EASY Method To Breeding These RARE Aquarium Fish | Dawkinsia Assimilis Barbs

Today I wanted to take you on the journey of how and when I found out my method was working great and what I did after. Not often you see any info on these fish let alone how to breed them. This method could work for all types of egg scatterers. Dawkinsia AssimilisJust make sure the adults cant get to the eggs. Hope this helps and you all enjoy! If you love clean Homebred top quality aquatics and rarities check out the site below. Thanks for watching! :D
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[@marymendez4178]

These Dawkinsia grow pretty big. I just love to see channels of new species of fish, they're new for me. Great job!

[@DaveO6455]

This is why I love LRB. Great video brother

[@sidharthsivaprasad4333]

Good job,keep it up.These fish are threatened in the wild,good to see that they are breeding in captivity.👍👌

[@LRBaquatics]

Thank you, I will

[@jpemydura4860]

Nice. Barbs are so underrated.

[@charliebright12]

Great to find fry already big enough to be out of danger. Your results prove your methods work.🐟👍😎

[@noegs577]

That’s awesome! So cool to see your fish room is coming along so well

[@billmeyer4773]

What a wonderful thing you are doing saving as many as you can and maybe the next person will keep up What you have started . Magnificent video as always. You do a excellent job. Not many people have that much passion to do what you are doing . Bravo ,Bravo ,Bravo Thanks so much for what you do. Really I just can't say enough about it ❤❤❤❤

[@LRBaquatics]

Thank you! 🙏,

[@nwpadairyfarming4286]

Awesome video I couldn’t imagine how happy you are to finally get some of those babies 👌🏻

[@taRmYg]

I remember the live streams at your old fish room and you always talking about breeding those barbs again. Well Done! Congrats!! 🤟💪💪

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@mk_cichlids]

So awesome that you got so many of them! What a great surprise!

[@XCaliKev]

👍😎 Awesome. By far my favorite in your fishroom. Looking forward to watching them grow. Strange how different they look.

[@ThomasOwl]

It's been so fun watching this fishroom grow!

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks brother for following the journey with me and supporting it! 🙏

[@amx1820]

Greatest aquarium content on KZbin I've watched this year, so far, please do a grow up update here & there of the mascaras

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@amx1820]

@@LRBaquatics most welcome

[@jeffkane4391]

Looking great sir ❤ I have really enjoyed the move and new fish room build and all the great information that has come with it. I hope the barbs sell well for you 😊

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks!

[@ladylrbnaturelife]

So fun to watch them grow ❤

[@driftindriftwood7301]

Fantastic video. Love those barbs.

[@Kathleen-pl9pu]

I use paper coffee filters for algae. It hangs onto algae like paper towels but a whole lot cheaper.

[@BM-fw4xt]

This is wonderful. Congratulations! Would like to have some someday.

[@LRBaquatics]

I do currently have some on the website

[@MacPNW]

That's awesome. I'm going to have to hit you up for some of those when they're ready! Nice work, brudda

[@LRBaquatics]

Thanks! I’ve got them on the site now. They are almost sold out.

[@kurtbrutting5118]

Dude, congratulations! Mascara Barb gold mine !

[@LRBaquatics]

True and I like that> I dont often mention the monetary value since thats not my main drive but you inspired the new thumbnail for it, thanks! I think it should hook more :)

[@shesellsfish]

That is so cool. You really have a lot of fry. Know that was a happy surprise. Wesley up on the loft feet dangling...he's going to have such great memories of his childhood hangin' with Dad in the fishroom. I was trying to think of the equivalent of when somebody can grow and propagate any kind of plant, shrub, or flower and we say they have a green thumb... Trying to think of what you have where you can keep, grow, and breed any kind of fish, shrimp, or aquatic critter... Water thumb? Fish hands? Fish fingers? Aqua Man Hand? LOL, I Iike that one...Aqua Man Hand. 👍❤️👍

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol fish fingers and aqua man hands… I like those 😄 Wesley was upset with me cause I quit playing to look at the fish lol Crazy most all those fish are gone now and sold 😳

[@pattys_aquatics]

Those are some freaking awesome barbs.

[@djc20]

that was awesome, Congratulations!

[@briangilman1937]

thank you , gave a great insight

[@drewsandrew1718]

Awesome 👌.. I have just done same with filament barbs.. I probably have 30 juveniles growing up now.. I wish we had them here in New Zealand.. nice fish..

[@LRBaquatics]

Nice!

[@kurtisstutzman7056]

So much more small food for small fry in dirty tanks... Algea is a breeders best friend...! I know I like it and the filth...! Thanks for another good one, keep it up and go enjoy some nature today...!

[@TheDISSHonoredOne]

I'm a fan of this fish now 😍

[@zsworld6609]

Lucas, you had me hooked on this fish since you lived in Indiana and they were in with the hill streams. i have since ordered 7 from rod and wet spot. yours seem so much more colorful than mine. if you sell the babies, I'll definitely be ordering some from you. Amazing job!

