do guppies eat their fry?

[Cammo X]

those pics r cool, i might start my own guppy tank for my bullrout and jar. in a 2ft waddya recon.

Cammo X

 

[K626]

At the minimum, I'd use a 20 or 30 gal long to breed guppies. If you use anything less, it will be over populated with one birth! Keep the tank between 76-80 and you'll be fine. This same tactic works for mollies, platys, and swordtails too. I bred all of the above before, along with convict cichlids (they'll breed in a puddle, as long as the temp is around 79 or 80), angelfish, bettas, cory cats (inadvertently), and saltwater cleaner shrimp.

 

[X24]

i love all these easy to breed fish! just add water and instant feeders!

 

[Nabbig2]

Plants are better, 1/2 fill the tank with Java moss or similar, real or artifical.
You wont need 100 guppys, each female can drop 50-100 (or even more) - every month.
Get about 1 male for every 3 females.
The problem isn't getting enough fry, it's having the space to rear the fry you do get to a decent feeder size.

Cheers

Ian

P.S. They really ARE easy to breed.

I was given 12...

 

[Justin94565]

Plants are natures filtration, So yes you can use a bunch of plants as your filter.

 

[cassharper]

I was about to argue with pangasiusfan, but then I realized he had been banned .

The most efficient guppy set-up I have seen is a 20gL with 2 dividers and pairs put into the sections, 5g buckets for each drop, then seperated into 2 seperate tanks (by sex) for growout (the tanks were packed 55g). It was a bit absurd to watch, but he also kept several large RES turtles, so he always had food.

 

[Kdcarey]

so im gonna get some fancy guppies to breed..... how to u tell the diffrence between the males n females at the store

 

[ductTAPE]

yeah they doo..

 

[ductTAPE]

Plants are better, 1/2 fill the tank with Java moss or similar, real or artifical.
You wont need 100 guppys, each female can drop 50-100 (or even more) - every month.
Get about 1 male for every 3 females.
The problem isn't getting enough fry, it's having the space to rear the fry you do get to a decent feeder size.

Cheers

Ian

P.S. They really ARE easy to breed.

I was given 12...

dayyuummm

 

[evo24pm]

yeah the parents will eat the fry. Try using java moss if wanting to breed them and then use a tank divider. Guppies will still have more fry b/c they store the sperm for later use so they dont need the male.