will Mollies and Guppies breed with their own species if living in the same tank?

Question

I have 20 male and female guppies and a few are pregnant now.
However, i also want to breed Mollies.
Question is: although both species of fish will live happily together, will the Mollies and the Guppies eat each others fry?

Answer 1

Yes and they will also eat their own ... I have managed to save loads just by catching them in a net and you can get a small breeding net to hang in your tank to put the babies in ..good luck I enjoyed it ..

Answer 2

Both Mollies and guppies can live togather, and breed in the same tank! But people today are 98.9% sure they will NOT crossbreed (meaning they breed with a different species)! BUT if you have say, a black molly and a sunset gold molly, they WILL breed, giving you interesting colors. Same with guppies. This way you can creat your own strand! (Meaning strand of color) YES, even a mother who has just given birth to fry will eat them. There are many stories of guppies/mollies ect. quickly turning around, snatching a baby for a snack just a soon as they pop out! Im not quite sure algea eaters will eat fry, but so far my three algea eaters haven't touched a single baby I have left purposly in my community tank. (Which consists of Two (2) Platties, Five (5) Guppies, Three (3) algea eaters and numerous babies. I HAD Three (3) Black mollies but they died unfortunatly. I also have had 3 Platties, but unfortunatly a female was just to weak to give birth.)
Hope that helps!
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Answer 3

hi, Mosts betas are used to being normally on my own in a in spite of the fact that somewhat lots swamp like ecosystem. they do now no longer adapt suited to important community variety setups. If different fish are in touch they're extra desirable suited of with an greater passive species alongside with mollies swordfish guppies and so on. you additionally can get a beta breeding field which floats on the ideal of the tank. they have not any subject concerns residing in there and fairly many circumstances will start up up making a bubble nest for breeding (variety of exciting to show reveal). I used to love attempting to reproduce my betas this way... limitless exciting!

Answer 4

Both will eat fry even the mother. They can mate, but it's rather rare unless you've only got a single molly, and guppy in the tank. They can't produce offspring. Swordtails, and platy yes. Guppy, and Endler's livebearer yes. Sailfin, and black molly yes. But not molly, and guppy.

Answer 5

Yes they'll live together quite happily. Any fish will eat smaller ones so it's best to move the babies asap however be careful with breeding traps as the water doesn't circulate well in them so they tend to be short on oxygen so fish often die. I've kept fish for years and never had any luck with breeding traps. Good luck x

Answer 6

They will live together just fine, but will eat any fry they can catch, theirs or other fry in the tank. All guppies and mollies are this way and will even eat their own young as soon as they can catch them.

MM

Answer 7

Yes they can breed, and they do get ate. You can buy a small breeding tank that will fit inside your aquarium. The breeding tank comes in two half's, the top half the female fish swims in, and the bottom half has slots on it, so when the young fish are born, they slide through the slots to the bottom of the breeding tank and mummy can't eat them!

Answer 8

Yes all of the fish are likely to eat the fry. even the mother of the fry is likely to eat them. Seperate from adult fish asap to ensure the chances of the fry living.

Answer 9

yes get plenty of plants for fry to hide you should be ok

Answer 10

There is a good chance they will: mollies/swords and platies/swords do it quite often.