Guide To Breeding Livebearers

[MishyTheFishBreeder]

Well I'am just about to start breeding livebearers. So I done some research last night and found out some information and decided to share it with the other new breeders.


What you need to get started:
1x 39-75L ( 10-20G ) Glass Tank
1x 19-39L ( 5-10G ) Glass Tank
2x Heaters
1x Spung Pump
1x Hang-On-Side Pump
1x Water Purifier
1x Water Test Kit
1x Birthing Net

Choosing your fish:
So you have your fish tank(s) set up and ready for the fish.
Get a ratio of 2-4 Female's per male because 1-1 ratio will stress out the female's to much.
Always get Livebearers that have good and look healthy you will find they produce better.

Disease's:
www.tropical_fish_centre.co.uk/Diseases1.htm ( Minus the Underscore's only way I could get it to work )

Feeding Time:
Feeding mature fish is easy. Either put in manafactured flakes which covers all parts of there diet but sometimes throw in bloodworms and brine shrimp as a tread ( In small amounts do not over feed them )
For the babies people usually feed them baby brine shrimp which are high in protein and are what baby LB's need to grow. Micro worm's and crushed up flakes are good aswell. Vegies are also good. ( Feed babies 4-6 Times a day )

Time for Fry:
When your mother guppie(s) are about to give birth the best thing to do is get a yoghurt tub and move them into the smaller tank where they can be checked on easily and when she gives birth it is not hard to scoop up the fry and put them into a birth net while your mother recovers. ( Make sure water stats are almost the same for best chance if not then scoop up half of a yoghurt tub full of the fry tank water and a quarter out of the main tank water. )

This was just a quick guide I made in about 5 Minutes if anyone would like to add please do.

 

[Annastasia]

Okay, first off the tank size stats I gave where for Guppies. Not all Livebearers will fit and be happy in those size tanks, as they get bigger.

For the feeding I'd add in alternating is best, and you should also feed some Veggies too. For fry, fry food works, as does other kind of High-Protein foods, and again...small bits of veggies. Also, feed 4-6 times per day, if possible. Fry have small stomachs, so they can't eat much in one feeding, but they need lots of food to grow. Think of them like a human baby. You don't just give them one bottle per day.

Before you move the female into another tank, you have to acclimate her. Just because the tanks come from the same water supply, doesn't mean all the water stats will be the same. The last thing you want is for her to get stressed out in the move.

Also, if you have them give birth in a fry tank, there is no need to put them in a fry net. The fry tank is the whole idea so they don't have to go in a fry net. If you're doing this to save them from the mother...I guess that works, but the best bet is to plant and decorate up the tank very heavily, and then the fry's chance of surviving will be much better.


nmonks has also written this sort of thing, which you can see pinned at the top of the forum, but it was very sweet of you to help the newbies out. Perhaps you could see if he wants to add any of your stuff in?

 

[MishyTheFishBreeder]

Thanks yeh will do this is just a quick 5 minute guide that I wrote up. Yeh I will add them things in thanks. I think it seems best to put in the fry net for the mother to stay in for a few days cause it can be cheaper and she will not be able to get a hold of the fry where as if she was with the fry she might be able to.