2006-10-20 13:43:56 · 4 answers · asked by rn71953 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
They are considered as livebearers
Livebearers are generally very easy to breed. Like most other fish, the hard part is raising the fry. Generally the parents and other fish in the tank become predators to newly hatched fry but there are several solutions to this problem.
The easiest solution is to provide good cover and hiding places for the fry in the form of plant cover like anacharis* and hornwort*. This will help but some will still get eaten. Another solution is to buy a breeding net, which provides a separate compartment in the aquarium for the mother before she drops the fry. After dropping the fry the mother can be removed so the fry are separated from the rest of the tank by the breeding net. Along the same lines the mother and fry can be placed in a separate aquarium so the mother can be separated from the fry when they are born. Breeding traps are also utilized which keep the mother confined with a grating that the fry can pass through.
The fry can be fed baby brine shrimp, which is usually purchased frozen, or can be hatched from brine shrimp eggs. Also pulverized flake food, which is sold as baby fish food, and hardboiled egg yolk strained through a cloth.
Because the young can immediately hide from predators from the moment of birth, livebearers don't need to be as prolific as egg layers; livebearers will commonly produce only 20-40 young although a few may drop as many as 150. See Breeding Freshwater Fish for a more information.
2006-10-20 15:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by hhhhhhh 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2015-08-07 16:41:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
my mollies dont stop breeding. threre was about 20 new babies each day. so i cant predict the amount of babies. in pet shops there are loads of babies. 1 of my friends has about 10 adults and 1000 babies.
2015-03-14 06:56:56 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-20 13:55:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
as often as they can, and many babies...some will get eaten though.
2006-10-20 13:51:53 · answer #5 · answered by Carson 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