Breeding
When breeding, males swim just behind females, and chase away rival males. Adult cherry barbs will spawn 200 to 300 eggs and scatter them on plants and on the substrate. They tend to eat their eggs. The eggs hatch in 1 to 2 days and the fry will be free-swimming after 2 more days. After 5 weeks, the hatchlings will be about 1 cm long and easily identifiable as cherry barbs.
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