Always good to watch even though I’m a saltwater reefer. Always educational and a great inspiration for all new and old keepers . Keep it up Mark and as I said before looking forward to your reintroduction back in to the saltwater. 👍🏻
very cool, always love black skirts (here in New York we simply call them black tetras) I would see them spawning in the community tank all the time but naturally the eggs would be devoured.
man i transfered mt big girls to their own 40 gal breeder and instantly 4 males are rampant running after my big bertha!!!! I said Bertha go runnnn!!!! lol. i had no clue mating would look this stressful on my big girls :( 4 little males are just zooming with her everywhere she goes. Then they go to baby the real fat one and she said oh hell no haha she hid fast. Thank so much for showing me what this loooks like no other video does!
I was not really trying to breed them, I just put some of those blackskirt tetras that someone gave me into a tank with some Dalmatian mollies and an albino pleco with no plants and some natural gravel that I found. I noticed a little fry the other day! And just today I was wondering what all those little things were floating around in there. I thought they were little snails. Thanks for the video.
I don't think so not sure maybe roughly 3 days later or when the femail looks slimmer and has released her eggs or search for diy breeder basket box it's one ppl use supposed to be for pond plants. Put the parents in basket eggs fall right thru into tank
Spawning mop is interesting. Did you make it? Is there a video? Love your videos. My favorite channel. I made the shrimp acclimater last night. Ingenious! Love it.
Hi Mark, After seeing your awesome video i wanted to try my luck at breeding then. However i couldn't at the time due to various reasons. Now I've finally got some really big size black widow tetras long fin females and I'm going to try and breed them with the glo tetra widow males counterparts . My questions are 1. How long do the actual spawning activity takes place and when should i remove the parents? 2. If they breed today and there are still other egg up females would the males breed again the day after? I'm using a breeding trap so the egg fall underneath safe away from the parents. 3. I'm a bit confused but did you say to keep a dim light on the parents to trigger spawning behaviour? 4. Are the eggs light sensitive? Do i need to hatch eggs in darkness or subdued lighting and when can i revert to normal lighting? 5. Could the fry eat micro worms as first food instead of infusoria? 6 . How fast do the fry take to reach maturity? 7.Do you have an update on these black widow fry? 8. At what age could the fry easily accept live bbs? Any other advice would be appreciated. Thank you.
I have had my black widows release their eggs this morning in my community tank (I doubt any of them will make it) but given they are happy to breed I am going to set up a breeding tank. The answers to these questions would be great! Especially when the parents need to be removed, or more when do the eggs actually get fertilised?
Amazing video, I just discovered your channel and i absolutely LOVE It. May I request a hatchet fish Carnegiella strigata breeding video? It would be incredible useful. Cheers!
I wish there was a fallow up video of rasing the fry. These fish are one of the oldest on the hobby yet i can find the least of info about them online.
Hi Mark a man of the cloth who would have thought, so your secret is holy water and divine intervention, with a sprinkling of whispering Ted Lowe. Fantastic video I think your going to be busy ;-) Love to you and yours
So after a year of watching you and Fishman building things on YT I've finally started building my own reef tank! It's basically a 3 chamber all in one style tank that's built on the dimensions of a 20gallon long (12"×12"×30"). I have a few possible setups for my filter chambers and would appreciate your input. I have 3 chambers(each is 4"×6"×12") obviously the first chamber will be mechanical/biological filtration, so that leaves 2 empty chambers for either micro algae or a skimmer and the return pump. Would you do a refugium style setup with Chaetomorpha and copepods in the 2nd chamber, and just a return pump in the 3rd? Or a nano skimmer in the 2nd chamber and GFO and carbon in the 3rd with the return pump? Or Chaetomorpha and copepods in the 2nd, and a really small nano skimmer in the 3rd chamber with a return pump, or use a hang on back skimmer and chamber 2&3 for chaeto & copepods? Also I plan to use a slow flow return pump for the filtration (so as not to suck all my copepods through the pump constantly) and use wave makers in the display for the water movement. I hope this isn't too confusing, thank's a bunch Mark! Keep up the great work!
