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It requires a temperature of 24 °C (75 °F) to 28 °C (82 °F). The fish is intolerant of stagnant water, being susceptible to bacterial infections, making it necessary to change about 30% of the aquarium water twice a month. Aquatic plants help reduce its natural skittishness. [2] The knife livebearers are best kept in a single species aquarium.
Livebearers are fish that retain their eggs inside the body and give birth to live, free-swimming young. They are especially prized by aquarium owners. They are especially prized by aquarium owners. Among aquarium fish, livebearers are nearly all members of the family Poeciliidae and include: guppies , mollies , platies and swordtails .
The sailfin molly is a tolerant species, as it can exploit the thin film of oxygen-rich surface water with its upturned mouth, so is able to survive oxygen-depleted habitats. A euryhaline species, the sailfin molly may be found in a variety of saline environments, tolerating salinities as high as 87 ppt [10] and breeding in brackish waters.
Guppies prefer a hard-water aquarium with a temperature between 25.5 and 27.8 °C (78 and 82 °F) and salt levels equivalent to one tablespoon per 19 L (5 US gal). [60] They can withstand levels of salinity up to 150% that of normal seawater , [ 61 ] which has led to them being occasionally included in marine tropical community tanks, as well ...
Poecilia vivipara, sometimes called the southern molly, is a small euryhaline livebearer fish distributed along the Atlantic coast of South America. It is most frequently found in standing brackish water. It has been introduced outside its native range to control mosquito populations and is occasionally kept in home aquariums.
Platies are easy to keep and well suited to a community aquarium. They prefer water with a 7.0–8.0 pH, a water hardness of 9.0–19.0 dGH, and a temperature range of 18–25 °C (64–77 °F). [5] In captivity, they reach maturity in three to four months, and breed readily, the females giving birth to about 20–40 young at a time.
Tropical fish is a term commonly used to refer to fish that are kept in heated aquariums. Freshwater tropical fish are more commonly kept than saltwater tropical fish due to the common availability of fresh water sources, such as tap water, whereas salt water is not commonly available and has to be recreated by using fresh water with sea salt additions.
Phallichthys amates reproduces throughout the year but a greater number of juveniles is found in September. [3] A livebearer, the female gives birth to 10–80 live fry, [4] the number depending on the female's size. [2] The gestation lasts about four weeks [4] or less, depending on water temperature. [2]