do guppies or platies eat their young?
2006-12-03 05:58:26 · 7 answers · asked by Chris 5 in Pets ➔ Fish
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2006-12-03 06:04:39 · update #1
African ciclids are very easy to breed start with 5 or so in 55 to 75 gallon tank lots of structure and fake plants before to long babys
2006-12-03 09:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by great white fisherman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All livebearers (platys, mollies, enlders, guppies, swordtails) are very easy to breed.
However, they will all eat their own young if given the chance.
Guppies, Endlers and Platys are probably the best to breed; swordtail and molly babies take a long time to mature, so more can be eaten because they stay smaller, longer.
Someone else mentioned mouthbrooders. Mouthbrooders are not livebearers, and kribensis are not mouthbrooders. And they really ought to have 15-20 gallons, as they can grow to 4". If you are looking to breed an egg-layer, try Neolamprologus Brevis, they are fine in 10gallons, and they live in shells, and they breed easily. *<:)
2006-12-03 06:03:27 · answer #2 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
guppies are easiest to breed, next are swordtails and platties. Yes all livebearers will eat their young (not sure why) if you keep the parents well fed and have lots of plants for the babies to hide in then it won't happen as much.
2006-12-07 04:21:17 · answer #3 · answered by weebles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Molly are the easiest to breed IMNSHO, but guppies are a close 2nd. On the other hand guppy are easier to keep alive. So overall ease I'd go with guppy. That's not to knock the platty, and swordtail who are easy breed and keep as well. If you want breed I'd keep only one type of livebearer in the tank. They will all mate with each other, but only swordtails, and platty can interbreed.
They all happily eat anything that fits in their mouths.
2006-12-03 08:13:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
All livebearers are all quite ordinary to reproduce. in case you positioned a male with a pair of females you will likely finally end up with a pregnant fish interior of a quick time-physique. of direction, in the experience that your male is basically too youthful or your females too old it won't ensue, yet in maximum situations it quite is going to. probable no longer in the subsequent hour yet maybe in day after right this moment and probable in the 1st month.
2016-10-17 15:53:34 · answer #5 · answered by johannah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Platties, SO CUTE!
You need to either buy a birthing tank, or get LOTS of plants for the babies (fry) to hide in because the bigger fish do eat the smaller fish.
The birthing tanks are more fun, because it's easier to see the babies, but for their well being, you also need to provide hiding spaces.
Read up on it before you do it. Theres a lot to know for the fishes sake!
2006-12-03 06:07:22 · answer #6 · answered by my-kids-mom 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Among mouth brooding cichlids, kribensis fish are the least difficult. They aren't aggressive toward other fish, don't have big space requirements <10 gallons> and their behavior is interesting, with the male displaying as a breeding behavior.
2006-12-03 06:11:31 · answer #7 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