what are all the supplise i need to raise breed guppies?

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HELP!!!!

Answer 1

The pregnant female gets fatter and develops a large black spot on her abdomen. Here's a little more on breeding guppies in case you're into it.

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 looking 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 fell into breeding guppies completely on accident I have a 10 gallon aquarium with a floating plant I thought was water sprite but that doesn't seem like it is the right name for it but anyway it covers the entire tank and the babies live in there. all the advise i glanced through sounds wonderful definitely have enough floating plant mine goes from the surface of the water down maybe a third to half of the depth of the tank and they love it

Answer 3

Guppy are one among suitable species suitable for beginner. the unique good factors that each and each single Guppy has and its adaptability charms even maximum pro aquarist. Guppies at the instant are not annoying species. they could be relatively be stored in smaller aquarium even the bigger the extra beneficial. you are able to place numerous fantastic leafed plant existence on your tank. the colour of the substrate could influence the colour of your fish. finally, they're going to look paler in gentle substrate evaluate to dark one. they're very tolerant, spend maximum of their time swimming, mating and finding for meals. Even they do pass to all zone on your aquarium, they consistently want the ideal zone. do no longer shop this fish with robust, predatory or maybe fin nipper species. they want temperature at 17 to 27 ranges Celsius. they could do properly in distinctive water circumstances. even with the undeniable fact that, in case you grants a living place with a pH close to to impartial (7.0) and water which isn't too troublesome (below 25 gH) they're going to be very happy. A small quantity of iodine unfastened salt would be favored. while breeding this fish, you are able to isolate the pregnant mom in a separate tank or merely permit her be interior the unique. in case you identify to maintain her interior the unique tank, determine you do grant shelter for the fry. Pregnant mom could be pointed out along with her swollen abdomen and black being pregnant spot.

Answer 4

at least a 10 gallon tank
2 males & 6 females (the rule is 1male & 2-3 females)
Real plants for your fry to hide
A filter that doesn't suck the fry in like a spongefilter
A heater set at 78-82 degrees
"First Bites" fry food
Water tester for Ammonia and nitrite levels
A thermometer
And a gravelsiphon to do partial waterchanges of 25% weekly


Then you're all set

Hope that helps
Good luck


EB

Answer 5

depends on the amount of guppies.

i like to use 55 gallon tanks. live plants(java moss, anarcris),
sponge filter(for 55 gallons, try two hydro #6, ghost shrimps.

The sponge filter is the key. you will need a filter system and thesponge filter is bestfor fry tanks.

Answer 6

you can go to petsmart.com and they have a sheet with all the supplies right on it...also if you type in how to raise guppies in yahoo you get all kinds of sites with info...hope it helps.

Answer 7

Start with stock worth breeding, not chain store trash...
http://www.fishlore.com/Articles/BreedingTheGuppy.htm