SAS Member Spawning Report

Black-tailed Shiner
Cyprinella venusta

General Information

Name:

Rich & Laura Bireley

Date (yyyy-mm-dd):

2011-02-05

Common Name:

Black-tailed Shiner

Scientific Name:

Cyprinella venusta

Aquarium Conditions

pH:

8.0

General Hardness (ppm):

250 Avg.

Temp.:

78

Nitrate (ppm):

5

Tank Size (inches LxWxH):

24x24x10=25 Gallons

Water Source:

Tap Water

Changes:

How Often -

Monthly

How Much -

75%

Filtration System(s):

box

Additives:

Tank Décor

Plants:

Plastic

Substrate:

Bare Bottom

Structures:

Rock

Reproduction

Reproduction Method:

Egg Layer

Approx. # of Eggs:

100

Location of Eggs:

See comments

Parental Care:

None

Date of Hatch or Birth (yyyy-mm-dd):

2010-11-23

Date Free Swimming:

2010-11-30

Food

Food Fed to Parents and How Often:

Daily: flakes, brown worms, thawed mysid

Food Fed to Fry and How Often:

Daily: Cyclop-ease, bbs, fry.

Comments

This is a 2" native fish. They are attractive, busy, not aggressive and not picky. They squirt their eggs into crevices. I put pieces of floor tile together, vertically and they put the eggs between them. I moved some eggs with a turkey baster.