Peaceful Livebearer Community Fish

[scotty]

i'm looking to buy some south american livebearers for my sa community tank,which males can i put together as i don't want fry.

thanks

scott

 

[This Old Spouse]

Here's a compatibility site that of course isn't the do-all end-all for every compatible fish, but it's helped me quite a bit:

http/www.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Compatibility/MatchResults.php

 

[OldMan47]

The Mexican and Central American livebearers are all fairly compatible with each other. Most of the common aquarium strains of livebearers are Mexican or from very nearby areas of Central America. Other than extreme size differences they all get along fine. Obviously a 5 inch Poecilia verifera will not work well with a 3/4 inch Heterandria formosa, male or otherwise, but if you use a modicum of common sense all common livebearers will co-exist just fine.