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Care:

Most livebearers are schooling fish, and so you should keep more than one of each species. It is also very important to have at least three females to each male, as the males will become to aggressive towards each other and pursue the females without end. A large densely planted tank with open areas for swimming is ideal. Go easy on the Driftwood. Livebearers will accept all types of food, but should have some plant material in their diet.

Behavior:

If your interested in watching courtship behavior, then the Livebearers are for you. The males are continuously in courtship display, always chasing after the females. If more than one male is present a pecking order is established with the dominant male driving away all others. This continues down the order line.

Communities:

Most livebearers can be kept without any problems with other active schooling fish. Stay away from the larger Cichlids.

Water:

For almost all the livebearers, the water in the aquarium should be medium hard to hard and a pH on the Alkaline side, between 7.0 to 7.8. As with all fish regular water changes are important.

BREEDING LIVEBEARERS.

One of the theories prevalent in the fishkeeping communities Is that the egglayers are more difficult to breed than livebearers, this is easy to understand because a group of livebearer species placed in a tank will usually produce fry. Whereas egglayers under the same conditions usually do not. The instinct to produce young is very strong in most animals, and all will do so given the right conditions, and that it is usually the difficulty with egglaying fish