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Breeding guppies2007-11-24 23:10:22

When you have fry in the 10 gallon, they dont require much but you will need a sponge filter. What changes i do by hand with a cup and a spyhon but very slow and carefully.

They will eat hikari first bites, but remember not to feed them too much.

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buy several guppies and put on your aquarium and put 100gm or 3 tablespoon of rock salt that will do it.

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Just test the water to make sure all levels are safe (0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0-10 nitrate)

If the levels are fine, change a few gallons monthly.

Temperature should be 78F

No such thing as too much gravel

Ph can be from 5-9 with guppies (ph swings kill fish, a stable ph at any level is best)

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Genetics,water chemistry,where to put 20 to 40 small aquariums,how not to mess with the pH,live foods, fish conditioning,how to do very frequent water changes(and still have a life outside of the fish room). This is a partial list of things involved in Guppy breeding,and unless you just want to raise feeder Guppies you've got to find quality breeding stock and learn how to keep the blood lines pure,(hint: It takes many,many tanks.

The best place to start is at the International Fancy Guppy Association and by reading as many books as you can get.

1 1/2 pounds of gravel per gallon is about the right amount.

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feed them a lot

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Guppies breed extremely easily. You should have 2-4 females for every male, as the males harass the females a lot. Females can store sperm, and they can give birth 2-3 times more without needing a male. Females generally give birth to 3-100 fry, depending on how healthy and young they are. My female only had 8 babies last time she gave birth. Usually when you buy guppies, you will be told they are pregnant. All my females except for one, were pregnant when I bought them. You will need a breeding net/tank, or more commonly called a fry tank/net. A tank is less ideal, I find, because you have to get the ph and stuff right all over again. A net though, is really ideal, because all you have to do is drop in the tank and clip it to the wall. I have a net, and it's extremely useful. Ideally, all you want is a way to not let the parents/other fish to eat the babies. DO NOT put the mother in the net/tank while she's giving birth! That will either kill her, kill her babies, or even worse, kill her and the babies! Don't move her at 2 weeks before she gives birth, as this will damage her immensely! I've done this by accident, but luckily my babies were fine! I think they just came out the wrong way.. Anyways, how much gravel do you have in your tank? You should only have about an inch of gravel in your tank.