Make an infusoria culture for the newly hatched ones. I think your first few failed is because you were using pure RO water. I would add some moss from a tank in the RO water. Also add Neocaridina Shrimp (cherry shrimp) to the spawn tanks and they will eat the fungus/infertile eggs and keep the fresh eggs fungus free.

[@luudantu7211]

The cherry shrimps don't eat fertilized eggs?

[@FatherFH]

@@luudantu7211 nope, shrimp don't. Snails will

[@muurrarium9460]

Most shrimp will not last long in RO water (it takes a long time to get them used to that) ;)

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@muurrarium9460 I was thinking the same thing. Most of the research i've done says that shrimp like harder water. but lower-ish pH

[@dingodyno9016]

I think a better method for this is than the shrimp is Methalyne blue, it even says it on the bottle, keeps eggs from fungusing up

[@wellyck]

I live in brazil and I actually managed to breed them naturally. I have a pound like container about 100 liters, with a lot of plants. I also put them with tanicthys albonubes. I don't know how but there is a lot of neon fry living peacefully with the cloud minnows fry. The surface plants provide alot of hiding places for them so the parents can't eat them that easily. I thought it would be a lot harder to breed them but i managed lol. I guess the secret is constant water changes, so they think it's rain water, since they breed in rainy seasons

[@RRikesh]

The minnow fry have a blue line similar to neon tetra.

[@denispitono8255]

Just a tip if u can get some catapa leaves just boil them with water, then take the water out and mix it with rain water its good for breeding neons

[@snowyk94]

Amazing!! I love watching the process and am excited to see how they develop

[@j0hnf_uk]

I remember, 30+ years ago, that sphagnum moss was used in order to soften the water down to try and encourage neons to breed. I tried it numerous times without any success. Weirdly enough, I managed to breed white cloud mountain minnows practically by mistake, having kept them separate to my community tank fish for a week or so! Luckily, the tank they were in was well established with plenty of food available to the tiny fry, for them to get big enough to eat baby brine shrimp. And, like most, once they're on that, their growth rate really accelerates! Those pink tummies being the giveaway!

[@DeathHornDisst]

It’s amazing how close the conditions are to also breeding Discus. Great content. Ty!

[@carlam.9529]

Thank you so much for sharing this adventure with us. Those babies were so adorable !!! Maybe some day I'll give this a try.

[@Joshua-mv5zp]

You definitely do some of the best breeding videos. Keep it up!

[@svenjansen2134]

Love your channel. Informative and relaxing! Thanks!

[@WolvesThaHuntard_64]

Dean has so much knowledge. Just getting into breeding fish. And I've learned a ton from you and Dean these past few months. Thanks!

[@LivingDecor]

It really is that simple... I have been researching a lot to find out the best way to breed my neons and everyhing I read seems so complicated. This however, is totally doable! Thanks for showing us how simple it can be.

[@Nikki7B]

Been following your videos for a bit now, learned a lot from you. Thank you. From 🇨🇦

[@glenngilbert7389]

I never intend to do this, but your dedication and persistence is a joy. Thank you

[@neo-filthyfrank1347]

cringe take

[@jimzielinski946]

Fantastic video. I like how you explain everything simply.

[@aamirzayan4921]

Thank you for sharing this with us. You are making me fall in love with this hobby 😍🥰

[@oliviaduncan4833]

Love your videos, so educational and help me look after my fish better as a beginner

[@hunterm4188]

This is my favorite type of video you do, i think everyone likes it when YOU are in it. 🙌🏻 🔥

[@ryancastle6750]

Fantastic video, watched it entirely. Great pace on your speech and very articulated, thank you.

[@jenniferscott-massie2455]

You are so talented! I've watched a lot of breeders and you are one of the best to explain everything thanks!!!

[@sarahkwast1250]

I worked in a fish warehouse for a few years. We provided fish for a major pet supply chain. The most frustrating thing we had to deal with was the 'fainting' neons. We had all of our bags checked before they went into the box. We always had to wait until the fainters started swimming again before walking away from the tank. Then, within the 10-15 feet between the tank and the boxing station, there were ALWAYS more that had fainted. So we had to stand at the boxing station until they were all swimming again. It was SO frustrating!

[@RedfishCarolina]

I have a Molly that does this. It goes totally limp in you freak out out.

