Breeding Mollies

[treacles]

hi is this true that you can reduce breeding by turning your heater down hust a fraction?
mine is on 79.f and they r breeding all the time thanks alot

 

[nmonks]

Probably, since with cold blooded animals everything slows down when they are kept cooler than normal. BUT, beyond breeding less, you also slowing down their immune system and their digestion, both of which cause problems. Mollies should be kept warmer than virtually all "community fish", which is one reason magazines like TFH recommend that beginners don't keep them.

If you have too many baby fish, just leave them in with the adults, and add a marginally predatory fish like a knight or bumblebee goby to eat any babies it finds. Both these gobies do well in "extra warm" aquaria.

Cheers,

Neale

hi is this true that you can reduce breeding by turning your heater down hust a fraction?
mine is on 79.f and they r breeding all the time thanks alot

 

[treacles]

Probably, since with cold blooded animals everything slows down when they are kept cooler than normal. BUT, beyond breeding less, you also slowing down their immune system and their digestion, both of which cause problems. Mollies should be kept warmer than virtually all "community fish", which is one reason magazines like TFH recommend that beginners don't keep them.

If you have too many baby fish, just leave them in with the adults, and add a marginally predatory fish like a knight or bumblebee goby to eat any babies it finds. Both these gobies do well in "extra warm" aquaria.

Cheers,

Neale

hi is this true that you can reduce breeding by turning your heater down hust a fraction?
mine is on 79.f and they r breeding all the time thanks alot

hi ok thanks right ill tell them not to do that then? i guess let nature take its course but they are with the adults and still doing well they have grown alot actually
sweet little things

 

[chibi]

I hate to break it to you, but livebearers will breed in just about any enviornment. While there are perfect conditions to make them breed the best, there isn't much you can do to the tank to make them stop. I wouldn't worry about it; the fry will probably be eaten anyway.