How to Breed Cardinal Tetras Using a Breeding Box

Hi guys!
Welcome to this channel.
This video is about how to breed cardinal tetras by using a breeding box.
The key to successfully making the cardinal tetras spawn below 3 points:
1. Mature fish
2. Using different kinds of inducements: live food, water change, lighting change...
3. Patience.
Please check this video to know how I made the breeding box(breeder box)
• How To Make A Breeding...
Time Stamps
0:00 - Intro
0:14 - How to know if cardinal tetras are ready for breeding.
1:17 - The water I use for breeding.
1:48 -Breeding tank set-up.
2:54 - How to make the fish spawn(wait for the fish to spawn).
3:45 - Moving the fertile eggs to a hatching tank.
4:41 - Free swimming fry.
Thank you for watching this video.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to make a comment below.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

1:17,Sorry, I need to make a correction regarding the breeding water. Simply letting the water sit for 3 days doesn't remove the chlorine. I've experienced fish deaths due to this mistake. Now, I only use chlorine-free stream water.

[@hajiku1606]

could be because of chloramine cause chloramine doesn't evaporate easily

[@Shaden0040]

All tetras fish prefer to spawn pre dawn and at sunrise or a little therer after. Also to hep induce spawning a week without water changes and just evaporation, and then a 50% water change with slightly cooler water all the while feeding live food will indice spawning. Wait till mid mornings to check for eggs on spawning mops.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Water change and live foods are both effective spawning inducements. You seem very good at this. Thanks for the comment!

[@Lazarusthefishboy]

Super cool, informative video mate! Well done! 👍

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you laz, I'm so glad!

[@thesalviniadude3882]

Thanks bo! Perfect timing... I was about to breed mine!

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you so much and hope it is helpful to your breeding project.

[@AcuarioCantabro]

Amazing video my friend, super useful. Keep up the good work!

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thanks, will do!

[@jackanddan]

Awesome breeding tips guys👍

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you Jack and Dan.It's so nice to see you here!

[@knyghtryder3599]

Outstanding video, thank you!!!!!

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Our pleasure!

[@FishEZ]

Great tips. I'm going to incorporate a few things you mentioned here in your video.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@Aquafinity]

So cool! i'm super impressed by how you made this video. And how you bred them :)

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you for your nice comment. that means a lot!

[@viralvideosphtv1897]

Wow amazing.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thanks a lot

[@guppiesstories5942]

very helpful video

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ThatOneGuy8-TOG]

This is awesome thanks for the tips new sub here😃👍

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thanks for the sub!

[@kennydog7425]

Very good

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thanks

[@ejbrinegar]

Dear Bo: I’m super-impressed with this, informative, instructional video! I also appreciate the addition of dialogue. Breeding cardinal tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi) certainly takes expertise. I’d never manage it, starting with hard, alkaline water. Success with fry sensitive to light also involves more work than most aquarists want to invest. Thank you for sharing this, amazing video of your experience with this, terrific, delicate species. All my best, Sincerely, E. J. Brinegar

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Hi Brinegar,thank you so much for your comment!Yes Breeding Cardinal tetras is a bit difficult.I'm still trying to improve the hatching and survival rate. I'll post more updates after I gain more experience.

[@Ttblondey]

Thanks

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Welcome！

[@cahyadi2017]

wow amazing fish is best cardinal tetras fish good luck up to pro

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

😀thanks!

[@rockfella27]

Nice nice!!!

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

THANKS!!

[@acuariospoke]

Gran video

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thanks so much!

[@madcat61207]

Most 👍 excellent 👍 please continue 😾

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

I will try my best

[@user-lu3cg3sp7w]

Хорошее видео!неон очень красивая рыбка.👏💥👍

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you!

[@KuKu427]

I have the same water conditions. And the same newspapers ;)

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

LOL..

[@lukaslukas9889]

very nice and informative video. Keep going! Can you share some details how you condition them. What do you feed them and how often in a day? For how long do you condition them before breeding? Thanks allot!

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you for your comment. Sorry for the late reply. Actually, I don't intentionally condition them. Normally, they are kept in a mixed tank with other tetra fish. I usually feed them flakes. Alternatively, you can feed them live food a week before breeding, but it's not necessary. As long as you see that the female fish is fat and plump, you can catch them to breed anytime.

