I have always heard that 1500 grams was the minimal weight for a female to breed however, having bred Barbs for a long time I feel that a 1500 gram female is too small to be bread. I like to wait until the female is as big as she is going to get before breeding her. All BRBs are different and some females get much bigger than other but all of my female breeders are well over 1500 grams, closer to 3000 grams.

A male BRB just needs to be producing sperm plugs. I’ve noticed that happens between 1000 – 1200 grams in my experience. This is my personal opinion; just for ‘safety’ (loosely termed) I don’t like to pair a male up with a female if that female is better than twice the size of the male.

The minimum weight is more in reference to the female being big enough to safely pass an egg or baby.

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John Wiseman
www.rainbowsbydesign.com

18.30 BRBs (as of 6-20-2012)
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