Rather than feeding your guppies a large amount all at once, spread their feedings out throughout the day. Can i keep guppies, mollies and platies in same tank. Mollies and platies can get along fine, but 10gallon is too small for the mollies. Everything you wanted to know about guppies but were. They are generally hardy, colorful, and easy to maintain. 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. He just needed some time and it is only a 6 gallon tank. Hmm, more conflicting info platies and guppies compatible. They have the ability to do that when they are still very small. Our tank has been up and running for 5 weeks, we have 3 platies 2 female and 1 male, today 3 guppies all male joined and are hassling the platies, i though this combination would be ok. Poecilia reticulata family live bearer natural habitat. How many baby guppies, platys, mollies can a 5 gallon tank.
However, if you want the fry to survive until adulthood, you have to take several steps to care for them, including protecting. Agree with annageckos, except for the part about mollies and platies crossbreeding. Its quite enough to keep males and females together in a common tank. 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. Some of the fish we have successfully kept with our black mollies are guppies, danios, tetras, other mollies, swordtails, gouramis, platies and even female betta fish. The betta is very happy with the platy and mollies but the one in the 6g is not happy with 2 of the fancy guppies. This group of freshwater fish includes perennial aquarium favorites such as mollies, guppies, and platies. So perhaps the solution along your lines is whether to trade the fancy guppies for the mollies platy combo so ill have 7 in the big tank and 4 in the smaller one.
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. Gravel vacuum part of the bottom, removing a lot of dirt and feces. Guppies and mollies do breed, but the breeding results are not worth the effort. They are compatible in terms of water parameters such as water temp, ph levels, and foods that they eat, and will interact. Jun 14, 2017 guppies and platys mating season alex g. You still couldnt have goldfish or mollies but a platy with a few guppies would be ok in a 10. Please may i know how many more can i put in the tank. 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. Both platies and mollies are also livebearers like guppies. One solution that does work has been to create breeders from plastic shoebox style containers or larger plastic storage boxes that are small enough to sit within a larger aquarium. Mar 02, 2010 guppies and mollies will have lots of babies for you, but the parents will eat the babies unless you get them out of there and into their own tank. Livebearers are aquarium fish that retain the eggs inside the body and give birth to live, freeswimming young.
I used bare bottom ten gallon tanks and the tanks had an average of 15 guppies, so the tanks were not crowded with guppies. As a matter of fact, it is highly important to take into consideration the fact that both species tend to breed readily in close captivity. While there i saw these platys that range from all black to all white and everything in between. Feb 02, 2008 our tank has been up and running for 5 weeks, we have 3 platies 2 female and 1 male, today 3 guppies all male joined and are hassling the platies, i though this combination would be ok. They can have babies for up to 6 months with out a male present. While the wild species are colorful enough poecilia means manycolored, hobbyists and breeders have taken advantage of their easy breeding habits to create dozens of vibrantly. A mature female will give live birth about once a month or so in an aquarium. There is hardly any buffering capacity in ny water. Guppies, platys and mollies, bullhead city, arizona. Mollies can crossbreed with guppies, platies can crossbreed with swordtails. Guppies will very quickly over take your tank with offspring. Apr 23, 2020 feed your guppies a small amount 24 times per day. Molly fish is a livebreeder just like guppy, which means that the juveniles are spawned into the tank being completely formed and they skip the egg stage.
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. You dont need any special conditions for black molly fish breeding. The platys seem to be somewhat active but act sometimes like that beautiful dumb blonde type. I would like to put them together in a 30 gallon tank. For a twelve gallon, the most obvious choice for an algae eater would. It looks like the betta in the 6 gallon is chilling to the idea of 4 fancy guppies. Guppies and mollies will have lots of babies for you, but the parents will eat the babies unless you get them out of there and into their own tank. This group is known as livebearers because unusually for fish the females give birth to freeswimming live fry ovoviviparous rather than laying eggs. Now, guppies, mollies and platys is a disappointment. The molly is part of the poecilia family, this also includes guppies, endlers, and other mollies. Fish mix mollies, platys, guppies archive aquarium forum. Your guppies, platies and mollies can all go together quite happily in a 30 gallon tank. Green swordtails swordtail live tropical fish livebearer guppy platy molly.
Gestation for most swords, mollies, platies and guppies is about 2540 days, depending on temperature. Everything you wanted to know about guppies but were afraid. All share a similar body shape with a distinctly upturned mouth, and in most cases the males are substantially smaller than the females. With platies and guppies we might have 600 fish in each vat. Check with your oata retailer as to how much salt should be added to your aquarium. The babies can hide in them very well and this stops the parents from eating them. Mar 27, 2007 guppies and mollies are the easiest to acclimate to saltwater and can move over quicker, but platys can to given plenty of time. Mollies and platies dont crossbreed, they are of two different genus. I just put them in there today and they are the only ones in the tank.
For example, you might give them live brine shrimp during one feeding, and then flake food at the next feeding. The two genera that make up most of the aquarium species are poecilia, which include the guppies and mollies. The sale vat houses the fish we are offering for sale. Keeping and breeding guppies and mollies an mp3 podcast. One vat holds the breeding colony, another juveniles to grow up, and the last is the sale vat. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A five gallon tank is way too small for any type of goldfish. As they are not even in the same family, they will not mate. 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. The fry produced by such a crossbreeding are seldom viable, but that doesnt stop the fish from doing it.