[@blqnd]

I just notice today that my neon tetra breed daily in the morning. They really like laying eggs on the java moss. However, those ember tetra obviously know that's a daily event to get a nice feed. So so soon as the eggs are laid, they get nibbled by the ember tetra......those little orange bastards. The water temp is 24.3 and we are in winter.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

wow, that's so cool! check the java moss and see if you can still find smne eggs there. you need to put the eggs in a seperate tank so they will not be eaten by the ember tetras. thanks for your watching!

[@blqnd]

@@bothetetrabreeder8734 Laid eggs today again on the moss. Each time, the female dropped 4-5 eggs. today, the ember tetra were not there but the parents ate them.

[@IntegrityDistribution]

I believe the half-life of chlorine in water is about 180 days so I don’t know if three days will dechlorinate it very much.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Yes, you're correct! That's why I started using chlorine-free local stream water for breeding. Thanks for your comment! I should make a correction in the comment.

[@GoldXy]

Can I really use distilled water in breeding this beautiful fish? I dont have RO water..

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Hi,you can try using a mixture of half tank water and half distilled water just to be safe.

[@dennisbinkhorst2039]

I notice you have some Green Neons (Simulans) in the holding tank. Have you succeeded in breeding those too?

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Hi Dennis.Green neons is even more difficult to breed.I'm still working on that. Will surely post videos if I succeed Thanks so much for the comment!

[@dennisbinkhorst2039]

@@bothetetrabreeder8734 Reason I'm asking is I currently have a group of 9 (4 females, 5 males) in a breeding setup. This is my 5th attempt in breeding them. They have been fattened up and have been showing spawning behavior for the past 2 weeks, however I haven't found any eggs yet. Water is RO with tannins, 27°C. There's some Java Moss in there as spawning media on top of a transparent box with mesh on top. I feed them small pallets and flake food in the morning and baby brine shrimp in the afternoon. So, what I take from your successfull Axelrodi breeding attempt is you do not feed them for a couple of days to get the fish to spawn? Is that correct? Might be worth trying that with the Simulans.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

@@dennisbinkhorst2039 It's all about using different kinds of inducements. If they don't spawn after 2-3 days, we can feed them live foods as an inducement. The reason I don't feed them for the first 2-3 days is: 1. Tetras prefer to breed in clean new water. 2. They would get more excited seeing live foods If they haven't eaten in longer days. It can also be an inducement. There are other inducements such as lowering the temperature, lowering of lighting( see my neon tetra breeding video). You also have to make sure they don't feel stressed in the breeding tank. That's why I tried to avoid disturbing the fish as possible as I could. Even when I feed them, I do it at night. I do want to try breeding green neons. But unluckily, they all died a few months ago because of the white spot disease. I just bought a new batch recently and they are still very young. So it's not possible to breed them yet.

[@dennisbinkhorst2039]

@@bothetetrabreeder8734 Hi Bo, thanks for your extensive explanation, I really appreciate that. You have given me a couple more options to try out here in the next weeks. I will definately report back, hopefully in case of success.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

@@dennisbinkhorst2039 Thanks Dennis, waiting for your good news!

[@kenjiro2676]

How often do you outcross?

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

once a month, Thanks for watching!

[@brandonsmith2902]

So they accept baby brine shrimp from the first day of free swimming?

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Hi Brandon. Yes, they can eat baby brine shrimp if you keep those fry in a small container .

[@EC-jg5yu]

Could you please share the water parameters I need to keep theses beautiful fish? Thanks

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Dear EC, I mentioned the water parameters in the video. you need to have soft water and PH from 6.5-7.5.

[@EC-jg5yu]

@@bothetetrabreeder8734 Thank you very much!

[@magnoreal3243]

Hello, how is the TDS in your water? Thanks

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

I'm sorry, I don't have a TDS testing tool. I only know that GH is around 0-2.

[@rockfella27]

Which test kit is that?

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

just some cheap one bought from online store.

[@MacJank7]

These are neon tetras not cardinals

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

They are cardinals.

[@MacJank7]

@@bothetetrabreeder8734 I thought Cardinal Tetras had straight blue on top, red on bottom? I have wild caught Cardinals and regular big neon tetras. Nothing alike.

[@shirinskitchen3209]

Wow amazing.

[@bothetetrabreeder8734]

Thank you!