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Well I have just cycled my new tank ( 10 gallon )...and iam so fed up with trying to choose wich tetra or wich other fish to choose and compatibility is just a pain in the but! so iam thinking of starting a platy tank. Now i hear that they like to give birth often...i dont mind this cuz the small fry are so cute! heres my situation:


I have 2 cherry barbs, 2 cories, and one gold barb.

I have some room for some more fish...i want live bearers.

I need some facts and some anwsers. Please help!!!!!!!

If not platy's wich fish? Do platys need salt in their water...cuz i dont want to add any salt at all!


TIA

20 GALLON LONG CURRENTLY EMPTY ~~~~ 10 GALLON W/ STRIPPED CONVICT

gold barbs and cories like to school, so they would like more company to be happy. If you are really onto platies, you're best bet is going to be to bring the loners back and start out with just the platies.. your cherry barbs can stay however.

Yes, as Tim said your gold barbs and corries need some friends...take them back and get either platties, or guppies...either way you are gauranteed fry once a month every month till you shut down the tank...I love my guppies. Just remember 1 male to each 2-3 females...or in some cases if you get the right females you don't even need a male present as once the females have been on contact with a male they can remain fertilized for up to 9 months:%)

An even better bet in my opinion, is save the 10 gallon as a fry tank, and go get a larger tank 29 or 55 and use it for everything you have, including filling out the gold barbs and corries...

Heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Platies don't need salt, but some ppl think it does help. If you don't want the fry the parents and other fish willjust eat them.

Platies don't need salt. They will appreciate some, but will be perfectly fine without any.

Nevermind. Fishboy beat me to it.

Last edited by Corydoran at 07-Feb-2005 10:56