[@LRBaquatics]

I do have some on the site currently. I had some a little cheaper but they sold out already. Not sure how long they will last on site.

[@olthousem02]

Beautiful fish

[@jessicahussey1255]

Awesome 👏

[@marymendez4178]

Gongrats your a grandpa and also your fish room. I will like to see more vid's of these little guys. They're so gorgeous.

[@LRBaquatics]

😄 I will be keeping a few back and will update them when I can. I do have some older videos of them as well. Ive had them for about 5 yrs now. Also nice to see you around the channel and all the comments :)

[@johnanders8221]

Nice job👍

[@stubbsaquatics6080]

I love barbs.. I have several tanks of them from Aurulius Barbs to Odessa .. Finally found some filament barbs... I think they are .. they are juvenile and hard to tell. .

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

It's pretty cool when new fish are born that you never expected to happen I finally got some new Albino Cory fry & O M I was so thrilled to see them in the tank I cried cause I knew I wasn't going to be able to catch them. But now after a few weeks they are still doing good & I hope to see more soon & maybe enough to sell 1 day but not holding my breath just in case.

[@LRBaquatics]

Nice! Yeah catching them out can be the hardest part. I was actually trying to breed these guys this way and why I set all the rock in it. Thankfully it worked really well. I will probably have to fish the babies out at night again to make it easier on me.

[@raisinggoldfishonabudget7058]

@@LRBaquatics yea that's going to be fun I think I'd wait till they were bigger where you could catch them cause at that size they can go in the rocks unless you take them out.

[@NYGOLD]

WOW!! By far the best looking barbs!!!! The secret is out now, time to shovel dirt into my tanks. LOL Great job!!!

[@LRBaquatics]

Lol thanks!

[@paulakreinberg1448]

So cool!!!

[@darrylmoore5847]

That was awesome. All hail the rock pile.

[@andrepetrini8837]

Master Breeder Lucas.

[@davidadkins8805]

New babies are the best!

[@TheDISSHonoredOne]

I wish I could see all my tanks front to back, it really is so cool that you found those babies with the different view 🐟 Facts: "Nature's dirty" . The adults are beautiful! The babies do look really cool from the top view, once you separated into the cup, you can see the stripes; too cute ❤ Lucas, are they in a 20 long?

[@LRBaquatics]

I got them out of a 75 and put them in a 20 H. 20L would have worked too.

[@LRBaquatics]

Is nice seeing on all sides

[@fishlover]

Interested in fry when the time comes!! :)

[@LRBaquatics]

I have a few left on the site

[@marlonmangibin9762]

Hi sir, can you recommend what size of rocks do you use for rock piles in breeding egg laying fish? are they like 1.5-2 inch ave. size? Also how tall should the rock pile be?

[@LRBaquatics]

Depends on the fish and the size of the fish. You want the crevasses small enough so the fish cant get in but the eggs can. make the pile at least 6 inches, more the better. 1.5-2 size rock is good for smaller fish and can do bigger for bigger fish.

[@CoralMan24]

congrats thats awesome how many adults you have in the tank and what size tank you got them in? Can't wait to see updates on the babies

[@LRBaquatics]

They are in a 75 about 8-10 parents I don’t really know lol

[@CoralMan24]

@@LRBaquatics thanks man glad your move went well I'm sad of covid because you were coming to speak at our meeting then covid hit. So i guess I don't know when i'll have the chance to met you and thank you for what you do in the hobby

[@LRBaquatics]

Which club was it?

[@CoralMan24]

@@LRBaquatics Greater pittsburgh aquarium society inc.

[@shanemcfarlane1494]

Do more videos of this barb

[@OregonOutdoorsChris]

Nice! The only other youtuber I've seen succeed with these guys is Ted Judy. I'm sure there are others, but still, good work!

[@LRBaquatics]

His were the Dawkinsia Rohani. I tried his method with these guys but didnt get any success.

[@Firebird894]

Just an idea if you seperated an end of the tank sectioned it off with a big sponge pad or something that you could put the rock pile up to and against it with holes through it lower down and more rocks on the other side so the babies can go through to the sectioned off area and you could just net them out or leave them in the same water but parents couldn't get them. I also thought of plastic tapestry net stuff or even shadecloth if that makes sense. you could even put some plastic pipe on the bottom in the rock pile going through the barrier and put live food on the other side to lure them over?

[@LRBaquatics]

I thought about sectioning them off but need a bigger tank for them so I can move side to side and harvest. Also mesh net on bottom to lift up for easy catch. Was what I was going to do for the custom pond rack system.

[@Firebird894]

@@LRBaquatics That sounds like a good idea let us know how it goes!

[@whitecloudmountainminnowpr6353]

Nice

[@richanthony2914]

I've got some Norman's Lampeye killifish breeding in a 75g community tank with white clouds and green neons. Nothing seems to bother them as I have jungle val and they seem happy in there. Should I move them anyway? I have a 10 gal with shrimp. Would be safer?

