Well after rearraning my fish I have a 10 gallon that I would like to breed some sort of food in, probably guppies... what is the best ratio of male/females?
Breeding in a 10?
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I start guppies at 2-4 males to each female and I use the plainer ones because they are more prolific. For mollies and platys I start with 2 to 1 male to female, they get bigger so you could only keep about 6 females in a 10g, but are almost as prolific as guppies that you could keep almost 3 times as many of.
guppy said:
So are you saying that I would get more bang for my buck/tank if I went with mollies or platys?
these sites will answer most of your questions about guppy breeding.
http://www.guppies.com/forums/
http://guppyplace.tripod.com/Contents.html
http://www.guppies.com/forums/
http://guppyplace.tripod.com/Contents.html
I keep a ton of livebearers and always keep them in a harem type arrangement with on male and as many females as possible. (But always keep another male somewhere in case you lose the 'one'.)
Remove the females to a birthing tank once they are noticably pregnant. This will allow them to gestate in peace, and you will have larger, healthier spawns every time. If you are going for volume, this would be the way to do it.
Remember that the poecilliads (guppies, mollies, swords, etc.) can store sperm packets for future pregnancies without a male being present.
Hope that helps a bit,
/Kris
Remove the females to a birthing tank once they are noticably pregnant. This will allow them to gestate in peace, and you will have larger, healthier spawns every time. If you are going for volume, this would be the way to do it.
Remember that the poecilliads (guppies, mollies, swords, etc.) can store sperm packets for future pregnancies without a male being present.
Hope that helps a bit,
/Kris
just get as big a rubbermaid container as you can afford and put a sponge filter in it . it takes about 6 months to grow mollies to a decent size and they have 30-40 babies each month so figure how many you need each month and that is how many females you need. if you can place the container where it get good sunlight every day fill it with live plants (cabomba sagiteria not rooted plants) and they will breed better and grow faster. dont worry if it gets warm my sailfins breed more at about 90 degrees
