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Breeding Livebearers

How to Breed Livebearers

You will notice that adult male livebearers, even during mealtimes, are preoccupied with fertilizing the female. This is why plants that serve as hideaways are important to the "sanity" of the females in a community tank predominantly occupied by livebearers. When populating your tank, be sure to always have more females than males. Given the male's natural inclination to mate, a solo female will tend to be harassed if there are too many males.

Once fertilized, female livebearers will have no qualms about giving birth to their fry as often as once a month in a community aquarium. The sad thing is, being very small, the fry will be easy prey for other fish, including their "parents." Plants with fine leaves that reach up to the surface will offer good hiding places for the little ones. However, only a few will be tough enough to reach adulthood.

When she's almost ready to drop her fry, it is best to transfer the female into a breeding aquarium rigged with traps to separate and safeguard the young. Plastic breeding traps are commercially available. After she delivers her brood, return the female to the community tank and care for the fry separately.

Note that some females, especially the swordtails, grow too large to be comfortable in the common plastic breeding traps. Be ready to substitute appropriate devices such as nets or converted aquariums for this purpose.