Right now I have gouramis. I had 2, but 1 died yesterday. I've only had them for about a month. I'm not sure what happened, but I want easier fish to take care of next time. I've heard guppies are fairly easy to take care of, and they are also easy to breed. Is there anything I should know before I get guppies?
2006-10-07 17:28:55 · 13 answers · asked by munchkin_6632 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Guppies are very easy to take care of, I have alot of them. Keep the tank clean right temp around 70-75. You really don't have to worry about breeding them they do very well on their own :). Males are very pretty females are less pretty. They will eat the fry (baby) so if you don't want that to happen you will want to get a birthing net or put in lots of plants (don't have to be real plants) for the fry to hide in.
And it takes about 2 months for the fry to come. They are so tiny you can hardly see them at first. Good luck.
2006-10-07 17:42:31 · answer #1 · answered by lilbit_883_hugger 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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Right now I have gouramis. I had 2, but 1 died yesterday. I've only had them for about a month. I'm not sure what happened, but I want easier fish to take care of next time. I've heard guppies are fairly easy to take care of, and they are also easy to breed. Is there anything I should...
2015-08-20 22:21:14 · answer #2 · answered by Eziechiele 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your looking for a fish that's easy to care for, betas are definitely the easiest. But don't breed betas until you have done lots of research (It's pretty difficult if you don't plan ahead.) But if you're looking for a fish that's easy to breed, definitely either guppies or swordtails. I had guppies in our pond so it was hard to keep track of their breeding, but we have swordtails in a tank and they multiply like crazy. Also with swordtails, the females can change their sex if their aren't any males. So just make sure you have enough females.
2006-10-15 05:06:51 · answer #3 · answered by Lauralye D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guppies are a good fish pet, and yes they are easy to breed, in fact thats all they do, they are like rabbits, so be prepared.
2006-10-13 13:27:05 · answer #4 · answered by Jae 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guppies are very easy to care for. They are great for beginners. They breed like crazy, so unless you have friends that can take babies or you want to have a HUGE tank - I don't reccommend breeding them. Most pet stores will not take them - and the ones that do just feed them to large fish.
2006-10-07 21:38:18 · answer #5 · answered by Miss. Kitty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Never had any luck with guppies , they always died and I was told told that it depended on the strength of the strain and how much they were inbred . They also like a constant ph level of water and dont like the cold .
Ive had the same goldfish for three years and find them extremely hardy, tolerant to many conditions and easy to care for . Good luck !
2006-10-15 00:10:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guppies, are perfect to beginnners, and easy to care,
most of them are full of colors and fancy tails, just take a view of
you females, when they come fat.
2006-10-07 17:52:34 · answer #7 · answered by manny 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell yes Ive got a saltwater aquarium and that's hard compared to looking after some small little fish your gourami probably died because you didn't check either nitrate pH or ammonia and how many guppies do you have don't over crowd the tank that would restrict the fishes air supply to the gills
2006-10-07 19:09:45 · answer #8 · answered by Surfer_69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very easy to care for and breed like rabbits make sure you have some plants for the fry to hide in
2006-10-08 03:30:09 · answer #9 · answered by hill bill y 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aw poor fish!! When you got them they were prob sick, and guppies have sooo many babies, we had so many and the pet store didn't want to take them, we just put them in a poundd out side..
2006-10-07 17:38:50 · answer #10 · answered by pritty_eyed_baby 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