What is the best type of live bearers that: Breed easily, can do well in a small tank, require no salt at all, ever, and are just all round good. I want to know as i feel i am capable of breeding some and it will be awsome! Thank you.
Easy live bearers
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Endler's Livebearers. Thay are kind of hard to come by, but John N. sells them here. Just look in the Classifieds section. They look just like a smaller Fancy Guppy. I personally really like them.
I would probably get mosquito fish. They can breed pretty quickly. You might be able to find them in you lfs. Not including petsmart or petco.
I don't think there are many 'hard' livebearers. Not really. Guppies and mollies are certainly dead easy. And none really 'need' salt as such...
Yea, all livebearers are pretty much recomended for beginners. However, I hope that you are ready to deal with the large amounts of fry that you will end up with. I put four mollies in a 55 gallon tank and in less than three months had more than I could keep up with. I even stopped taking the fry out of the tank and quite a few would still escape mommy and daddy to not get eaten.
If you want to keep the fry, you need another tank or a breeder's net. I like the other tank idea better so that more can fit in it. A 10 gallon is all you would need. I am using a 10 gallon for yellow lab fry right now.
If you want to keep the fry, you need another tank or a breeder's net. I like the other tank idea better so that more can fit in it. A 10 gallon is all you would need. I am using a 10 gallon for yellow lab fry right now.
mollies have been proven to due significantly better in full marine if not at least SW environments. in fact, most are regularily found in SW in the wild.
When acclimated to SW, their rate of illnesses drops 90%.
just my two cents, but bearing this in mind, i wouldnt put them in FW for long.
btw, the whole "livebearers that could work in a small tank and are easy to breed", this could be a blessing and a curse, as most livebearers have a habit for filling up tanks to the brim.
When acclimated to SW, their rate of illnesses drops 90%.
just my two cents, but bearing this in mind, i wouldnt put them in FW for long.
btw, the whole "livebearers that could work in a small tank and are easy to breed", this could be a blessing and a curse, as most livebearers have a habit for filling up tanks to the brim.
Mollies are brackish fish by nature, but can live a long life in freshwater, but they are more susceptible to disease.
For a small tank I'd go with endlers, guppies or platies. I prefer to keep swordtails & mollies in slightly bigger tanks..