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Breeding guppies2007-11-24 23:10:22

what do i need to know about breeding guppies such as water changes and temp and other stuff. Is there such thing as having to much gravel in tour tank. my tank is 30 gallons. Also does any one how much baking soad is needed to raise the ph.

Answers:

you will not need to raise the ph, if your using tap water + and water conditioner.

Guppies will breed very easily but it is what you do that will determine the result of the fry.

For breeding, if your serious, you will need to get a spare 10 gallon with a ton of live plants.

Get a group of 3 males and 6 female guppies, add them to the 30 gallon, and allow them to do there thing.

Female livebearers have the ablity to store sperm so unless you petstore and wholesaler seperate the sexes, when you get a female from a petstore chancs are that it is pregnant.

So even if your males die, you will not need to go and get another male as the females can store sperm and drop fry for about 2-3 times without a male.

Anyway, female livebearers are on cycles, they will usually release fry every 28-34 days, BUT it will vary from fish to fish.

When you see the female is hiding for cover, swimming with its tail alittle down, and starting to wiggle, that usually when you move the fish to the 10 gallon, and allow her to release her fry in there.

Then you can move her back into the main tank, but put her in a breeding trap for a day to recover.

Remember that adding stress will cause the fish not to release her fry.