Breeding zebra danios at a hobbyist level- part 1

It was about time to actually do some breeding in the fish room, and what better place to start than a species that has been bred in huge numbers all over the world, the humble zebra danio (Danio rerio).
These fish call my small biotope inspired aquarium home, and can regularly be seen spawning in the aquarium in the mornings, but obviously the eggs don’t survive the predation from the other fish. Watch to find out how I manage to avoid this!
Part two will feature them growing up in the future (if all goes well). Hope you enjoy the video

[@FishRfun]

Very cool...zebra danios are sooooo underrated...great video 😊

[@alexb_aquatics]

They definitely are!! Thanks for the lovely comment, and for watching!

[@CamsAquatics]

Great video, Thanks for sharing.

[@rhondafitzpatrick1646]

that was very interesting! thank you for the video, especially of the 2 cell embryo..

[@alexb_aquatics]

I’m glad you enjoyed it, it’s such a shame I couldn’t show the eggs in more detail. If only I have a microscope or something and not just a clip on macro lens! 😅 thanks for watching!

[@davidking-nm4ez]

Thank you

[@teck354]

Where can I get me some of them little breeding tanks?

[@alexb_aquatics]

I got mine second hand I don’t know where you would get them from new. Perhaps need to be custom made?

[@rimc4378]

It's cheaper to make your own! It's not hard if you think about it. Wal-Mart or the dollar store has plenty of plastic tray.

[@lb9566]

Really need those spawning tanks if anyone can post a link to them would be very helpful

[@ronaldgrove3283]

This is a little off topic ? But I had a 29 gallon community tank with a Betta, school of Zebra Danios & Neon Tetras plus Mystery Snails. I was surprised to see swimming frys totally unexpectedly ? I was cycling a larger 75 gallon for fish transfer/ stocking. I transferred fish and 8 Danio Frys survived and reachrd adulthood. I fed the swimming Danio frys Powdered Milk (unmixed) ?

[@alexb_aquatics]

Zebra danios spawn constantly, generally in the morning and with enough hiding places it’s not uncommon for fry almost just suddenly appear. So it’s awesome that you clearly had a diverse enough environment in your aquarium for the babies to do well. I would worry about the betta getting a little annoyed at the danios (and potentially their fins nipped) by their constant movement though. I guess it’s worked for you as it sounds like this has been a long established stocking and you’ve got a calm betta but they won’t all tolerate them so just be careful. I’ve never heard of powdered milk being used as a fry food but that’s awesome that it works the more options the better 👍🏼

[@botanicalsblackwaterbeyond8871]

Where did you get the spawning tanks from Alex? Tia

[@alexb_aquatics]

I picked it up second hand locally I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them available new?

[@Fin_flare_aquatics]

What to feed as first food apart from egg yolk ??? Will baby brine shrimp work ?

[@alexb_aquatics]

I fed them a small powdered dry diet and rotifers from the yolk sac being used up. They started eating baby brine around 2 weeks in, it’s a bit too big initially for them.