Defo go with the chaetomorpha I use to also use miracle mud it's great stuff for micro organisms to live and grow. I'll be using it in my coral room sump. And a slow return is also good. Like you said use wave makers for flow. Existing stuff. Fishmans channel is great he builds some awesome stuff. A man after my own heart.
It’s been 3 years since this video.. but I hope you can help me. Our male and female spawned all day yesterday. This morning when I woke the female was laying on her side in some plants at the surface barely breathing.. she still looks a little plump.. it seems like she is dying. Is this common? What causes this? I’ve had this happen once before about 3 years ago..
My favorite thing about this video is that you called it just like a soccer match. I started feeding my entire Amazon tank blood worms and fly food, and the corys are spawning constantly. My two black skirt females now look like basketballs. I think they are pregnant, especially after looking at your fish. Any advice on ember tetras? I have a beautiful, fully planted, single species tank. Maybe I separate the sexes, there, too?
Not with egg scattering fish as there eggs are so tiny they'd be like little snacks for them. I keep them in with plecos as the eggs are much bigger and they only clean up the bad eggs.
wow you realy have the gift...….I have mollies and two girls have been full for weeks but no mater what I do I cant get them to release, what am I doing wrong
Hello Mark. I know you made this video a few years ago but, I have 5 Black Skirts and one of them is very fat so i am assuming she is full of eggs. I came across your video doing research on them. I am NOT a breeder. I do not know which one is her mate. Does the male need to be with her when she lays the eggs? Can I just take her out to try to save some of the eggs without the male?
I have fry hatched 2 days ago. They are floating on the surface. From which day since they hatched should i start feeding. Day2 i added some daphnia and infusoria and they are ignoring it. Please advice on the which day since they hatched we should start feedin.
Hello sir, i too have these tetras ... Different colors infact but i see that the females abdomen is not this muxh bulged. But its swellen.... Im doubtful that they really pregnant or not
I have a group of 6 and two of them look like they have eggs. The rest are chasing them around. I don't really want to breed them i'm just wondering how long this behavior will last because I feel sorry for the two being chased? Any help would be appreciated.
How can you tell the males from the females with black widows ? I also have rosy barbs, they are easier to tell apart the males from the females. And the rosy barbs have breed lots of times, but this time I won’t let them eat their eggs but but try to grow/hatch the fry’s . Thou, My female rosy barbs always look pregnant, do they sprawl their eggs all at once, or in stages?
Hey my black skirts arnt swimming they are just sitting in one spot. I have did a 50% water change and they still aren't moving what maybe wrong with them?
Did you ever do an update to this? I have just inherited a pair of black skirts and they are showing breeding behaviour in my 55 gal tank. Much cooler water though at 22C. About 6.5 pH.
I just saw a few eggs getting dropped after I turned the LED light on just a bit! Started with a light in the room beside the tank, then turned on my LED to the collar I call "Ice blue". Yay!
Also I have 3 chunks of Susswassertang on plastic craft mesh. One is sitting on the sponge filter, one floating halfway up the tank (caught on a plastic plant) the other floating at the surface. The female is showing interest in all three!
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks! Yes, I have several infusoria jars going at all times. You never know when something exciting might happen! LOL! Microworms cultures too. Love your videos!
Thanks for sharing Mark Are these the same widows that have the fluorescent colors? Would this same method work? How can you identify Male and females from small approx 6 months? How many males you recommend per female to spawn?
Yes they are . It's a cruel practice where they inject dye in to the fish. Hard to sex when young but as they get older the females will fatten up and if you watch them you'll see the males becoming more dominant ok. Ide go for for 4.
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thank you for reply. 4 males to 1 female? I've noticed that in regular fin types some have a sharp point dorsal will others are round. Are sharp points dorsal considered males?