[@LRBaquatics]

They could predate your shrimp but playing musical fish with them can sometimes produce babies.

[@richanthony2914]

@@LRBaquatics Thanks LRB! I more meant I have babies now. All of my tanks have blue dreams in them and the lampeyes don't seem to care about them. Been thinking the fry would be safer in the shrimp tank even if I never see adults chase after them in the 75

[@LRBaquatics]

Ah yeah the babies would do good in a shrimp tank. They tend to have lots of microorganisms for them to eat and feed off as well.

[@1008hin]

Thanks for your sharing ，in fact I have two baby fish born ，but now only have one alive，so i think i need to isolate the babe fish，i have 6 fish of dawkinsia assimilis

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

It was very interesting, like #441, but I didn’t understand why you removed the fish from the aquarium in which they were fine and they bred, and why you cleaned the glass from the algae that the fry ate.

[@LRBaquatics]

It’s part of the experiment. They should do it again and eventually they will be back in that tank. I’m not to worried about replicating it.

[@DEXTER-TV-series]

@@LRBaquatics Do you have these big fish without aeration, water flow, filtering and water changes ??

[@melissasnyder6555]

Where do you find these awesome aquarium shirts?

[@LRBaquatics]

Ive found them here and there from years some people have given me or just saw and couldnt resist lol

[@bloopac]

my son has long hair too. cool

[@nolasdollsandaquatics9386]

Hey Lucas 👋

[@LRBaquatics]

Hello :)👋

[@devon582]

Do you have any Dawkinsia for sale been looking around can't find any in stock?

[@LRBaquatics]

Not currently but been trying to get them to breed again. Hopefully after this next attempt I will have more.

[@LRBaquatics]

And yeah they can be hard to find especially these ones. A lot of people sell them under the name but end up being something else. I’ve had it happen to me.

[@mstreech]

You have any luck breeding cardinal or rummy nose tetras?

[@LRBaquatics]

Not yet but still on the bucket list. Every time I move them there’s always one left behind hiding.

[@mstreech]

@@LRBaquatics right on.

[@IBMikmaq]

When I kept them they also bred for me. The problem is, if you do not remove the babies they will eventually all get eaten by the adults.

[@briangilman1937]

want to catch fish ? PVC wall pannel from lowes , cut to fit your tank

[@elaineluikart5459]

We gotta come up with a better word for an algae tank besides dirty. Green water is clean water!

[@LRBaquatics]

It’s definitely very lively water :)

[@terrygorsch386]

I see why you like them 🤪🐠🎸

[@vb2377]

Can you do video on how you keep daphnia

[@LRBaquatics]

Ill put it on the list

[@Byrjas]

Do you think they pretended to be either Bumblebee Gobys or Clown Killifish to avoid some type of predation (or something like that) in the beginning of their lives?

[@LRBaquatics]

I like how you are thinking. It is very unique for them to look so different. From their local in india in the western ghats Im not sure what striped fish are there.

[@RD-kj9gq]

Are they sold already?

[@LRBaquatics]

They did sell out but they were at a sale price for $25. I added a few more (20) for others to try and get some but this will be the last round for awhile.

[@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF]

How many do you have available for sell

[@LRBaquatics]

currently I have 30

[@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF]

Currently, you have zero now. I have bought all of them.

[@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF]

Hopefully this will help with the new racks

[@LRBaquatics]

Wow that definitely helps, thank you! I was so excited about that order I ran all the way to the house to tell LadyLRB lol Also will upgrade to express shipping no extra charge for you so you will get them on thursday if that is alright? or can wait to ship them express when you will be home to get them. I saw your not to far from me.

[@Aquarium_Fantasy-HF]

I'll be home all week so ship them when is more convenient for you.

[@andygirone7442]

do the parents pick at rocks and glass like that? them babies are actively picking

[@LRBaquatics]

I never see the parent picking at the glass but once in awhile try to go for food in the rocks during feeding but for the most part they cruise around in the water column swimming around. Having guppy grass and other soft plants for them to eat helps detour the hunger.

[@indianichthyoaddict1807]

These are Dawkinsia apsara.

[@LRBaquatics]

I have never seen them labeled as anything different then assimilis on multiple occasions of buying. Also the filamentous is what lead and made me research to get these specific assimilis. If they changed the name that doesnt change my fish. Unfortunately this has been a issue recently in many species types which is nonsensical and just creates purposedful confusion. Alot of real hard core keepers feel the same as I do about it.

[@indianichthyoaddict1807]

@@LRBaquatics I agree about the confusion aspect, but species do exist in this really complex way in nature that is what leads to new species being described from the previously known species. The ones you have are Dawkinsia apsara indeed based on the color and body aspects. Normal aquarium trade doesn't mention these details which is why i think you haven't seen them labelled as something else. But i feel knowing the right id is very important for fish keeping and since you are doing informative videos as well righy information should be imparted to the audience.

[@user-ASICS]

WHAT ARE THE BARBUSES CALLED???

[@LRBaquatics]

Dakinsia Assimilis