Getting The Bun In The Oven

[fishygreek]

Hi

I have a few livebearers i want to get them having babies, I have plenty of plants and i am getting more.
I will also be getting a moth ball and plants around it in a corner to get the neon tetras prgnant.

Someone reccomended turning up the heat a little, its at 26 now

I know they might be eaten but the chance is with all the plants they should be ok.

Fishy Greek

 

[C4ARL]

I will also be getting a moth ball and plants around it in a corner to get the neon tetras prgnant.

Fishy Greek

i would not use moth balls in the tank you can use moss balls

 

[fishygreek]

trust me to get it wrong.lol

 

[kewskills]

Taken from your other post you have

4 Platy
2 Molly
4 Goldfish
5 Neon Tetra
2 Guppy

The platys, mollies and guppies will breed no matter what, they are extremely easy to breed.
The neons are a different matter these are much harder to breed, they will need very acidic water to even think about starting to breed.
Goldfish i have no idea about.

I am thinking that you need to separate these fish as i have stated in your other thread about poo.

 

[helterskelter]

Neon's also have photosensitive eggs which means any light kills the eggs, they have to be keped in the dark till they hatch.

TO increase guppies to breed feed the best food u can get, and do plenty of water changes. you have loads if babies befor long then.

 

[jonnyf84]

4 Platy
2 Molly
4 Goldfish
5 Neon Tetra
2 Guppy

Platys will breed regardless, whats your male/female ratio, females can be easily stressed by horny males during later stages of pregnany so unless its 1 male and 3 females i would increase the number of females.

Guppys and mollies should breed providing your 2 of each are pairs of course, keep in mind mollies like brackish (salty) water, they like specific gravity of 1.003-1.004, dissolve the salt in a tub of water before you add to the tank, this will benefit your mollies, making them healthier with more colour and more likely to breed, platys are tolerent to this amount of salt but the other fish you have aren't so if you are going to do this they will need seperating.

As already posted, you will find it very difficult to breed the neons, especially in a community tank.

For your goldfish i would seperate if you want to breed, if not provide a lot of cover, shade and hiding places , raise temp a bit (needless if keeping with tropicals), do frequent water changes (3 10-20%per week), have the lights on more (13-14 hours per day), use top quality foods and live food such as brine shrimp, bloodworms or daphnia and away you go, you will find this very difficult in a community tank but otherwise should be a doddle.

Good look

Jonny.