Very effective setup. I wonder if it might be a little cruel to the females being in such a small tank with no cover to hide from the males... the males seem to almost chaise them around too much near the end. Is it possible to add more cover for the females to hide, like plastic java fern or a shelter?
Once you notice a female has eggs, how long until she should drop them? I don't know which of my 3 is male ( I think 2 male to 1 female)... I'm so lost because my dad was the one who helped me with everything fish...he died in 2016 so I'm on my own with the internet! I want these babies to make it but. Afraid I'm going to do something wrong. I know she has eggs because she's very chunky suddenly! I've noticed them all "fighting" and assumed it was breeding behavior but I don't have a safe spot I don't think! I'm so stressed 😞 I also have a pleco in their tank I'm afraid will suck up the eggs!!
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You seem to succeed with every species that you try to breed, I'm sure that if you put two tins of salmon in a tank they would spawn.
That should be your next video, Mark.
Here we go again watching Mark pimpin out the little fishies !
thanks mark.....had some success with my blue neon rainbows,thanks to your videos,and your right it is very cool to raise your own
HAHA swear I watched this video multiple times how did I miss you preachin to your fishy children at the beginning!?!
Always good to watch even though I’m a saltwater reefer. Always educational and a great inspiration for all new and old keepers .
Keep it up Mark and as I said before looking forward to your reintroduction back in to the saltwater. 👍🏻
Thanks for this. I was able to breed my two black skirt tetras Paul (female) and George (male)
Nice,love these vids
I had some black skirt tetras awhile back. They were very hardy in my tank
love it mark, i recently bought a small shoal of these.. fantastic wee fish
The real stuff is at Mark's Aquatics! Thank you very much, sir!
Absolutely love these videos. You are truly a master breeder. Thanks for sharing and please keep them coming.
very cool, always love black skirts (here in New York we simply call them black tetras) I would see them spawning in the community tank all the time but naturally the eggs would be devoured.
really like widows, cheap and under rated , white ones are like a poor mans angel
Really nice. As always. Thanks for sharing these wonderful, infrequently seen, stories of Cycle of life.
You make it look so easy...love these breeding vids 🐠😍
man i transfered mt big girls to their own 40 gal breeder and instantly 4 males are rampant running after my big bertha!!!! I said Bertha go runnnn!!!! lol. i had no clue mating would look this stressful on my big girls :( 4 little males are just zooming with her everywhere she goes. Then they go to baby the real fat one and she said oh hell no haha she hid fast. Thank so much for showing me what this loooks like no other video does!
'Ha ha Fantastic Stuff!' Another enjoyable video Mark, never gets old. Thanks for giving us another one. Another thumbs up from me!
Nice fish. Thanks for sharing your experience Mark!
Thank you Mark ! these videos are great!
Love love breeding! Nothing like it! Congrats on your breeding accomplishments!
I just got myself 5 Black Skirt Tetras
Really cool fish
Remind me of silver dollars/mini piranha
Thanks Mark for the video , love the beginning ' rev ' 😂🙏✌
Just found your channel. Excellent stuff. Catching up on all the Tetra information at the moment 👍
Superb Mark once again.
As usual, very informative and totally awesome. I especially liked the intro!
I was not really trying to breed them, I just put some of those blackskirt tetras that someone gave me into a tank with some Dalmatian mollies and an albino pleco with no plants and some natural gravel that I found.
I noticed a little fry the other day! And just today I was wondering what all those little things were floating around in there. I thought they were little snails. Thanks for the video.
your videos are great ! they show everything that is supposed to be happening, I really enjoy all of them, SUBSCRIBED !
Thanks for watching and subscribing 😀👍
Great video
These ones look nice made me think little angles
You just have the magic touch when it comes to tetras
Great video! I am determined to have ago at breeding in the near future!
Thanks for this
In how many months the black skirt widow tetra is ready to breed
great info. can you do a video on responsible disposal of medicated water water after treating fish please?
As always mark absolutely brilliant thank you
Another great video Mark,Just waiting for my commitment
anyone please help me. do i have to remove the fish from the breeding tank right away once they finish laying eggs?
