One question we often get is how do you breed (insert fish species here).

The anwsers are actually pretty simple.

• First - make sure you start with healthy fish.
• Second - feed high quality and a good variety of food(s).
• Then - once you try the way they're "supposed to breed" and it doesn't work. Give up,no use beating a dead horse and wasting time.
• Read up on the fish - not some "experts" breeding advice but their habitat - if they spawn on plants add plants,if they spawn in caves add caves - just because one person breeds them in a set way doesn't mean everyone will.

  You tired the normal stuff and it didn't work - now what?Try other adjustments!

• One thing it seems like everyones does is match temperatures when doing water changes <--- It's overrated! - filling the tank with cooler water at water changes is one of the easiest ways to trigger spawning. Think about it from natures point (not some book) - rain is cooler then most bodies of water,rain seasons bring on spawning.
• BIG water changes also help trigger spawning! Seems like the common advice these days is 20-30% weekly water changes and no more,why? Adding clean water hurts what? Nothing! and it also helps stimulate fish to spawn.

  What else works?

• For skitish fish - reducing lights and/or covering the tank usually works well.
• Adding blackwater extract or peat moss to soften the water and add tannins works well!
• Adding a 3rd fish (temporarily) to a pair also works well,jelousy brings out the best in some pairs.
• Temperature changes! - if you've keep fish at a certain temp. for a long time, change it either slightly up or slightly down.

Ok so now your thinking theres no big secrets here. Your right! The only super methode we have is keeping things simple!

We avoid chemical this and chemical that,that fish don't need! Use lots of clean water and lots of food.Everything else is just slight variations of the basics then sticking to what works.

Rember in the end they're fish! Not labs animals.

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