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| Family
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Poeciliidae |
| Common name
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Mosquito fish |
| Origin
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North Carolina to Florida |
| Adult size
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(cm) |
(inches) |
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3.2 |
1.25
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| Community tank?
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Due to their small size they are best kept only with their own kind, or else with peaceful fish such as pencil fish and small tetras
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| Food
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Water fleas, brine shrimps, algae, dried food |
| Water
temperature
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20 to
24 ° C (68 to 75 ° F) |
| Breeding
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Easy.
Temperature 25.5 ° C (78 ° F).
Live-bearing; young delivered at a rate of 2 or 3 a day during a period of about 10 days.
Parents and young can be left together in a well-planted aquarium.
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| Additional
information
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The name mosquito fish is a reference to its very small size, rather than to its diet.
This fish is in fact the smallest of the live bearers, and care must be taken not to include any fish in the aquarium that could be a danger to it.
Inactive, and spends most of the time in the lower levels of the aquarium.
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