maddygirrl

Hey everyone!

Yesterday my sister and i found these really cool fish in our dam, we captured a few with the net and put them in plastic bags with water. We got a lot of different sizes but mostly they were about 4 cms long and about ten tiny little babies.
We then put them in a 25 liter fishtank that we weren't using and the tiny little babies in a breeders net so they wouldn't get eaten. So far they are going quite well but don't no how to eat they food i am giving them (freeze dried bloodworms, flakes etc.).
I did some research today and found out they were called Mosquitofish and they are livebearers, which didn't surprise me because they look a bit like plainer guppies.
So i was just wondering if anyone has had any expierence with them and if they would be alright to put in with my coldwater tank. And if i could sell them to fishstores (just a note; i live in Australia).

Any info at all would be apreciated greatly!
Maddy

Dino

We have them here in the fishhouse.
They are hardy outdoors here as well.

Treat them like guppies, though at a cooler temperature, and they should do fine.

They can be housed indoors with no heater just fine.

lyndatu

Just be careful because they will breed and breed and breed and breed!

They are a very close relative of guppies and are very hardy fish. They can mate with guppies, but their offspring might not last too long.........Yup, I think you can sell them to the store.

Good luck!

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COBettaCouple

That picture isn't of mosquito fish but endlers livebearers.