I'm new to aquatics but I'm already obsessed. I'm thinking about breeding guppies as feeders so I know the quality before feeding them to my fish. I've researched it online and it seems doable enough. Is there any "Anceint Chinese Secrets" or "Old Indian Tricks" I should know about? I would appreciate any feedback on this topic. Aloha and Mahalo
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welcome. Give guppies lots of hidding places and they should breed like weeds, keep the temp around 80's and you should be good to go.tzar66;4296336; said:
p.s. im chinese what you trying to say about the secrets????
tzar66;4296336; said:
Skip the guppies and go staright to the cichlids..Get a pair of Convict cichlids and breed them.......Guaranteed, ANY male and female mixed together in a fish tank over 10g WILL BREED WITHIN TWO WEEKS.......
Guppies. I've been unsuccessfully trying to breed forever, but that's because I don't care enough to get them a breeder tank.
They don't need anything really.. Temperature barely matters, pH barely matters.. Water quality barely matters.. Food barely matters, stress barely matters, etc, etc..
They are usually stagnant water dwellers used to eating mosquito larvae faster than they can breathe.
Just get them a tank, any filtration will do, keep the water 70F-80F. Plants don't matter, plastic plants and anything really for hiding works. Try to keep one male to three females. *Surface shelter is important* The fry will be born ready to swim, but will remain at the waters surface for the beginning. They can eat crushed flakes immediately, and almost no care is necessary. A female guppy can give birth to 2-200(30-60avg) guppies a month, based on size of mother. She can hold semen for the future so once a male mates with his female, she can be removed for two months.
Good luck breeding these things, I hate them honestly. Keep all the females you recieve and feed the males to your fish.
Males are distinguished by several factors;
Gonopodium (anal fin is thin, flexible, and reminds you of a refueler plane)
Bright colors, usually the first generation gets the basic "eye spots" towards front and back, and the later generations will develop more colors. Female color is rare.
Females get about three times larger than males, and usualyl have a bent spine with a huge stomach.
Have fun, I hate guppies.
They don't need anything really.. Temperature barely matters, pH barely matters.. Water quality barely matters.. Food barely matters, stress barely matters, etc, etc..
They are usually stagnant water dwellers used to eating mosquito larvae faster than they can breathe.
Just get them a tank, any filtration will do, keep the water 70F-80F. Plants don't matter, plastic plants and anything really for hiding works. Try to keep one male to three females. *Surface shelter is important* The fry will be born ready to swim, but will remain at the waters surface for the beginning. They can eat crushed flakes immediately, and almost no care is necessary. A female guppy can give birth to 2-200(30-60avg) guppies a month, based on size of mother. She can hold semen for the future so once a male mates with his female, she can be removed for two months.
Good luck breeding these things, I hate them honestly. Keep all the females you recieve and feed the males to your fish.
Males are distinguished by several factors;
Gonopodium (anal fin is thin, flexible, and reminds you of a refueler plane)
Bright colors, usually the first generation gets the basic "eye spots" towards front and back, and the later generations will develop more colors. Female color is rare.
Females get about three times larger than males, and usualyl have a bent spine with a huge stomach.
Have fun, I hate guppies.
Why are you allowed to even keep fish?KCK;4299019; said:
Guppies were one of the first fish I kept(oscar was first though, he loved the culls
) the temprature should be about 78 to 82*F. The higher the temp the faster they develop. Ratio of males to Females sould be 1 male to 3 females because if you had 1 male to 1 female the male could harass her and make her stress too much, even death. put plenty of floating plants, fake or real work, I prefer real. putting plants will give a place the fry to hide in from there parents because the second they are born the mother wants to eat 'em. a 10 gallon with low current filter is good, a 20 or more is better. Moss wouldnt do much since they live in the upper region of the tank.FishFreak95;4299045; said:Why are you allowed to even keep fish?
Guppies were one of the first fish I kept(oscar was first though, he loved the culls
Who the HELL are you? My first few posts and no welcome? Instant short-man-syndrome? I have had a less than 24 hour old guppy go through a 30% water change, over 50% temperature change, no oxygen content, stress, and everything. And it survived. Any other fish's water would matter and yes I understand this, but you have to literally TRY to kill a guppy. I don't know who you are, or why your so much cooler than me, but go get a life. This isn't a video game, it's just fish.
Guppies temp should definately be high 70's like you say, but it wouldnt kill them from 70-80 at all.
Have fun being so much cooler than me.
tzar66;4296336; said:
I thought I'd get back to your post, since others are fretting over nothing...
To breed guppies, clean water, good food, etc, helps. Yes, they can live in less than ideal conditions, but why? If you want to breed good quality guppies, follow the usual fish keeper rules. They make good food for other fish. I feed them to my bichirs, puffers and flowerhorn.
What I do is seperate the fry from the adults. I keep probably 50+ adults in a 20 gal and 50+ fry in a 10 gal. The 10 gal has a sponge filter and the 20 gal has 2 ac 20s for filtration.
Feed them crushed flake, keep the temp at 80ish and the guppies will breed like mad. You'll have a hard time keeping up with them.
^ Broski, honestly don't get into it with people...shrug it off.... because if you do get in fights on here, you will get kicked off.... don't worry about it. I did the same thing when I first came on here and people chewed me up... Just relax and enjoy the forum. And to OP: Clean water, 1:3 ratio male to female and a large enough tank with hiding spots. good luck.