[@jebVlogs556]

I find this very peculiar that these particular fish(in fact all of them) have a fainting ability(which is called "immobile" stunt or faking death) weird adaptation for a survival tactic. Most predatory fish or animals in general have an auto-feed response to kill and it stops about 99.9% of those predatory fish brains from attacking if their prey "isn't moving" while sending a distress signal to other prey in the area or to other predatory fish,it's not inaudible cause they can hear subtle discrepancy sounds we humans can not hear or see(hertz has a wide system.. we can not hear anything below a 1 decibel or higher than 10 decibel) there are expections(like with me hearing at -5 to -30 that's cause have small hairs in my ear drums) ..anyways .. With neons they love rain water(they also an attuned to " *Agitated* " falling or running water that forces them to either want to drink or jump to catch clean water from the source(which is why they jump from tub to tub, yes I've solved your riddle to them jumping) reverse osmosis water has as you stated about 6.5 ph.. but I normally have mine alittle cleaner around 3.5 ph. I heat my rain water to about 100-120 degrees then allow my gallons that were heated to be naturally cooled off,I want dust,debris, parasites,bacteria to have died off.. you can pressure steam or boil your rainwater both are fine.. My betas(particular the crowntails) love when I drop just a small amount of squeeze lemon juice from the fruit into their tanks. Same with my gouramis(they love oranges) and the senegal butchers they love(cherry juice from the source) so you see all of them have likes of various fruits found in their respective regions of origins..

[@Interceptorconcepts]

Wow. You wrote a fucking novel.

[@sarahkwast1250]

@@Interceptorconcepts The downside of being a writer. It is hard for me to do short explanations. 😄

[@allanramos9003]

@@sarahkwast1250could have wrote it in 3 sentences or shorter my god😏😂

[@CRaXII]

I'm not even into keeping fish anymore but your video is very informative, entertaining, and very detailed even for the failed parts so excellent work! I'm a fan now

[@Fishtory]

Killin' it on the videos and KZbin growth, my friend! Keep the great stuff coming

[@jorgediaz8382]

Great video ! Spawning neons is my next project and your video was very helpful. Thanks. I watch all your videos and in my opinion you are a good breeder of so many different kind of fresh water tropical fish.👍

[@bogreen4805]

Great video! I love your breeding projects, they’re very entertaining to watch! Keep it up

[@sandydimond3363]

It's very interesting process. I have 12 healthy Neons no losses after 2 weeks with me. Will begin setting up and see what happens. The remainder about rotten eggs in female is most important 👌 thank you xoxo 😘

[@FlyRenegade_]

Excellent work, excellent video. You are a gifted fish breeder sharing your wisdom.

[@ryanschroeder8263]

This guy makes Great Videos. Good info; Clear, and fun to watch. Good stuff

[@nickhoare4551]

if your not getting 0 TDS on your ppm you may be due to change your filter soon. when you filter through your RO system it become more blocked up allowing more things through and restricting the flow of the water coming through at the same time. just something to consider keep up the videos there great.

[@smob0]

I've tried neons a couple times but couldn't get them to work, I'm definitely going to have to try this method, especially since it doesn't require me to really get much. The neons in my display tank are pretty well fed, and most of the rest of the stuff in there is breeding too. Might even set something up this weekend if I get the time.

[@-yaqoob.]

Update?

[@smob0]

Got my first viable looking eggs today. I've only been doing one container and pair, but if the fry survive I feel pretty confident in scaling up to trying multiple containers.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

@@smob0 Since it's been a few more months, how did it all work out?

[@lemonlizard1]

​@@smob0any updates from the update?

[@michaelmarisca3612]

Nice video.

[@HarryHouseGames]

I love the tetra breeding series you get better and better each time you try can't wait for the next one!

[@idoskidsattheawesomeauzzie9255]

Thanks for doing ALL of these Information FILLED KZbin Videos. They've Really Helped Me Personally, as it's Inspired Me to get back into LIFE again (as I have a few Mental Health Issues including D&A & PTSD). So once again Thank You.

