Cool Livebearers

[Loony Fish]

Hi,
anyone know of any cool, unusual livebearers i could keep in a 20 gallon?

 

[Butch]

Oh there's too many of species that could keep in 20gal. So you need to tell us what kind set of tank, water temp, breeding purposes, colors and community tank? Some species are not suited for community tank. Some species need to be in cooler temp if they want to reproduce. Some species will eat their own fry.

List of species are suited for 20gal:

Least killifish (heterandria formosa)
Tiger Teddy (neoherandria elegans)
Gold Teddy
Humpback limia
Sulfur limia
Blackbelly limia
Tiger limia
Cuban limia
Few limia species
Endlers
Wild Guppy
Eastern Mosquitofish (gambusia holbrooki)
Gambusia species
Blacksided Mosquitofish (flexipenis vittatus)
Brachys species
One spot molly (poecilia vivapara) (sp?)
Amazon molly
Orangetailed goodeid
Characodon species (few localities are suited to 20gal)
Ilyodon spp
Skiffa spp
Few wild xiphophorus species (im no expert on them)
Poeciliopsis spp
Carlhubbissa (spell?)
Probably more species that I can't thought of.

 

[Loony Fish]

80*f
amazonian bio tope

 

[Butch]

Then I don't know any livebearers from Amazon River but im sure someone could help you that one.

 

[dunchp]

Then I don't know any livebearers from Amazon River but im sure someone could help you that one.

Very funny, like the most important piece of information was that the tank was 20 gallons.

I would suggest that the soft, acidic water that the Amazon biotope requires would rule out 95% of livebearers.

I would consider the Micropoecilia (amazonica if you can find it and if you want to stick to the amazon theme, but more likely picta), Pamporichthys, Alloheterandria, Diphyacantha, Pseudopoecilia.

Unfortunately most / if not all of these species are almost impossible to get hold of, so I would concentrate on getting hold of Micropoecilia picta.

 

[Old Grump]

Hi,
anyone know of any cool, unusual livebearers i could keep in a 20 gallon?

I dont know that they are "unusual" but i like the black swordtails!