I don't think so not sure maybe roughly 3 days later or when the femail looks slimmer and has released her eggs or search for diy breeder basket box it's one ppl use supposed to be for pond plants. Put the parents in basket eggs fall right thru into tank
Spawning mop is interesting. Did you make it? Is there a video? Love your videos. My favorite channel. I made the shrimp acclimater last night. Ingenious! Love it.
You can watch Mark fabricate a spawning mop in this video: ruclips.net/video/Pbw3FHMppEw/видео.html
Yes i made it on the how to breed dwarf neon rainbow fish video part 1👍😀
Thank you for all the great content, love watching your videos.
Any chance of breeding larger cichlids in the future?
I'm sure I'll get around to them one day.
I wouldn't mind doing this with my black phantom tetras 👍🐠
Hi Mark,
After seeing your awesome video i wanted to try my luck at breeding then. However i couldn't at the time due to various reasons.
Now I've finally got some really big size black widow tetras long fin females and I'm going to try and breed them with the glo tetra widow males counterparts .
My questions are
1. How long do the actual spawning activity takes place and when should i remove the parents?
2. If they breed today and there are still other egg up females would the males breed again the day after? I'm using a breeding trap so the egg fall underneath safe away from the parents.
3. I'm a bit confused but did you say to keep a dim light on the parents to trigger spawning behaviour?
4. Are the eggs light sensitive?
Do i need to hatch eggs in darkness or subdued lighting and when can i revert to normal lighting?
5. Could the fry eat micro worms as first food instead of infusoria?
6 . How fast do the fry take to reach maturity?
7.Do you have an update on these black widow fry?
8. At what age could the fry easily accept live bbs?
Any other advice would be appreciated.
Thank you.
I have had my black widows release their eggs this morning in my community tank (I doubt any of them will make it) but given they are happy to breed I am going to set up a breeding tank. The answers to these questions would be great! Especially when the parents need to be removed, or more when do the eggs actually get fertilised?
@@katiefairweather3787
Yes Katie however no reply.
As always thank you for the excellent video. Could you please provide the link to the lighting website you mention at the 10:58 point...Senzeal?
Amazing video, I just discovered your channel and i absolutely LOVE It. May I request a hatchet fish Carnegiella strigata breeding video? It would be incredible useful.
Cheers!
I really like your videos, and I was wondering if you can make a video on how to breed Cherry Barb's
There on my list.😀👍
@@MARKSAQUATICS I'm excited!!!!!
I wish there was a fallow up video of rasing the fry. These fish are one of the oldest on the hobby yet i can find the least of info about them online.
And this is when Mark changes the name of his channel to horny fish lol
You should have red lights in those tanks lol
Awesome video your a good commentator
Totally spiritual!
Do you remove the adults once all eggs have been laid? Will they try to eat them?
Hi Mark a man of the cloth who would have thought, so your secret is holy water and divine intervention, with a sprinkling of whispering Ted Lowe. Fantastic video I think your going to be busy ;-) Love to you and yours
Your right John there's going be hundreds 😂👍
Mark do u have a video breeding black Phantom tetras? 💚
Love every video mark
So after a year of watching you and Fishman building things on YT I've finally started building my own reef tank! It's basically a 3 chamber all in one style tank that's built on the dimensions of a 20gallon long (12"×12"×30"). I have a few possible setups for my filter chambers and would appreciate your input. I have 3 chambers(each is 4"×6"×12") obviously the first chamber will be mechanical/biological filtration, so that leaves 2 empty chambers for either micro algae or a skimmer and the return pump. Would you do a refugium style setup with Chaetomorpha and copepods in the 2nd chamber, and just a return pump in the 3rd? Or a nano skimmer in the 2nd chamber and GFO and carbon in the 3rd with the return pump? Or Chaetomorpha and copepods in the 2nd, and a really small nano skimmer in the 3rd chamber with a return pump, or use a hang on back skimmer and chamber 2&3 for chaeto & copepods? Also I plan to use a slow flow return pump for the filtration (so as not to suck all my copepods through the pump constantly) and use wave makers in the display for the water movement. I hope this isn't too confusing, thank's a bunch Mark! Keep up the great work!
