Breeding livebeares

nomadofthehills

nomadofthehills

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Hi, I read the articel hear on the site, but had some questions. I want to breed either mollies or platys, to feed to my future midas cichlid and northern water snake. I have an empty ten gallon and a 2.5g.

How many could I humanely keep in a ten gallon? I want these fish to be happy and healthy, untill tey are fed. IMO, a happy fish is healthier.

Also, are mollies or playties easier to breed, and whos fry grow faster?

Thanks.
 
I would go with 4 in a 10 gallon. One male, 3 females. You better have room for the babies though. I think mollies are easier to breed, but I cant comment on which one grows faster.
 
Guppies, (in my opinion) are the easiest to breed!

I have tried mollies, their babies take the longest to grow and are harder to keep alive. Also, mollies need alot more space. But the guppy fry in the same gallon tank grew about 4 X as fast!

However, I've never breed platies before so I don't know about that one.

You might even want to try swordtails...but guppies IMO are the smallest and are hardier fish.

Good Luck!
 
My molly and 3 of my guppies just gave birth in the past 5 days..and all their fry are the same size...were you planning on feeding your other fish the fry as soon as they were born...or were you going to wait until the grew full size?

You could also try feeder goldfish they come in all different sizes some REALLY big kind and depending on the size range from 5 cents - 25 cents.

The only problem with those though, is that they are usually dirty/unhealthy and can end up giving the fish you are feeding them to a disease. I just feed my cichlids (Oscars, Lake tanganika, and Lake malawi cichlids..kept in different tanks of course) frozen foods, tubifex/blood worms (freeze dried), and flake/pellet food and they do just fine! I've had them for almost 2 years now.
 
Another thing to consider is that a full-grown molly can give 3x as much as a platy. Platies are said to be easier to keep, however. I myself have had slightly better luck with platies.
 
So are you saying that you want to raise fish to near-adulthood before feeding them??
 
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