Despite still being recommended as good beginners fish, there are health issues that have become apparent in recent years, which have resulted in a necessary change in correct advice regarding the care of these fish. It depends on the fish, platys seem to pick at the fins of bettas and male bettas often fight with the brighter colored platys. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. In wide open spaces with proper food, guppies, mollies, platys and swordtails rarely do. We sell guppies, platys and mollies in bullhead city, az. Guppies, mollies and platys complete pet owners manuals by. You still couldnt have goldfish or mollies but a platy with a few guppies would be ok in a 10. Mollies are capable of tolerating high salinities however the increase of salinity should be gradual to avoid shocking the fish. There are four families of freshwater fish that are considered livebearers, this care sheet deals with the family poeciliidae which includes mollies, platies, swordtails, guppies and mosquito fish.
I know it is 1 inch size per fish would require one gallon. Guppies and mollies belong mostly to the genus poecilia while the swordtails and. Nov 03, 2008 guppies, mollies and platies are each very beautiful fish, and are unique in everyway. Hey guys and girls, over the last few weeks ive been stressing about fish that wouldnt attack or bully my guppies. Click here now to hear guppies and mollies, which is about 50minutes long. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Guppies, mollies and platys backyard chickens learn how. One site that platies and guppies should be one, or the other but not both in a community tank.
Breeding livebearers the goodeids are some of the most attractive aquarium fish, while also extremely rare in the wild. The babies can hide in them very well and this stops the parents from eating them. In a 5 gallon i wouldnt add any more fish its a bit small for your guppies too, if you can id suggest you upgrade to at least a 10 gallon. Im just not sure fancy guppies are as much fun as mollies, the latter seem to have real personality. Yes, as a matter of fact, guppies and platies can indeed live together as they are both hardy fish that can tolerate similar ranges of temperature, toxin, and water ph levels. They will work and add a little bit of spark to your tank.
The guppy is one of the most wellknown and popular aquarium fish for both beginners and seasoned aquarists alike they add plenty of color to tanks, are peaceful, relatively cheap and very easy to maintain. Just as their name suggests, livebearers are fish that give birth to live, freeswimming young. Now how many fishes can we have in that tank without overwhelming the balance of the water enivornment. The pic on the left is a male characodon audax and the andropodium can be clearly seen, and on the right is a male characodon lateralis. Mollies can easily breed with closely related species such as guppies. If only mollies are kept then the addition of aquarium salts is advisable, this is not required with swordtails, guppies or platies. Tank mates for mollies and platys my aquarium club. Livebearers guppies mollies platy swordtails endlers. In good conditions, population explosions are more likely. So, is it possible for guppies and platies to thrive together. Aug 21, 2008 since you have 2 30 gallons then you can put the guppies platies and mollies but just to warn you that guppies produce a lot so i would get 5 guppies, 5 platies, and 5 mollies for your first week then the next week put 10 neon tetras to add some color to the tank then add 5 more platies and 5 mollies but keep the guppies at 5 to prevent from reproducing. Both are friendly fish that do well in community tanks or in single breed tanks. Books on livebearers,books on livebearing fishes, platies.
In crowded conditions and too small tanks, all livebearers eat their fry. Just to add on to the other two, if you have a mix of either male and female guppies or male and female platys then you are going to have a problem on your hands in a 2. Check with your oata retailer as to how much salt should be added to your aquarium. Keeping and breeding guppies and mollies an mp3 podcast. Both guppies and platies are good beginner fish, but guppies in particular will breed like rabbits, so i would try to get only males if possible females can be pregnant at the store, unless of course you were planning to breed them in which case you should have an extra tank for the fry to grow up in. Mollies are omnivores and will eat most foods offered with a bit more plant material than other livebearers. Guppies and mollies are closely related and very easy to breed. They are called livebearers because the females retain their eggs until they are fully developed and give birth to free swimming fry. Now a single guppy is chasing and bullying two of the platys.