Defo go with the chaetomorpha I use to also use miracle mud it's great stuff for micro organisms to live and grow. I'll be using it in my coral room sump. And a slow return is also good. Like you said use wave makers for flow. Existing stuff. Fishmans channel is great he builds some awesome stuff. A man after my own heart.
Hi mark. Could you do Ember tetras please? I would like to breed mine and trust your videos on how to breed
It’s been 3 years since this video.. but I hope you can help me. Our male and female spawned all day yesterday. This morning when I woke the female was laying on her side in some plants at the surface barely breathing.. she still looks a little plump.. it seems like she is dying. Is this common? What causes this? I’ve had this happen once before about 3 years ago..
My favorite thing about this video is that you called it just like a soccer match.
I started feeding my entire Amazon tank blood worms and fly food, and the corys are spawning constantly. My two black skirt females now look like basketballs. I think they are pregnant, especially after looking at your fish.
Any advice on ember tetras? I have a beautiful, fully planted, single species tank. Maybe I separate the sexes, there, too?
I have a question. How long do you wait to start to feed the fry?
Always impressed MARK!! Is it possible to have shrimp in you breeding tanks for any eggs that might not make it?
Not with egg scattering fish as there eggs are so tiny they'd be like little snacks for them. I keep them in with plecos as the eggs are much bigger and they only clean up the bad eggs.
So are these fertilized etc. Do you remove them eggs or the parents and then the fry are born? How many days later?
wow you realy have the gift...….I have mollies and two girls have been full for weeks but no mater what I do I cant get them to release, what am I doing wrong
Maybe remove one to a small tank with lots of surface plants for a couple of days and raise the temperature a couple of degrees.
Hello Mark. I know you made this video a few years ago but, I have 5 Black Skirts and one of them is very fat so i am assuming she is full of eggs. I came across your video doing research on them. I am NOT a breeder. I do not know which one is her mate. Does the male need to be with her when she lays the eggs? Can I just take her out to try to save some of the eggs without the male?
Is that moss stuff yarn? Could I put that in my tank to get them to breed?
I have fry hatched 2 days ago. They are floating on the surface. From which day since they hatched should i start feeding. Day2 i added some daphnia and infusoria and they are ignoring it. Please advice on the which day since they hatched we should start feedin.
Hello sir, i too have these tetras ... Different colors infact but i see that the females abdomen is not this muxh bulged. But its swellen.... Im doubtful that they really pregnant or not
I have a group of 6 and two of them look like they have eggs. The rest are chasing them around. I don't really want to breed them i'm just wondering how long this behavior will last because I feel sorry for the two being chased? Any help would be appreciated.
How can you tell the males from the females with black widows ?
I also have rosy barbs, they are easier to tell apart the males from the females. And the rosy barbs have breed lots of times, but this time I won’t let them eat their eggs but but try to grow/hatch the fry’s .
Thou, My female rosy barbs always look pregnant, do they sprawl their eggs all at once, or in stages?
Hey my black skirts arnt swimming they are just sitting in one spot. I have did a 50% water change and they still aren't moving what maybe wrong with them?
U should try and breed a sword tail and platty
Did you ever do an update to this? I have just inherited a pair of black skirts and they are showing breeding behaviour in my 55 gal tank. Much cooler water though at 22C. About 6.5 pH.
I just saw a few eggs getting dropped after I turned the LED light on just a bit! Started with a light in the room beside the tank, then turned on my LED to the collar I call "Ice blue". Yay!
Also I have 3 chunks of Susswassertang on plastic craft mesh. One is sitting on the sponge filter, one floating halfway up the tank (caught on a plastic plant) the other floating at the surface. The female is showing interest in all three!
