White Cloud Mountain Minnow Breeding (SUPER SIMPLE!)

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching! White cloud mountain minnows come in all kinds of varieties, my favorite is the long finned variety! Let me know below what's yours! 😀👍

[@talatkiani640]

How does the female and a male look like

[@CaylorsReptilesAquatics]

I had them hitch hike as eggs in Water Sprite to a summer tub last year. Imagine my surprise when I found LF White Clouds in my Swordtail fry. Great video. Thanks.

[@Widquatics]

Haha I bet you were thinking you had some odd looking swordtails 😂

[@madfishdiva]

Love these fish. So underrated. I am breeding the golds as well. Super beautiful fish. Great info.

[@Widquatics]

Yeah one day I want to have a nice goldfish aquarium with white clouds I think that would be a great combo! I'm so jealous I'd love to get my hands on some nice gold white clouds! 😝😀

[@ziurcs]

Hi, I have breed the white cloud Moutain Minnow both outdoors and indoors. I have mainly kept them in a tank by themselves with some plecos. They seem to stop sometimes. I know they are said to be continous spawners but mine seem to stop. Good video, I also keep plants in pots in the tank as well as floating plants, wisteria and hornwort. Thank you for putting out these videos.

[@Widquatics]

Hey Stephen thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Yeah for me they have been spawning continuous so I'm not sure what could be causing them to stop breeding for you. You could try feeding them lots of protein rich food such as frozen brine shrimp or blood worms, I find when I feed these foods it does a good job conditioning the fish for breeding, hopefully that helps😀

[@famousamos]

Good video. Would you say they breed as easy as guppies?

[@Widquatics]

They are pretty close to the same difficulty! I would say as long as they are kept in a species only tank without a strong filter to suck up the fry they breed without much effort just like guppies! 😀

[@musicmaster1428]

Nice video man :D! I bet you will get a lot of subscribers soon with this kind of quality

[@AquaticLogic]

Nice video! I'm interested in these guys because of their sub-tropical tolerances to temperature, and hopefully will be setting up a system for them soon. Thanks for the breeding info.

[@Widquatics]

No problem, thanks for watching! That is one of the reasons why I like them so much is because they do the best without a heater where I am from! 👍 Good luck!

[@marcchandler7398]

Another great video! Do the adults eat the fry?

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching Marc! Nope in my experience the adults tend to leave the fry alone, which makes them super easy to breed!😀

[@dbachelorsplantedaquarium4711]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing. Happy Fish Keeping!

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching! Hope your fish are all doing well! 😀

[@philthytanks4952]

Great video! Awesome white clouds. I keep mine in one of my community tanks so the fry rarely make it lol

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching! Yeah, it wasn't until I put them in their own tank that I started having the fry survive

[@highlandsgirl3920]

I like your content. No fooling about. New subscriber.

[@moutaintopfish1597]

Great video love raising white clouds too just put mine in heavily planted tank 2 or 3 days I've got fry

[@Widquatics]

Haha that sounds about right! 😂 Good to hear you are having success, pretty soon you are going to be over run with fry, not that it will be a bad thing though!

[@MrDanelius]

Super cool really enjoy your videos. Great visuals and explanation, keep it up man. Subbed :)

[@joemunoz1251]

Very good video. Is there a temperature ratio that you use for the breeding process.

[@Widquatics]

Hey Joe, I keep them around 63 - 66 F or 17.5 - 19.5 C. Thanks for watching! 😀

[@Lumpydog]

Nice video with great looking LFWC. Great information on breeding these little guys. I breed very similar to you. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@Widquatics]

Thanks Lumpydog! Good to hear others having success with similar setups! Hope all is well in your fishroom! 👍😀

[@NateK-MN]

Did you breed them in that little white container or just leave them in the tank and then separate them when you saw fry?

[@lalaithan]

I've always wondered if you keep breeding the shortfins long enough, when will you begin to see variations like gold or longfin or do you ever?

[@Widquatics]

Yeah that's interesting, I'm under the impression that the long finned variety came from selectively breeding the shortfins for the longer fin trait. But in larger fish farms it's possible that they cross breed with golds and other varieties every once in a while so it might be possible they carry some of those genes and they might produce babies of other varieties randomly.

[@lalaithan]

@@Widquatics possibly. My LFS has both gold and "normal" in the same tank so it makes me wonder these things, haha.

[@jay863betta]

Love your videos

[@BIGRENZO]

HELLLLLLLL YEA IM ON IT BRO ASAP...Thanks for sharing

[@Widquatics]

Ayye my man! Thanks bro!

[@MattandMango]

what is that feeder you have going? looked like a straw? i searched your vids?

[@larrydsAquatics]

Great video nice information thumbs up

[@Widquatics]

Thanks Larry, means a lot! 😀

[@WhiteCloudDynasty]

Great video!

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching! 😀 I see you are into white clouds as well! Just subbed you man keep it up! 👍

[@asasinofull]

Interesting videos! Keep going!

[@Widquatics]

Thanks for watching! Will do!😀

[@JCAquatics]

Awesome video bro I really enjoyed this one!

[@Widquatics]

Thanks man! I always appreciate your support!

[@jt9805]

Great job!

[@JCAquatics]

Also really good info man

[@MaxJenner-o3g]

Amazing video 😊

[@Widquatics]

Thank you!

[@TheBSideDJ]

soft water ?

[@jaymiller3238]

Gah!@#! I'm so jealous! I started to breed Golden White Clouds back in October and since then I've seen exactly ONE fry that survived about a week. Why do people say it's so easy?! Maybe I'm just making it too complicated...

[@Widquatics]

Damn that's too bad! I thought the exact same thing because I didn't start seeing fry for the longest time. For me when I started feeding more quality food (like frozen brine shrimp) is when they started breeding. Is it possible the fry are getting eaten by another tank mate or being sucked up by a filter? Those are two other common reasons for low survival rates. Thanks for watching and I hope they start breeding more reliably for you soon!😀

[@George-ow9nl]

breeding in pond is way easier as fry has more space to hide. and there is more food source rather breed in tank

[@Tropicalfishcrazechannel]

you have really amazing contents video , nice information bro subbed done

[@Widquatics]

Thank you! Right back at you, can't wait for more videos!

[@pittsburghaquaria6011]

Iv kept white clouds in a 10 gallon planted tank with a male betta fish for about 9 months now and I have still yet to get any fry from my minnows. Could it be from the betta fish?

[@Widquatics]

It could be, the fry tend to hang around the surface which is likely where your betta likes to feed from but if it is heavily planted I would imagine some fry to survive. It could also be the filter is sucking them up if that is possible

[@pittsburghaquaria6011]

Widquatics I have a hob filter so that could be possible that it is sucking up the fry. I wouldn’t think it would be strong enough to suck them all though

[@Widquatics]

Yeah it is hard to say but the fry are really tiny when thy first hatch so it is very possible the HOB is sucking them up, it wouldn't hurt to try it with an intake sponge for a bit and see if you start seeing fry.

[@zakaryloreto6526]

I have a water tub outside the first days I brought them in, they spawned and there was so many babies but a year latter nothing

[@talatkiani640]

What is a male and a female look like

[@itsyurboyhicks]

Hey how can u tell between a male and female?

[@ajsaquatics6016]

The females would swell up with eggs

[@brandonlasvegas]

😎

[@markusakwarystyka8544]

Gratulacje :) zapraszam na moj kanal

[@abijml]

Hi

[@alexanderwaring9482]

im ur 300th sub

[@Widquatics]

Awesome! Thanks for subbing Alex!😀