Easy live bearers
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I vote Endlers, Guppies, or Platies. Swordtails need more room, and the males can get pretty aggressive, sometimes killing each other. They need a lot more room. I know a few people have different experience with mollies, but most are sickly in fresh water- you have to have perfect conditions to keep them healthy under those circumstances.
Some livebearers, like Goodeids and halfbeaks are very difficult to breed. At a
couple recent auctions, people have said "these fish will give you cichlid breeders a real challenge!"
Some livebearers, like Goodeids and halfbeaks are very difficult to breed. At a
couple recent auctions, people have said "these fish will give you cichlid breeders a real challenge!"
Least Killifish: Heterandria Formosa (not a true killifish) are great for smaller tanks and nano-enviroments and breed extremely fast. They rarely get over half an inch long and can live in a variety of water parameters. They are live bearers also.
They are sometimes hard to find. I however have the good fortune here in central Florida to go down to the river and grab up a netfull
They are sometimes hard to find. I however have the good fortune here in central Florida to go down to the river and grab up a netfull
I would like to breed sword tails but they are brackish as it says in the species profiles on this website and in my newly purchased book. Can i keep them in totaly fresh water? Or will i have to go to platys?
swordtails are not brackish whatsoever. they do not need any aquarium salt either, and will thank you in the long run if you do not put any salt of any kind in the tank (unless you are treating for ich or some other diesase of course). if you want swordtails, they need a tank of at least 20 gallons, and like to be in groups of 1 male to 3 females.dwarfgourami7 said:
mollies are the only common livebearer that can be considered brackish.
Hmm.. How hard is it to breed mysis shrimp? They require SW, or can they be in FW? Also, what in the world do they eat? Would they eat goldfish flake food? Or, how about Omegaone Shrimp Pellets?
If I wanted to breed nice ST's, I'd use a 40 or 55, and have a couple 10's handy as breeding traps.
dwarfgourami7 said:
I wouldn't consider swordtails a brackish fish to where you would want to add salt to the water for them. They do prefer PH's above 7 and slightly hard water, but they also have a pretty wide range of PH and water hardness that they will be perfectly happy in. Mollies are the only livebearer that I am aware of that are often refered to as a brackish fish. So yes, swordtails will breed completely out of control just like most other livebearers in totally fresh water. (Mine do).
