In my experience, only the very smallest babies get eaten in a community tank without a dedicated live-birth vacuum cleaner. :) Once they get past a certain size, young platies will survive, and the mothers can be fairly prolific. Then again, get all females and you won't have a problem. They can be sexed relatively easily.
Mollies, as I've said, produce even more young, which is a shame, since the gold varieties could contrast nicely with the red platies. I also love our clown loaches, but while they're not aggressive, they can get quite large, which isn't good if you have only a small tank, or want everything of around the same size.
Tetras of some description are probably the way to go. :)
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Date: 2005-04-13 11:18 pm (UTC)Mollies, as I've said, produce even more young, which is a shame, since the gold varieties could contrast nicely with the red platies. I also love our clown loaches, but while they're not aggressive, they can get quite large, which isn't good if you have only a small tank, or want everything of around the same size.
Tetras of some description are probably the way to go. :)