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Most fish reproduce by laying eggs. The male and female release their eggs and sperm at the same time and the water mixes them, causing fertilisation. With a few notable exceptions (like the cichlid family) the eggs are then abandoned. Huge numbers of eggs are produced to ensure that some survive, and the babies (fry) are tiny - most die. Livebearers are fish that give birth to live young. They use internal fertilisation - the male has an organ, usually a modified fin, that he uses to transfer his sperm into the female's body to fertilise the eggs. The eggs then develop inside the mother. Usually, fewer eggs are produced and the fry, when born, are larger and well developed compared to egglayer fry. This means that a far higher percentage of them survive. The most common livebearers are the poecilidae. This family includes the aquarium favourites guppies, mollies, platys and swordtails. Other livebearing fish include the closely related goodeids, the pike livebearer and some marine fish including most sharks.
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Can a fish be an egg layer and a livebearer?
no they can only be on or the other.
What is livebearer fry fish food?
Which word do you not understand? A "Livebearer" is a species of fish that has live babies rather than lays eggs. "Food" is a name given to what all fish including livebearers eat. "Fry" is the English word for most baby/infant fish. So "Livebearer fry fish food" would be food that is made specifically for baby Livebearers. Edit: I think you want to know what to feed livebearer fry, yes? If so, you can feed them crushed up flakes (REALLY small) or buy a product called Liquifry for Livebearers.
What is livebearer food for fish and were can you get it?
Most pet shops will have dried food/flakes available.
If a pregnant livebearer fish dies how long can the unborn fry survive inside her?
It is quite probable that the fry were already dead inside her. If not they would not last for long.
Does guppy lay egg?
No, they are live-bearing.-Shocker
What should you do if you have a pregnant guppy and all the fish keep bothering it?
If you wish to keep the fry you should put her in a different tank or use some kind of livebearer trap for her to have her young in.
Do yoyo loach lay egg or they have young lives?
There are many species of fish called "Loach". I am only aware of egg laying species never having heard of one that is a livebearer. Of course, that does not mean that there are no livebearing fish called loaches.
How many eggs do the average angler fish lay?
Not all tropical fish even lay eggs, guppies, platys, and swordtails are good example of livebearer tropical fish. So the number of eggs a tropical fish lays cannot be determined.
What are clown loach livebearer or egg layer?
clown loaches lay eggs.
What would cause a female platy to be very inactive?
When a livebearer female is close to giving birth she often hides because she doesn't want other fish around to eat her fry. This could also be a symptom of a disease. It's impossible to know without more detail or a list of the individual fish's symptoms.
Will a baby fish die if it is let out to early?
It depends on whether the fish is a livebearer or not...most fish lay eggs, however Guppies and some other fish give birth to live young.I've never heard of a baby fish being born "too early" because the mother can choose to abort the drop (I'm going to assume that we're talking about livebearers) or even absorb it back if she undergoes too much stress.One thing that you should be careful of is that the parent fish eat their young.
You have raised a guppy that as it grew was a female then it got the male part on it its length and finanage of a female but has the male part on doesnt breed like a male fully grown witch is it?
If the fish has a triangular anal fin it is a female. If the anal fin is elongated and has a long point it is a "gonopodium" and the fish is a male. That is the ONLY WAY to sex a livebearer.
