Baby Guppies?

Question

I have a guppie and she has the spot on her side so it means her pregnant how long does it take after when she has the spot? After if i want to sell them how much do you think i could sell for ? anyone want to buy any? [e-mail]

Answer 1

Guppy prices varys from about ten cents to hundreds of dollars each wholesale. Most pet shops pay under a dollar a pair for them from whole outlets. To make any money at it you would need really special guppies not found in pet stores. As far as the details of breedig and such:

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 2

I have a tank of my own with two guppies(one female and one male). I just got a new 1gal tank for breeding purposes. This is a very cheap and easy to set up system for beginers to breeding livebearers. Point is, your guppy WILL eat her fry (offspring) if they don't have any hiding places. Also any other fish in the tank will also find the frys a tasty snack if they aren't separated from the tank quickly. If you want the young guppies to survive, you need to get a small tank, or you can buy a floating tank from most local fish stores, then you put the fry into the tank and watch them grow :) I have had one survive on its own without any separation from the tank mates but all of his brothers and sisters were eaten (about 20 of them). Good luck with your guppies :)

Answer 3

After the mama guppy has a spot, it takes about 5-10 days. The bad thing is, she will die after the birth. Another problem is with the baby's. If you have any other fish, you need to buy a baby fish holder to keep them safe. This hangs on to the side of the tank. Selling them, you could start at about $2.00 each. Good luck!
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Answer 4

Unless you know for sure the exact time that she got pg, there is no sure way to know. The price of guppies vary, but finding someone willing to buy them is another problem, unless you cut the price to be cheaper than fish stores, and can guarantee that they are disease-free. For a young child, they could be fun, so if you have a free adv. type of newspaper available, it would be fun to sell them through the newspaper at a nice price. You won't get rich, but you won't have to raise zillions of guppies. And big plus, you'll make a child happy.

Answer 5

i just wanted to say that GUPPIES ARE THE DUMBEST FISH ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH. all they do is breed . my friend bought ONE GUPPIE and with in 2 weeks he had like 30. so good luck with your journey... ps.... they are like worthless... you can get 12 of them for 3 dollars at fish stores

Answer 6

guppies don't sell for very much and there a group of people who
collect them and trade the one they look for is the colour pink
they will up to 300.00 for one

Answer 7

A spot on her side does not mean she's pregnant. When you see her belly swell, and eventually see little eyes within her, then she's pregnant.

As for selling them, maybe $2 if you are lucky.

Answer 8

Go to your local fish store to try to sell. They usually will buy in that situation. If you have a breeding pair just make sure they keep breeding

That is a money maker.

Answer 9

what if I don't get a birthing chamber for my guppies, neons,

Answer 10

Do some research on the babies before they come. When I was little my guppy had babies and it ate them. I am not wanting to scare you.