[@queenie3046]

My corydorys are constantly breeding but usually the eggs get eaten, but yesterday I found a fry that survived! It's roughly 0.5cm and I hope it survives

[@craighalstead680]

I am looking forward to trying to breed theses in the future! Thanks for the great video! I really enjoy your breeding videos as you go very in-depth and break things down so anyone can give it a go! Due to your Ram breeding videos I am in the process of raising fry and it has been going well. Have you ever tried breeding Rummy Nose Tetras? If so could you give me any advice I absolutely love them and want to have a huge school in my 75 gallon discus display tank but cant seem to find much advice on breeding them. Would you ever do a video on breeding them?

[@kierynkelly7374]

Definitely going to give this a try next year when it’s warmer in sydney. Really good video mate

[@CarolynnMc01]

Great Jog! You're so intuitive and talanted

[@thieflack7132]

Keep making the breeding videos !

[@in4moon]

My neon tetras had no issues spawning in TDS = 300 (as long as they were well fed and otherwise healthy & happy). Try it out, and you'll might get same results. However moving from TDS of 300 into RO water suddenly, is very risky, and stressful for any fish. Neons are hardy fish, but try it with a more delicate fish, and it might not survive. If you do want to move them, acclimate gradually.

[@dingodyno9016]

So do you think it would be okay to breed them in a 10 gallon tank and doing all this except for messing with the TDS?

[@lemonlizard1]

​@@dingodyno9016you could try. It totally could work, but the tds is a great way to encourage more breeding. If you do use a low tds system, just acclimate them over time or add it through the use of a 10-20% water change. It's much less risky and still has the effect of the fish feeling a lower tds

[@lauro_o421]

Great watch! defiantly looking forward to the future vid!

[@iwontfall2ptsd]

Thanks for sharing. We just started breeding our betta. Have so many little fries. Definitely will try this once get the space.

[@andersonrengel3156]

Felicidades por llevar con éxito éste proyecto. Muy interesante ya que en nuestra región adquirimos los pez tetra neón traídos de su ambiente natural y quizás por eso no nos dedicamos a su reproducción en cautiverio y ahora al ver cómo lo haz realizado inspiras a reflexionar en tal acción en pro sumar ésta especie a la lista de preservados en la acuariofilia ante el grave peligro que corren por contaminación y explotación en su ambiente natural. Muchas gracias por mostrar pasos a paso en tu video los procesos que hiciste y también disculpas por escribirte en español. Pero no te olvides de hacer un pequeño esfuerzo para que todos acá podamos entender mejor lo que explicas en tus videos con algún subtitulo por favor.!

[@miguelrodolfo4668]

Anderson, como faço pra visualizar os vídeos do KFS em português ? O conteúdo é Surreal, porém ... !

[@hgielhsa615]

I laughed out loud when you were picking out some fat ladies for your pairs. Great video

[@bdnaturecare6681]

Thanks for support🤗

[@edatx]

Really enjoyed the video. Can’t wait for the follow up. Thank you!

[@joesteadman343]

"These neon tetras are going to be a lot better than the ones at your local store" *camera pans over to a neon tetra at the local petco with the worst case of scoliosis that we've ever seen*

[@stephen-truthseeker]

Yeah but he's now bred them and will continue to improve them.

[@99jhonatas]

Bom demais ver peixes "brasileiros" principalmente amazonenses sempre ganhando o mundo

[@Kaalokalawaia]

Really cool. This explains a lot of why it's so difficult to get them to spawn. Thank you

[@johnlowder3788]

I just bought some Tetras and you have been very helpful in breeding them.

[@rasmusdakinottosen4393]

Is it the same procedure to breed cardinal tetras as well?

[@osanieslana960]

I had these fish as a kid and took really good care of them. A few lived more than 5 years and got up to 2+ inches long

[@Mpreston89]

Love watching your video! Keep up the good work man!! Very awesome.

[@cloudeedragon103]

I haven't seen your channel before but glad it was in my recommended tonight! This is a great video!

[@Petoj87]

Any chance you could do this video for Cardinals?

[@wellyck]

i didn't know you could leave them in small tubs with no air pump. I'm going to try it out. I'd like to know how to soften the water too

[@ritenour12]

Love the videos your voice is so soothing not to mention all the little thing I’ve learned from watching

[@rabbitphobia]

I just found your channel and have watched a few videos... I like them as you don't waffle on about BS keep up the great work mate... and subbed.