Mollies are capable of tolerating high salinities however the increase of salinity should be gradual to avoid shocking the fish. Livebearers guppies mollies platy swordtails endlers. I liked them but i wasnt sure if they would get along with the guppies. Buy guppies, mollies and platys pet owners manual 2rev ed by harro hieronimus isbn. Both are friendly fish that do well in community tanks or in single breed tanks. Within a few months they can easily over populate a 25 gal tank, not to mention a 2. Compatibility fancy guppies are best kept in a group with at least three male fancy guppies and about.
Just as their name suggests, livebearers are fish that give birth to live, freeswimming young. Dec 10, 2014 the two genera that make up most of the aquarium species are poecilia, which include the guppies and mollies. I questioned the 3 males and was told it was okay unless i want to bread. Get in the habit of doing weekly partial water changes. May 05, 2014 one vat holds the breeding colony, another juveniles to grow up, and the last is the sale vat. We sell guppies, platys and mollies in bullhead city, az. I have another 30 gallon tank and i want to put a blue discus in the tank. Wild guppies originate from venezuela, barbados, brazil, guyana, netherlands antilles, trinidad, tobago, and the virgin islands. Mollies are from the same scientific genus as guppies and endlers livebearers poecilia, with generally similar temperaments although i have seen some more aggressive sail fin mollies that i would compare more to s swordtail in temperament.
These fish can thrive in a home aquarium in the which the water quality is well maintained and live for 3 to 5 years. Guppies, mollies and swordtails can be kept in brackish low salinity water, however they are best kept in freshwater. Id put about 15 fish in a tank that big and let them fill it up themselves with all their offspring. Guppies and mollies are closely related and very easy to breed.
Will they probably try, yes, but success is not going to happen. Guppies, mollies, platies, and swordtails the most popular and widely kept of livebearing fishes in the aquarium hobby. In the wild, these species are found in northern, central and southern america. Best of all, they readily breed in the home aquarium with little effort on the part of the aquarist. Guppies, mollies and platys backyard chickens learn how. Mollies like 80 degrees f, fancy guppies 7780 and platys a little lower. Aug 21, 2008 i should think that the mollie, guppies and platys should do fine just as long as each species has more females than males as for example if there were no female mollies the males would try and mate with the female guppies and platys which will kill them as they are not the same type, its the same with all live bearers.
Nov 03, 2008 guppies, mollies and platies are each very beautiful fish, and are unique in everyway. Books on livebearers,books on livebearing fishes, platies. One would think that since platies and guppies are similar species that thrive in the same environmental conditions, you can just put them together in one tank regardless of the genders. 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.
You must change them over slowly though, over the course of several days. Apr 27, 2008 platys and guppies can stay jointly they are in a similar relatives. Ive seen some pictures of some nice looking fry from a male molly x female guppy cross however they did not survive. There are metallic blue males, gold cobra males, and several other color varieties of male guppies. Mollies and guppies are very similar fish with comparable behavior and needs. Save guppies mollies platys to get email alerts and updates on your ebay feed. Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family poeciliidae and include guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails the advantages of livebearing to the aquarist are that the newborn juvenile fish are larger than newlyhatched fry, have a lower chance of. Sep 09, 2011 mollies like 80 degrees f, fancy guppies 7780 and platys a little lower. Black molly fish are a peaceful, community fish who will happily live with almost any other peaceful, community fish. The only thing is that guppies and mollie can and will try to crossbreed.
This special pet fish talk show features a discussion by the bailey brothers, tom and nevin, about keeping and breeding guppies and mollies. The water is great for south american tropical but not for guppies. Submersible heaters are more expensive but also more efficient and usually more durable. However, in the aquarium hobby, the term livebearer is commonly used to refer to a specific group of fish belonging to the family poeciliidae. The mollies explore, are curious and generally seem more active. With swords and mollies that number may be as high as 300400. Guppies, mollies and platies are each very beautiful fish, and are unique in everyway. Both of those fish are live bearers and will give birth about every month. In 3 weeks or so i want to introduce a couple of corydoras. Cross breeding in livebearers cross breeding guppies and mollies, swordtails and platys hybrid duration. I will add a fish or two and was wondering whether to add another molly or platy so it was a thought and question i wanted to share.
Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family poeciliidae and include guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails. I wasnt sure what i wanted to get and use in the tank and i liked the guppies so i got two of them. The guppies, mollies, platies, and swordtails all belong to a single family of freshwater fish known as the poeciliidae. While the wild species are colorful enough poecilia means manycolored, hobbyists and breeders have taken advantage of their easy breeding habits to create dozens of vibrantly colored varieties. Many variations, with males generally displaying more color and longer fins. One site that platies and guppies should be one, or the other but not both in a community tank. Right now i have one red platy female who is beautiful and two 24k gold mollies. Guppies, mollies and platys backyard chickens learn. If only mollies are kept then the addition of aquarium salts is advisable, this is not required with swordtails, guppies or platies. Dec 01, 2007 buy guppies, mollies and platys pet owners manual 2rev ed by harro hieronimus isbn.