Sound like your going to have lots of mouths to feed. Make sure you have lot's of infusoria to feed the fry 😋
@@MARKSAQUATICS Thanks! Yes, I have several infusoria jars going at all times. You never know when something exciting might happen! LOL! Microworms cultures too. Love your videos!
I always wanted this retra, never had the space for it, I have just 18gallon or 70L tanks
Can you please give us the spelling of the light? Thanks.
I'd that yarn your using as sponing moss??
Do you know how to breed moenkhausia Costa?
So after laying eggs is it one day only then get the parents leave the eggs to hatch
0:48 i have the exact same rainbow fish
Hi Mark. What’s the exact temperature you maintain for widow tetra breeding 26 or 27 ?
Hi Mark. Great channel! Have you ever spawned bleeding heart tetras?
Yes many years ago. Beautiful little fish. 😀👍
Hi mark I'm from the Caribbean I am getting my tetras breed but eggs keeps spoiling where am I going wrong
What do you feed the fry?
Thanks for sharing Mark
Are these the same widows that have the fluorescent colors?
Would this same method work?
How can you identify Male and females from small approx 6 months?
How many males you recommend per female to spawn?
Yes they are . It's a cruel practice where they inject dye in to the fish. Hard to sex when young but as they get older the females will fatten up and if you watch them you'll see the males becoming more dominant ok. Ide go for for 4.
@@MARKSAQUATICS
Thank you for reply.
4 males to 1 female?
I've noticed that in regular fin types some have a sharp point dorsal will others are round. Are sharp points dorsal considered males?
What kind of church (building design) is that, Presbyterian?
Can white skirt and black skirts breed eachother??
Mark is your shed/workshop insulated? I only as as I have a massive shed I was to put some tanks in. Cheers
No it's not that's why I only breed in spring and summer or the wife would kick me out. 😀👍
Is the same for green skirts as well?
Very effective setup. I wonder if it might be a little cruel to the females being in such a small tank with no cover to hide from the males... the males seem to almost chaise them around too much near the end. Is it possible to add more cover for the females to hide, like plastic java fern or a shelter?
Are the unfertilized eggs eaten as well by infusoria?
The bacteria in the aquarium soon eat them up.
How do you keep the humidity down in your house to keep from growing black mold?
I leave a small window open. 😀👍
What size tank is that?
Mine is so fat but I have no idea what I’m doing I’ve only had swordtails and Molly’s lol
How long until I can move the babies to the other tank with the rest of the bigger fish?
After about 3 months 😀👍
Do they eat their own fry?
If I show you a picture can you tell me if my Black Skirt is a male or female?
How often do black skirt tetras lay eggs ?
One conditioned they will lay most mornings. 😀👍
does anyone have social media so i can see if these are eggs i’ve been researching and i can’t find anything!
Can i use first bites instead ?
You can try but infusoria is the best first food 😋
can you do a video on nerite snail breeding plz plz plz
Never bred snails but I'm up for it. 😀👍
Great intro, quite the actor, but you need to stop eating pork pies lol
It will be interesting to see what proportion of the fry are also long finned.
Once you notice a female has eggs, how long until she should drop them? I don't know which of my 3 is male ( I think 2 male to 1 female)... I'm so lost because my dad was the one who helped me with everything fish...he died in 2016 so I'm on my own with the internet! I want these babies to make it but. Afraid I'm going to do something wrong. I know she has eggs because she's very chunky suddenly! I've noticed them all "fighting" and assumed it was breeding behavior but I don't have a safe spot I don't think! I'm so stressed 😞 I also have a pleco in their tank I'm afraid will suck up the eggs!!
Do I need a place to separate the eggs from the male and female. Oh goodness 😣😣😣😣
10:00 anyone notice the poor, lonely, left out fish on the bottomright.. lol
Do splash tetras copella arnoldi
Its getting hold of some, but I do plan to breed them at some point. 😀👍
Why are mine so aggressive
Snooker or darts...