[@tudorvirlan3533]

Do you need to acclimate the pairs when you move from the main tank to the RO water. My tank has higher Ph(7.8-8). Does plopping them in there work or do you need to acclimate?

[@patrickwalters6794]

I'm new to this and I'm curious-- how do "bad brood stock" produce offspring that are "good brood stock"? Wouldn't the offspring of the bad brood stock have the same issues as there parents? Or is it largely due to how they spend their first couple of grow out weeks? Thanks for the videos, this is beginning to look like a fun hobby!

[@xythrial]

Healthier environment can help

[@donovanteale6502]

Capture, shipping and quarantine are all damaging to these fish. Many places use prophylactic medication treatments that are harsh and often build up in fish. They are certainly not the sort of fish you expect to attain the optimal egg health or number for spawning. This is why the fry tend to be so much healthier. With care you can even break the cycle of parents infecting young with unknown parasites, by raising fry in systems with no adults. Done well you will have plenty of fry to pick the best pairs from, to create ideal display fish. Dont forget we are selecting for different traits than nature selects. We want big calm chill pretty fish :) you may not achieve domestication, but you can create a bloodline with enhanced pet fish traits :)

[@lemonlizard1]

The fry are usually much healthier than the original fish, but not nearly as healthy as high quality neons would be

[@billmeyer4773]

Very educational experience, keep up the awesome work

[@scottweiderman9286]

i love that you hand scoop.

[@dieminion1626]

Hi Nick will you eventually be selling these on your website? Would love to keep neons but they keep dying when I buy them from lfs

[@annaleaeastley4692]

I’ve just ordered some from Aquahuna-reviews say they’ve got a much harder strain. Fingers crossed!

[@judasevangeliet7277]

I thought you were supposed to remineralize RO/DI water before using it. Can fish really live in water with such a low TDS and no minerals?

[@xordoom8467]

This was awesome, thank you for the easy to follow directions...

[@michaelbenson2121]

Challenging. Better you than me! Thanks for sharing. I'll do this one vicariously through you.

[@adriankiss2840]

First time on your channel! You doing awesome videos. Keep it up bud!

[@gammr3227]

brought some neon tetras for the tank in my room. very beautiful fish, very cheap and easy to take care of

[@roywhittle8284]

I love watching your vids so much so I’ve just started my first tank 4ft/15/15, I’m going to start with guppies as I really love the colours, at my age 68 years young I have a new hobby, thank you so much for your vids they are really informative 👍👍

[@wug18]

love your content i have tried several times with only 1 fry surviving but will now try your method thanks for sharing from Scotland

[@S-scapes]

Great vid,looking forward to see the update.👍

[@Lazarusthefishboy]

Love the profile pic Nick! Awesome video! 😎👌

[@debbieurias5151]

You have a voice that is so relaxing just wanted to say that. Plus your a good teacher I learned a lot. Keep up the good work.

[@adenlee8237]

Thankyou for all advice 😘😘😘

[@stevehornshaw4478]

Superb. Most information enjoyable. Huge thnx❤

[@shaunhenwood781]

I like listening to this what seems a young fellow ,having such good success with almost everything he does well done bud ,lve actually turned notifications on for you

[@JavierGGon]

You have such a lovely acent!

[@LotusAndGlitch]

Really interesting!! I never thought of breeding neon tetras!!

[@boddiesbuddy1380]

Great video, keep up the good work!

[@All_Things_Fish]

nice work. solid video

[@PatriotCoinRings]

Another interesting video, keep up the great work. Love watching your videos.

[@SimeiMartijn]

You are AMAAAAZING! And a Great Teacher!💪🏻👏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@robestey5628]

Wow - good for you. Thanks for sharing.

[@darthblunt3833]

Great vid bro , thanks for always sharing your experience

[@johnmccoy9684]

Exited to see the next video on them and good Job one this one!

[@leematherly3417]

Very interesting! Thanks 😊

[@Cbtrainnut]

Great instructional video. Thanks for sharing

[@PONTOCRITICO]

Very good work, including your camera work. Unfortunately we don't see people doing what you did. Congratulations boy, keep working!

[@pedrovision6987]

Great video...excellent tutorial...THANK YOU!!! Greetings from Finnland!

[@cozynblue]

Thanks, this looks like fun!