What is the best suggested breeding tanks for guppies? What do I do and how do I use it. Thanks?

Question

Thank you so much.

Answer 1

Some people who breed guppies and other livebearers use the breeding nets/boxes which either float in the tank or attact to the sides of any standard tank, others don't use them at all.

I'm one from the second group. Using the breeders requires you to figure out when the fish is "due" and put the mother into the net before (or soon after) she starts to give birth. But moving the mother also causes her additional stress.

If you use plants in your regular tank (and these can be real or fake), the mother can go into the plants to get away from the other fish when she's ready to drop the fry (and she knows when this will happen, you will be guessing unless she's already droped a few) and the fry will use the plants to hide in. If you don't have anything but guppies in the tank, most of the fry will survive. I've seen some adult guppies "mouth" the first few fry, but most will spit them back out once they figure out they're alive. I'm not saying I don't lose a few to predation, but with the number that survive the tanks get filled pretty quickly.

It also helps to use a little salt in tanks with livebearers (1 tablespoon per 5 gallons of any salt without iodine added - kosher, canning, pickling, rock, or aquarium salt)

Answer 2

I don't know of any tanks made specifically for breeding guppies. Remember, guppies will eat the babies so keep them in separate tanks.

I have a ten gallon tank with a makeshift sponge filter (I tied a piece of pantyhose over the suctioning tube of the filter and secured it with elastic), a thermometer, a heater, a hood with aquarium light (aquarium lights help the babies develop strong bones) and a few plastic plants.

I've found this set up to be effective.

Answer 3

well depending on the number of fry you have, the tank will differ,

my small guppy only had around 15-20, so could put them in a breeding box/tank

but if you have like 50 babies, get a tank!

now, make sure you get one with a filter, heater and is big enough to fit them all in.

now, yes babies are relatively fast swimmers, but not stroung swimmers, they will get sucked up into a regular tank filter (i learnt the hard way) and not all will sruvive

you MUST get a sponge filter


good luck, and i hope that helps

Answer 4

If you are serious about raising good quality Guppies,you'll need lots of 10 gallon tanks. Also a couple of good books on Guppy basics and Guppy genetics.With stuff like how to keep the broods from developing into smaller and smaller fish,and how to "fix" a desirable genetic trait, so that it will show up in the future generations.