How do i encourage more breeding from my guppys in my breeding tank???

Answer 1

If you water quality and temperature is alright, there are a few other things to consider.

Lighting can be an important factor. It's been discovered that guppies which have their tanks lit up 24hours of the day become infertile after a while. Ensure your guppies get enough 'sleep'.

Is your tank placed in a location where there is too much sudden traffic? Such things may stress out the fish and affect their breeding.

Actually good breeding lines of guppies which are well-fed do not eat their babies. That's one indicator to show if you've got a really good line on your hands.

Feed your guppies on a very healthy diet. They enjoy live food like mosquito larvae, tubifex worms and water fleas.

In the wild, the ratio of males to adult females can be over
5 : 1
It would actually be easier for you to have more males than females because it's difficult for that one male to fertilise all the females or keep track of who he hasn't mated with.

Ensure there is plenty of hiding spaces for the fry to escape to if your guppies eat their babies.

Ensure the female gets enough rest and good nutrition in between broods. (take her away from the males because they will constantly chase her and not give her a moment's peace).

Also you'll need to understand that most femae guppies have about 3 good broods before the number of fry reduce until they stop having fry altogether. Just means your girls are getting old. Time to introduce new females.

Hope everything works out alright.

Answer 2

If you are selectively breeding (trying to match certain guppies) this can be tricky. The best thing is to put 1 male in and at least 3 females. Also, put some plants in there for cover.

If you are not picky, put your guppies all in one tank. We started out with 20 guppies, lost a few because our tank had not completely cycled, and now we have over 50. Just make sure you do 1 of two things...

1) Remove the female guppy when they are about to have their babies. Guppies are live bearers, and they will try to eat their young.

2) Provide lots of plants and grass type areas for baby guppies to hide and provide a lot of food when you have new babies in the tank. We do not remove the females from the main tank when they are ready to give birth, and the babies are fine because they have plenty of places to hid. Over feeding the guppies will keep the adults full and less likely to eat the babies.

I hope this helps you.

Answer 3

If guppies aren't breeding, then you most likely have water quality problems. What are your readings for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH?

Guppies don't even need a male present to have fry. So if they aren't reproducing, something in the tank is the problem. Females can store sperm for up to 6 months and continue to have fry right along. Each female will generally give birth about every 4 weeks.

Answer 4

You can't really. The females will have babies about every 28 days no matter what you do. The best thing you can do is try to save as many babies as possible and set up plenty of fry tanks.

MM

Answer 5

temp 80, add plants (hiding places), 4 females for every 1 male

Answer 6

they may already be breeding but babies getting eaten instantaneously. u need either breeding traps or lots and lots of plants.