Livebearer Fish
Guppies, mollies, platies, dermogenys and swordtails are some of the most popular aquarium fishes. Everyone's had experience with aquariums wich included one or more of these beautiful and interesting fish!
Livebearers are all very good fish for beginners. They will readily breed in captivity . These aquarium gems are a lot of fun and even many experienced fish keepers continue to delight in keeping them.
There are primarily four families of Live-bearing fish. Three of these groups originated in the Americas but some were introduced into Asia and from there spread to almost all tropical and sub-tropical areas including southern Europe. The familiar guppy, molly, platy and swordtail are members of the largest group, the Live-bearing Toothcarps (Poeciliidae). Then there are the Splitfins or Mexican Topminnows (Goodeidae) and the Four-eyed Fish (Anablepidae). The LIve-bearing Halfbeaks (Hemiramphidae) originate from Asia.
Most make great community fish that aren't aggressive among themselves and will get along with a variety of other peaceful tankmates. In nature, many of these fish live in shoals, swimming in schools of five or more. In the aquarium a group will generally establish a hierarchy with a dominant, alpha male showing the most vivid colors. Male Swordtails however, are highly aggressive towards each. A school of these should consist of only one male with several females or have at least 5 males with many females to help dissipate aggression. There are also a few species, like the Pike Topminnow Belonesox belizanus, that are peaceful but predatory and will snack on smaller tankmates.
Many livebearers are tankbred and readily available. There are lots of different varieties with all sorts of colors. Rare species and wild caught species however, are usually only available through aquarists' societies such as the American Livebearers Association.
Lets start with my favorite livebearer :
Molly fish are great beginner definitely!
First of all they should not be housed in anything smaller than 20 gallons because they love to swim and they are more than active .
Molies are very peacful and its compactible with other peacful species.
Every 60 days female will birth 10 - 70 young babies.Mollies are Omnivores ( they eat meats and plants).
They form smaller groups with a strict hierarchy, led by the male with biggest fins!
Molies like water with salt, and its recommended for them .
Water conditions for them are easy to make and maintain 25°C, KH 10-25, pH 7.0-7.8
Black Molly- Male
Black Molly - Female
Balloon Molly - Male
Silver Molly - Female
