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Guppys, just put them in a 10gl. Buy a male and some females and just feed them. They do the rest. Just provide cover for the fry.
 

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Males have a modified fin that they use to transfer sperm. Also most fish stores should be able to help you out.
 

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Just depends on how long the females have been pregnent for. They are livebearing fish and give bearth to live young, and yes they will eat them.

2-3 males and 5 females should work. You only need one male though, and they may fight a bit but nothing serious.
 

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Jack Dempsey
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if i would by some tomorow how long would it take.
do they lay eggs and do they eat there young

can i get 2-3 males and like 5 females
Almost all fish will eat their young, even fish that guard their fry will get tired of them and eat them at some point if the fry cant get away. They are livebearers, so no, they dont lay eggs.
 

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guppies males are more colorful and if your getting feeder guppies the females are just silver and the males have little blue and red markings on them. if your lucky you will buy some females already pregnant. thats what i did, but now im breeding fancy guppies because they are bigger.
 

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Once they start female guppies have a batch every 3-5 weeks.
 
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