Guppie Breeding?

Question

I want to breed guppies when i go to the pet store how can i tell male from female? Do i need any speacial things to breed them? How will I know that the fish is pregnant

Answer 1

males have big flowy showy tails. Females have rounder less flowy tales. Females also have two brown / black dots right by where they poop. These are where the baby shoots out from. Also, adult females are plump and pregnant looking, while the males are super skinny.

You should get some baby / fry matting and fuller fake plants for the babies to hide in like foxtail / fake hairgrass. The babies need somewhere to hide. The mother will sometimes turn around & eat them in the middle of birthing if they don't have hiding spots.

I like hikari first bites food for my guppy babies.

Buy only a couple guppies. Thier numbers multiply quickly. They pop out babies every 24-30 days.

You don't need to do anything special to make them breed... they do it on their own very willingly. Females are almost always pregnant. As long as there's a male in the tank, he's getting her pregnant.

Answer 2

You can find your answer on the site below. Everything about breeding is there. Male guppies have wider tails , more colorful thus more beautiful than females. Females are less colorful and have smaller tails. You dont need any special things to breed. Just a male and a female. Maybe a proportion of one beautiful male to 5 females. You will know that the fish is pregnant when her abdomen have grown big. Guppies don't lay eggs but give birth to babies coming from their womb. When they are giving birth, you should separate the female giving birth from the rest because guppies are cannibals. The eat the babies. There is a special container when they are giving birth.

Answer 3

I think you should first research how to breed them online, mainly because you need a number of supplies to accomodate the pregnant females and the fry when they're born. With all do respect, if you can't tell a male guppy from a female one, you probably shouldn't be breeding them. But, try this website for help on the matter: http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/livebearer_guppies/guppies_page_2.htm#top2 or try this one: http://www.guppies.com/

Answer 4

they're nonetheless guppies so convinced. the colors will decision also the male will computer virus the female to reproduce so attempt to get 2-3 women per male for guppies. purely save them for a lengthy time period and boost you've fry once a month (when they mature it truly is two-3 months)

Answer 5

Breeding guppies really is just as simple as most people say it is but if you really want to be serious about it there are a few considerations.

Tank requirements: You need to have two tanks at least 10 gallons in size. The first one should be cycled and all settled ready for your new guppies. The second should be filled with water and have a sponge filter running. It should also gave a heater and lots of hiding places for the babies. Set up both tanks and keep the temperature in both about 74-78 F, guppies will do well in that range. pH, hardness and other water conditions are not very important to guppies. They tolerant a very wide range of parameters.

Feeding: For the adults you need to feed a good basic flake food as well as the occasional treat of frozen foods. Buy a couple of them to swap between, blood wroms, mosquito larvae, brine shrimp are all good. For the babies you need baby brine shrimo to feed for the first few days and some cruches flake to start mixing in after that. Yes, you can just crush the flake yuou use for the adults.

The Fish: Get 1 male for every 2-3 females. No need to get many, after all you expect to breed plenty! Most you find at pet stores will already be pregnant so if you are really serious about getting just the right color you will need to by from a serious breeder or be prepared to work at it a while.

The mating: Just put them together and they will do the rest.

Once the female is very gravid (pregnant) move her to the empty tank and leave her there until she has the babies. Once she has them you can more her back to the main tank. Feed the babies fairly often, 4-5 times a day isn't too often and change 40 - 50% of the tank water every 2-3 days. The larger the babies get the more often you will have to change water until the babies are adults.

Raising the babies: Feed the babies fairly often, 4-5 times a day isn't too often and change 40 - 50% of the tank water every 2-3 days. The larger the babies get the more often you will have to change water until the babies are adults. Install a tank divider in the baby tank as soon as possible and once you can tell males from females start to seperate them. Most serious breeders end up using two tanks, so you might want to plan on that in the future. Seperate them as soon as possible! Also do not give up on the water changes! They are critical for proper growth! I cannot stress this enough!

Culling: Culling is removing undesirable fish from your stock. Remove any deformed fish you see as soon as you see them. It's not uncommon to have a few deformed fish. Humanely kill these as you certainly don't want them breeding. Once the babies are nearly grown you will be able to pick out the best looking male and best lookig females. This is where color choice comes in. You will most likely have fish of two or three different colors. Return you original fish and the extra babies to the pet store or donate them to another fish keeper, to a school, whatever. Place your best male and three best females in the now empty main tank. and let them do what come naturally. Then you will start the whole process over.

While you are raising the babies, you will have babies from one of the other females too if not both of them. You will have to choose, set up another tank for them or leave them with the adults to do as well as they can. Your call. As you can see, you could end up with tanks all over the house in no time at all, so be aware you can't keep them all! LOL

After a few generations you will need to add fresh breeding stock to your line. Try to find a really good looking male that fits your colors and breed him to some of your females for fresh genes in the line. Doing this every so often will improve your fish and prevent problems from too much inbreeding. Inbreeding fixes traits in the line, both good traits and bad traits, so bring in new stock from time to time.

If you really fall in love with guppy breeding you will really want to be a member of the IFGA (International Fancy Guppy Association). They can teach you so much more than this basic over view and the members are a great source of really superior breeding stock. You can find their website online.

Hope this helps a little and good luck with your breeding efforts!

Answer 6

The male guppies are usually smaller and more colorful than the females. Buy some floating,live plants for the babies to hide in so they don't get eaten. The female will get a fat belly and may already be preg. when you buy her.

Answer 7

ok, here is the simplest and easiest way to get guppies to breed.
1. go to local pet shop
2. buy $3.00 or so worth of guppies
3. take them to home tank (previously set up)
4. dump them in and wait a bit.

guppies are big mouths with tails and sex organs attached. they do it all the time in pet stores (if the ick doesnt catch them first)

Answer 8

You can tell them apart by the males long tube-like anal fin, right below his belly. Females have a normal anal fin.
Do not go by color. In each batch there are always some males who don't develope big tails or good color. If you assume these are females and keep them in with your females---the ugly males will be the ones reproducing.

Answer 9

there anal fin is different. 1 male per 2 females. 1 gallon per inch of fish. breeder net. the gravid spot, by the anal fin getts darker and bigger