Livebearers - Stocking and Fry

[glolite]

great posting, agree it should be pinned. Can I just add that people frome the UK cannot feed fry to other fish as it is illegal here. Anither point to think about when breeding livebearers.

 

[Jephex]

what are fish that usually eat fry...im talking about a 10 gallon tank here, and i have shrimps and gouramis, and a mollie

 

[Annastasia]

Tetras, some catfish, most Barbs, some Gouramis, basically any fish that are big enough to eat one, and feel like a snack. The list is pretty big.

In your tank, I think the biggest problem would be the Gourami, and perhaps the Molly if she felt like eating her own fry. What kind of Shrimp?

 

[tonilee7]

Can you help me you seem to know all there is to know about breeding fish (livebearers anyway) I breed molly's, swords and guppies extremely well but when it comes to platties every time I get a platty that has babies it is in the community tank because I can never tell wether they are pregnant, so they just have them in the tank. It was just luck that I got the last lot of platty fry bacause I had the female in a seperate container coz she was sick. Ps does anyone know how I get pictures on here

 

[aquamanA]

I tell you what I had live bearers and they all died and some how vanished now.

 

[jennat18]

what are fish that usually eat fry...im talking about a 10 gallon tank here, and i have shrimps and gouramis, and a mollie

i think all the comments r cool talk soon thanx

 

[tetras_rock]

hey mate
awsome article. ok im from australia and at my LFS theres this one fish that i just cant walk into the store and not look at it, its called a endler's livebearer( i have heard there kinda rare in the UK and in the US of A)
but anyways i cant seem to find the number of fry they have and how often them have them on the net so if know can you plz reply coz if its something huge i might just go with a all male tank coz i heard these are very peaceful in a male tank thanks but awsome article

 

[Annastasia]

Ah, Endlers. They are a very pretty and addicting little fish! I wouldn't say they are rare anymore, but definitely not as common as say...Guppies.

Endlers tend to have a smaller number of fry then most fish. I'd say around 10-20 is the norm, but of course it could vary by female. Their gestation period is the same as Guppies, about a month.

Yes, these are one of the best fish for an all male tank. The other common Livebearers tend to have aggression issues, but these fish don't commonly show aggression.

Take a look at our Endler Profile for more information.

Good luck!

 

[ice_queen64]

Great info. Have one question. After the fry grow, I have a lyre tail molly, the babies seem to be bugging the crud out of her. I have put them in a seperate tank. Would you know why they are pestering her so much?

Thanks,
ice_queen

 

[PufferFishRule]

i bought my mollies at the LFS and the female had babies in the fish bag ! is this weird or does it happen regulary?

 

[Dave1]

i bought my mollies at the LFS and the female had babies in the fish bag ! is this weird or does it happen regulary?

it happened to me when i bought my *wild guppies* (not the boring kind or the "fancy guppies", they're the ones with numerous colors) i was VERY suprised.

 

[DarkShadow435]

Ok, so here's my situation. My molly is giving birth as we speak. She's in a 10 gal tank with 3 silver tipped tetras, a mystery snail, a chinese algae eater, and a male molly. There is adaquate hiding for the fry, but i dont know what i should do about the other fish. will there be overcrowding? I've only been fishkeeping for 3 months. PLEASE HELP!!!

 

[fishstick]

great posting, agree it should be pinned. Can I just add that people frome the UK cannot feed fry to other fish as it is illegal here. Anither point to think about when breeding livebearers.

Does this mean that I cannot add a male and two female guppies to a community tank which contains badis badis? - these fish will only take live food.

 

[rabbut]

great posting, agree it should be pinned. Can I just add that people frome the UK cannot feed fry to other fish as it is illegal here. Anither point to think about when breeding livebearers.

Glolite,
I have been breeding fish for may years in the Uk, but have never heard of thet law. Any chance you could quote the exact place I could find details of this? I don't doubt your word, I was just wondering if it was a "techinaly illeagal" thing, where it is unlikely that anyone would be charged, or whether it is a definate offence. I am slightly worried by you post, as I have, in the past, advised people to cull deformed fry in this way. I presume that this law extends to all species??
Thanks for your input
rabbut

 

[TribeOfShroom]

Hey, my gf has just brought 4 mollies and surprise surpirse 2 have given birth... two breeding traps full of fry (good thing the traps are a decent size). Now even though the traps are big, as we all know the fry are quickly going to out grow them. So I was wondering, what age can these little guys be transferred to a new tank with a completely different set up. The toxin levels are all 0ppm, but their current tank as a ph of 8, where as my tank as a ph of 7 (the tank I want to tranferr them to).

I won't be able to stock many as my tank as about roughly 25-30cm of fish space left to stock.

(see my post on "Sad Betta" to see a list of my current tank stock)