well...for starters, you need a male and a female. females that are in season are typically alot plumper than males. those are the eggs. from what i have heard and read, you need to condition them on live foods and such. blackworms, bloodworms, brineshrimp, etc. it also helps if you seperate the sexes. when they are ready, put them in a planted tank with the water temp a little over that of the water they came out of. then let them have at it. once they have spawned, remove the parents or they will eat the fry and the eggs. make sure you keeop the eggs' tank porperly airated or the eggs will die...not good. after the fry have hatches and are free swimming, feed them BBS or green water(pondwater...lots of tastey microscopic organisms in pond water) once they get big enough, start feeding them adult brine shrimp and finly cruched flakes and black worms.
That is how i would breed them. i have never breed any fish other than guppies but i am currently working on breeding zebra danios and white clouds if my lfs would ever get me somew brineshrimp.
this is by no means the "right" way i am sure. that is just how i have read to breed zebra danios and figured it would work the same way for harlies. like i said earlier...the first step is making sure you have a male and a female.
good luck
Andrew
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