Breeding Minnows
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), Which occurs throughout the eastern states in cool and clear upland streams with permanent strong flow, and gravel or rock bottoms. It spawns on riffles, or optionally on the nests of other minnows. You can breed them in a 20-gallon aquarium with current from powerheads. Feed them vegetable flakes supplemented with blackworms, brine shrimp and bloodworms. Use a plastic shoebox with gravel or pebbles as a spawning site. Collect eggs for a week by leaving the box in the adult tank. Then move the box to a separate rearing aquarium before they hatch, providing only sponge filtration. The large fry take Artemia nauplii as a first food, but larger spawns will be raised if they are also provided with green
water.
Luxilus have elongated scales in the front of the body, origin of the dorsal fin directly over the origin of the pelvic fins and nine anal fin rays. The nuptial male has prominent hooked tubercles on his snout. These mostly large minnows require 20- to 50-gallon aquaria for a group of six. Most are broadcasters, some spawning over the pits of chubs. Three groups are distinguishable:
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