Breeding livebearing tropical fish requires at least a 10 gallon tank, water that is 78 to 80 degrees and ample hiding places. Breed livebearing tropical fish with tips from an aquarium shop owner in this free video on aquariums.
Expert: Chris Simms
Contact: www.aquatic-central.com
Bio: Chris Simms owns Aquatic Central in San Francisco, Calif.
Filmmaker: Bing Hu
Duration : 0:2:9
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buy some bottum …
all u need to do is replace filters and ur set
buy some bottum feeders and algae eaters and ur set
hhaha.. ” then u …
hhaha.. ” then u put 1 female and 1 female of any given species” ;P;P
Hey thanks for your …
I tried to mate my bettas unsuccessfully so now I got platies.
Hey thanks for your videos!
Hello I always do a …
Hello I always do a 25% water change a week but it’s a highly planted tank! Just for the algae for the baby fish etc and they take down the heavy metals out of the water, just check out my video’s.
this is my first …
this is my first tropical fish tank and i was wondering how do u clean your fish tank.
The definitive ” …
The definitive “Fishstick!”
nc vid i am just …
nc vid i am just starting to breed and already had one batch but small 4 the others died for those of u it take about 2 days for fry to take on color and start shaping usually 7 days is when they have finished
ive got the one …
ive got the one were the mother cant eat the fry but it doesnt work the fry swim up through the slots but still its good
i dont do tht and …
i dont do tht and the fry survive becuase i have alog in their and its dark in their and lots of places to hide
you need to take …
you need to take the mother guppy out.
that is the only way to stop her from eating the fry.
you can buy a special breeder net for the guppies. when the mother has the babies, the fry drop through a slot in the bottom of the breeder, and the mother cant get them.
one of my guppies …
one of my guppies has just had fry in a net breeder i have 2 questions to ask about it how do stop the mother eating the fry in the net breeder and how do you know when the mother has finished breeding for the day gd vid
most video are too …
most video are too basic and the information given are known by most beginner aldready.
as apposed to live …
as apposed to live bearing sub-tropical fish, much much harder to breed
i like using …
i like using different sized gravel, starting small, and ending large, marble and river stone sized.
this way, when the larvae swim down( which is what most do) they are able to hide in a place where it is impossible for the adults to get at them.
i got this idea when i saw a baby guppy living in the undergravel plate (not in use, just their) at school. it had to swim through the gaps of the gravel at the sideof the tank, and those were realy small, the next day i saw 5 more.
plants add oxygen …
plants add oxygen and subtract co2 + detrimetnal nutrients. something other than the plants killed your tetras, my friend, unless you were smacking the fish with the plants.
Lol, where’d you …
Lol, where’d you get that from? I think someones been with you
NOOO!! lol i have …
NOOO!! lol i have about 20 birds, 4 dogs, 6 fish, and a goat lol
arent all pets but …
arent all pets but dogs banned in california?
plants and things …
plants and things for baby hiding spots help them alot if you wish to keep the maximum number of fry alive put your female in a baby saver a few days b4 she births or the second you know shes going to birth because thats the only way to garentee their survival.
u can buy a box …
u can buy a box called a hachary that floats in your tank and when your fish is a few days due put it in the hachary and when she drops the fry will fall through a gap to a lower section of the hachary then just turf the parent out of the hachary and feed the fry in that for about two weeks then they are ready to realese in to you tank and just keep an eye on them and if they get bullyed put them in the hachary for a nother week .
u coud smash regul …
u coud smash regul food so ill be smaller to feed them
you can feed baby …
you can feed baby guppies regular fish food just have to grind it up a lot, they will also eat the leftovers the adults leave behind
If you give the …
If you give the plant the right “needs” it will be benefitial to the fish, it holds good bacteria, gives the fish some food, its a natural form of filtration and it gives the water oxygen. I dont see how a plant made your tetras demented..
I thought that if …
I thought that if you put those plants into the tank, it takes all the air out of the water, and it kills your fish, because when i put one of those in with my tetras, it killed three of them so i took it out they started behaving naturally again. Am i right?
Put in more plants, …
Put in more plants, especially big plants up to the surface. This makes it harder to the adults to find the small fries. The adults are eating anything fitting their mouths. So it is only a matter of luck if the fries can hide somewhere before they end in the stomanch of their relatives.