Breeding, keeping Cyprinids

Barbs, danios, white clouds, and others.
(For koi & goldfish see Ponds section)
Species are in alphabetical order according to their Latin names

new BREEDING MICRORASBORA SP. "GALAXY" by Michael Pham
Summary: Michael recounts one of the first recorded spawning successes for a newly discovered fish from the high lands of Myanmar - the beautiful Microrasbora sp. "Galaxy".

THOSE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL BARBS by Terry Ranson
Summary: Terry recommends barbs for their beauty, compatibility with plants, and interesting behaviour, and writes notes about his favorites. This article made me start a barb tank!

Barbus fasciatus - ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL! by George A. and Vickie L. Coy
Summary: George and Vickie spawned and raised the beautiful panda barb.

SPAWNING Barbus melanampyx. THE EMBER BARB by Charles Drew
Summary: Charles bred this fish easily. He wonders why it is not seen more often in the trade.

BREEDING EMBER BARBS. Barbus melanampyx by Tom and Pat Bridges
Summary: Tom and Pat recount their personal experiences breeding these barbs three times, with slightly different results each time.

AN ACCIDENTAL SPAWNING? by David Marshal
Summary: The books say that tinfoil barbs (Barbus schwanenfeldi) are "impossible to breed in captivity," but David watched his pair spawn in a community tank. Unfortunately his catfishes ate the eggs. He would like to hear from anyone with a similar experience.

Barbus titteya, CHERRY BARBS by Jacklyn McNaughton
Summary: Nothing appeared to happen with Jacklyn's attempts to breed these fish. But the second time, when about to throw away the water, she noticed some very very tiny fry.

PEARL DANIO, Brachydanio albolineatus by R. Shane Lindler
Summary: From a spawning of five fish, Shane ended up raising two or three hundred fry.

LEOPARD DANIO, Brachydanio frankei by R. Shane Lindler
Summary: Breeding and raising the leopard danio.

CARING FOR ZEBRA DANIOS by Peter McKane
Summary: (Danio rerio, formerly Brachydanio rerio) "Caring for such a vibrant and active fish is not as easy as people may lead you to believe."

SPAWNING THE CHINESE ALGAE EATER by William Berg
Summary: William's Gyrinocheilus aymonieri spawned by themselves two or three months after being transferred to a heavily planted tank. He couldn't get them to do it again, but speculates as to the conditions they might prefer and what might trigger them.

Puntius conchonius, THE ROSY BARB by Greg Mallet
Summary: Rosy barbs are good community fish, and are easy to spawn on spawning mops or plants. They are egg eaters, so the eggs should be removed to another tank.

SPAWNING ROSY BARBS by George and Vickie Coy
Summary: Rosy barbs are easy to spawn, and no problems raising the fry.

WHITE CLOUD MOUNTAIN MINNOW by Jason Shaw
Summary: Jay's personal experiences in breeding the White Cloud Mountain minnow,Tanichthys albonubes.

Tanicthys albonubes by Ron Finlayson
Summary: White Cloud Mountain minnows: Ron put some white clouds outside in a bathtub for the summer, where they thrived and reproduced.