| There is a large variety of freshwater tropical fish | | | | Skirts.if given the proper environment and care |
| that you can add to your fish tank but my two | | | | Mollies can grow to be five inches long and live to |
| favorites are Mollies and fancy guppies. These fish | | | | be five years old. |
| are livebearers meaning that instead of laying | | | | Fancy Guppies |
| eggs, they give birth to a little tiny fish and they | | | | The male fancy guppy is beautiful with a long |
| are, in fact, quite easy to breed even for a | | | | flowing tail light comes in a variety of beautiful |
| novice aquarist. | | | | colors - golds, greens, blues, Reds, blacks. The |
| Mollies | | | | female, on the other hand is rather plain coming in |
| A Molly is a great fish for a beginner hobbyist. | | | | grayish brown. Many people love the guppy is a |
| These fish are fairly hearty and will withstand | | | | freshwater tropical fish and keep tanks with |
| adversity and conditions well so if you make a | | | | several copies in them which really maximizes the |
| mistake you can have a good chance of you for | | | | beauty of their colors as they swim in a school.if |
| surviving. You want to be sure that you have a | | | | you plan on keeping, or maybe even breeding, |
| least a 15 gallon tank and you have a good heater | | | | fancied up these then you want to be sure to |
| as these fish like the temperature to be between | | | | have a big enough tank to provide them with |
| 70 and 82°F. | | | | enough room in a good heater as they like it to |
| There are two general types of Mollies to choose | | | | be between 78 and 82°F. |
| from the Sail fin and the short finned. Most | | | | On the whole, guppies are pretty easy to keep |
| typically what you will find a short finned Mollies - | | | | that you can feed them floating flake food |
| the Black Molly and the gold dust Molly at your | | | | supplemented with frozen brine tramp or freeze |
| pet store. This Sail fins are much larger than have | | | | dried blood worms. |
| a striking shape but are harder to care for. | | | | You want to keep twice as many females as |
| Mollies can be fed the regular flake food that you | | | | males in your aquarium. You can also keep Neon |
| find in the fish store but you might want to think | | | | Tetras, ghost shrimp, glass fish, gouramis, dwarf |
| about mixing in some freeze dried blood worms | | | | frogs and catfish. Given the right conditions |
| and even throwing in a few black worms or two | | | | guppies can grow to be about 2 inches long and |
| for a treat. If your finish tank does not have a lot | | | | live for around three years. |
| of algae you'll want to also supplement their diet | | | | Both mollies in guppies will do better if you add a |
| with spirulina flakes. | | | | little bit of marine salt to your freshwater fish |
| When keeping Mollies it's important to have more | | | | tank - just one tablespoon for every 5 gallons |
| females than males. other fish that will coexist | | | | should do. You might be able to keep them in a |
| good in a fish tank with mollies include the | | | | fish tank together but just be aware that the |
| Plecostomus, Swordtails, Angelfish, Corydoras, | | | | larger mollies can attack the guppies. |
| Catfish, Silver Tip Tetras, Red Serapes and Black | | | | |