I tried danios, swordtails and had to return them all. Dec 10, 2014 the popular and easy to care for molly, platy, guppy, and swordtail all belong to a family collectively known as livebearing toothcarps, or poeciliidae. Can i keep guppies, mollies and platies in same tank. Yes i said 20 baby guppies, platys, and mollies in my 75 gallon tank. This group of freshwater fish includes perennial aquarium favorites such as mollies, guppies, and platies. Guppies, platys and mollies, bullhead city, arizona. Sep 09, 2011 mollies are harder to sex, which can make it more difficult to get breeding started for example if you thought you were bringing home a male and female but actually had two females, or vice versa. Feb 17, 2008 although what other people have said do not house guppies with betta splendens as the betta will mistake the male guppies for other bettas and wthe betta will kill the guppies also mollies are actually quite delicate fish if i were you i would go with the platies as they are pretty,hardy, cheap,colourful and robust. Everything about purchase, care, nutrition, and behavior complete pet owners manual harro hieronimus on. Mollies also tend not to school as much as platys, so even if you have a good male to female ratio, they just dont breed as quickly. Both of those fish are live bearers and will give birth about every month. Mollies and guppies are very similar fish with comparable behavior and needs. Everything about purchase, care, nutrition, and behavior. However, in the aquarium hobby, the term livebearer is commonly used to refer to a specific group of fish belonging to the family poeciliidae.
Just like mollies, guppies also belong to the genus poecilia. Generally speaking, they can get along in the same tank, but your success at keeping them together may depend on the specific breeds and individuals involved, and on your tank set up. How many baby guppies, platys, mollies can a 5 gallon tank. They are generally hardy, colorful, and easy to maintain. Mar 02, 2010 each one of us wanted fancy guppies, mollies and platys and swordtails. Compatibility fancy guppies are best kept in a group with at least three male fancy guppies and about. Guppies, mollies and platys complete pet owners manuals by harro hieronimus. One thing about these though, they will reproduce fast so have a big tank for them. A mature female will give live birth about once a month or so in an aquarium. You must change them over slowly though, over the course of several days. As they are all live bearers, and can reproduce fast, as in 100150 fry every couple months, it is advised you dont get males and females of each, if you dont have the time, effort, space, and money to keep thousands of fish in your house. Order cyprinodontiformes livebearers and killifishes. Best of all, they readily breed in the home aquarium with little effort on the part of the aquarist. Nov 26, 2015 showing and telling you how i breed my guppies and platies.
Platies being a part of xiphophorus family cannot breed with guppies due to their incompatible nature and different families. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. For this reason, mollies in particular need high quality vegetable matter in their diet to thrive such as found in aap custom omnivore crumbles or spirulina 20. Guppies, mollies, platies, and swordtails the most popular and widely kept of livebearing. The two genera that make up most of the aquarium species are poecilia, which include the guppies and mollies. Buy guppies, mollies and platys pet owners manual 2rev ed by harro hieronimus isbn. However, if you want the fry to survive until adulthood, you have to take several steps to care for them, including protecting them from other fish in the tank that may eat them.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Are they all peaceful among each other we also are getting some neon tetras and danios. In this article, well be looking at everything about guppies. Just as their name suggests, livebearers are fish that give birth to live, free swimming young. They are compatible in terms of water parameters such as water temp, ph levels, and foods that they eat, and will interact. They are in the same livebearer group you already own and are a great addition to any tank. I know i might have had some survive if i didnt disturb but we have had our tank for awhile with no babies. Guppies and mollies are the easiest to acclimate to saltwater and can move over quicker, but platys can to given plenty of time.
Fish mix mollies, platys, guppies archive aquarium forum. Feb 22, 2017 guppies and platys are just fine together. Guppies, mollies and swordtails can be kept in brackish low salinity water, however they are best kept in freshwater. Tank mates for mollies and platys hi i have a 30 gallon tank since one month now with 2 mollies and 2 platys please suggest suitable tank mates for them preferably big fishes.
May 19, 20 platys and guppies can live together they are in the same family. Hmm, more conflicting info platies and guppies compatible. The other alternative is to put the gold mollies into the 6g tank along with the red platy and take the 4 fancy guppies back to my home 10g tank. Within a few months they can easily over populate a 25 gal tank, not to mention a 2. Bettas will also eat small fry, but then so do platys and mollies. Females can produce several hatches of young from a single fertilization. However, in the aquarium hobby, the term livebearer is commonly. I fished them all out and i am going to put them into a 5 gallon tank.
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