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	Guidelines for breeding and raising livebearers, please
Caviar Hobbyist Posts: 134 Kudos: 187 Votes: 73 Registered: 09-Jan-2004	I'd like to know what the ideal conditions are for breeding and raising livebearers and their fry. Water params and temp, frequency of water changes, and anything else you can tell me. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you.
Posted 15-Mar-2007 01:08
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	That depends entirely on the species of livebearer, what species were you considering?
Posted 15-Mar-2007 02:11
RNJ_Punk Big Fish Cory Fanatic Posts: 395 Kudos: 114 Votes: 137 Registered: 12-Nov-2006	Edited by Platy_Punk Mostly with livebearers all you need is a male and 2 or 3 females and the will do rest. No special technique is used when breeding them. Fry are easy to raise, keep them in a seperate tank or a breeder box, net. Feed them stuff like Hikari First Bites, or anything else that will give them good nutrition. Temp of around 75-78 is good. They are really easy fish to keep and breed. Enjoy!
Posted 15-Mar-2007 02:15
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Those conditions are okay for many of the more common live bearers Ryan, but as LHG stated it really is specific to the species you want to breed. For example most of the Mexican Goodeids come from cooler water locations and prefer and will only breed in temperature ranges from 60 to 70 degrees, as well as other requirements. To get much more specifics on livebearers try checking out the American Liverbearers Association site. Here's the link. http://www.livebearers.org/index.php Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 15-Mar-2007 02:44
Caviar Hobbyist Posts: 134 Kudos: 187 Votes: 73 Registered: 09-Jan-2004	Thank you all for the quick responses. I'm asking for my boss who has balloon mollies. Yesterday we found many fry. I maintain her tanks weekly. Now, with the babies, she's telling me not to do any water changes! I wanted something in writing to print out and give her so she'd know the importance of clean tanks, especially since they are in a 10 gallon. I'm ready to tell her to take care of them herself, but I'd have to watch them all die.
Posted 15-Mar-2007 13:32


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