How do you breed fish?

Question

I have a female and male guppy in a five gallon tank. They are fancy guppies. will they just do it themselfs or do i have to do somthing to make em do it.

Answer 1

They will handle the breeding just fine all on their own. Some good info, except that guppies don't lay eggs. You can pick up a cheap breeder tank that hangs on the edge of your aquarium to put the pregnant females in, you'll know their pregnant by their expanding bellies. Other than a clean environment and enough food, you only need to make sure the water temp doesn't get too cold. Since they are tropical, cold temperatures can kill them, or interfere with their breeding. When the babies (fry) are born, take the female out of the breeder tank, and make sure you have fry food for the new babies. You can crush regular fish flakes to a fine powder for them, but be careful not to overfeed. Livebearers (guppies, swordtails, mollies, and platy's) are easy to care for, and breed at incredible rates. I hope you enjoy your new pets.

Answer 2

They will do it, and do it, and do it all by themselves. You'll want two to four more females, otherwise the male will do them while pregnant until all the fry miscarry.

One problem is that guppies like to eat anything small enough to fit in their mouth, including baby guppies, which naturally try to school with the adults.

All kind of cover is usedul in this situation. Use large gravel, lots of plants, or fake plants, etc. If you have a second aquarium, a breeding cage can be used. When the female guppy is getting VERY pregnant, drop her in the top of the breeding cage. Most of the baby guppies slip through the hole in the bottom, and try to swim next tothe mother, safely protected behind the clear plastic of the cage.

A larger tank would be better suited to breeding guppies. Ten gallons would more comfortably keep all the females you need, and if thebreeding is successufl, any size smaller than 75 gallons will only allow you to raise a part of the brood. If you're going to try just letting them breed naturally, you'll need at least 20 gallons to reliably get any children to survive.

Don't worry, you'll have plenty of chances to try again if you should make mistakes.

Answer 3

Here is a quick primer on how to breed just about any fish.

It starts off with water quality. You want to make sure you have excellent water quality and the parameters that are good for the fish.

Next is feeding. This is very important. You want to feed your fish a variety of foods that meet their dietary needs. Don't simply feed flakes. Mix it up.

Now you need the right fish. Male + female at a minimum. Many species need to have several females to a male.

With your guppies if you do these three things you'll have babies in no time.

Answer 4

guppys are an fairly easy breed of fish to reproduce. somtimes they may do it thierslves but most fish will eat thier unhatched eggs so one thing to do is to have a net that will keep the eggs seperated from the fish by allowing the eggs to fall through the net and keep the older fish from reaching the eggs

Answer 5

keep it comfortable have lots of cover for the fry and get a few more females(3 females to one male)

ya guppys give live birth

Answer 6

just sit back and watch the will do it on their own

Answer 7

wow that's a great question sorry i don't know the correct anwser but i think they do it buy them selves :I

Answer 8

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