guppies

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any one have any little guppies that they breed and have any little ones that they dont need that will go fo my pbass
 
If you can find Gambusia, those would be a great option too! Mine produces babies like clockwork every 3 or 4 weeks.
 
Hi guys, is there any special procedure for breeding guppies? I wana use them as feeders for my ornate bichir instead of buying them from my lfs haha.. Wad are e things I shld look out for? =)
 
FishPower;1865001; said:
it would also work with 1 male and 3 females =]


and a happy male guppy.
yar har
 
Jason S 6;1861440; said:
buy one male and one female for under 3 pound both, within a week youl have as many as you need ;)

FishPower;1865001; said:
it would also work with 1 male and 3 females =]

Cichlidgirl91;1865009; said:
If you can find Gambusia, those would be a great option too! Mine produces babies like clockwork every 3 or 4 weeks.

Will the gombusia breed with fancy guppies?
 
Gambusia are a different species than guppies, so they won't cross-breed. I just like Gambusia because they are easier (for me) to tell exactly when she is having babies, so I can get the most babies before they get eaten.
I would suggest setting up a 10 or 20 gallon tank and stuff it chock full of plants and breed your guppies in there. The babies can hide in the plants and you can cruch up regular fish flakes to feed the babies.
 
IMO, since you are breeding them for pbass, I would personally go with convict cichlids rather than guppies. You'll have a much larger/more steady supply of fish. Also they breed like rabbits and are very easy to care for, and the parents rarely eat the fry so you can keep them in the same tank, no need for lots of plants to keep the fry alive.
 
i have some small feeder guppies in my 2.5 gallon and now i c that there r some real small guppies, look like fry theres about 6 of the little ones and there was about 8 feeders and i was feeding the pbass and i saw the little ones were on ht bottom
 
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