Breeding Guppies - Any Tips Or Advice?

[Katieasaur]

i personally like to keep it at about 78 especially for when the fry are born, they just seem to do better and it 'supposedly' speeds up the gestation period

 

[fish48]

i personally like to keep it at about 78 especially for when the fry are born, they just seem to do better and it 'supposedly' speeds up the gestation period

i find 68f-70f is the best temp- for them guppys are less exceptable to diseases when kept at low temps

 

[Lyra0727]

i personally like to keep it at about 78 especially for when the fry are born, they just seem to do better and it 'supposedly' speeds up the gestation period

i find 68f-70f is the best temp- for them guppys are less exceptable to diseases when kept at low temps

You know I find that very intresting because when I had the temp that low for my tank my guppies would barely move at all as if they were frozen.. Then the warmer it got the more they moved around and acted normal. Hmm.. I guess all fish like different temps

 

[fish48]

i personally like to keep it at about 78 especially for when the fry are born, they just seem to do better and it 'supposedly' speeds up the gestation period

i find 68f-70f is the best temp- for them guppys are less exceptable to diseases when kept at low temps

You know I find that very intresting because when I had the temp that low for my tank my guppies would barely move at all as if they were frozen.. Then the warmer it got the more they moved around and acted normal. Hmm.. I guess all fish like different temps

guppies should not react in that way. Unless you drop the temp Down all of a sudden .
all guppies kept at this temp should be as active as any guppy kept at a higher temp

 

[Lyra0727]

i personally like to keep it at about 78 especially for when the fry are born, they just seem to do better and it 'supposedly' speeds up the gestation period

i find 68f-70f is the best temp- for them guppys are less exceptable to diseases when kept at low temps

You know I find that very intresting because when I had the temp that low for my tank my guppies would barely move at all as if they were frozen.. Then the warmer it got the more they moved around and acted normal. Hmm.. I guess all fish like different temps

guppies should not react in that way. Unless you drop the temp Down all of a sudden .
all guppies kept at this temp should be as active as any guppy kept at a higher temp

I never change the temp dramaticly I always do it very slowly so it wouldnt harm my guppies. But like I said all fish like different temps. My guppies are happy with the temp it is now so I'm happy Isnt that all that matters? That the fish are happy?

 

[fish48]

i agree with you all my guppies are happy

 

[julem35]

+1 from me too! Some of my fish people say "You shouldn't do that, it's not the right way to do it" but when I do it their so-called "right way" my fish seem to sulk. I will do what I need to do to keep them happy, I've been doing it for 9 years, why change?

 

[OldMan47]

Lyra, the higher temperatures are indeed a way to promote more frequent drops and faster growth of guppies. As others have already said, fast fry growth and short pregnancies do indeed result at higher temperatures. Now that I have said that, I am going to agree with Fish48. My guppy fry always look far better and mature better, not quicker, when I hold their temperatures to around 70F, 21C. The trick is to decide what your objective is. If your only objective is tons of fry who grow quickly, go ahead and keep your fish at the 77F, 25C that I use for endlers. If your objective is robust fish who develop to their full potential and live long and productive lives, try dropping that temperature down to around 70F instead. A single pair of guppies may only produce a few hundred new guppies in a year at low temperatures instead of a thousand at higher temperatures, but they will be better fish with a value on the open market that is much higher. My own guppies are raised at lower temperatures and seem to demand a premium at local fish auctions compared to other fish that I see. Anybody can breed guppies with some success, but good quality guppies require far more than rapid growth, in my opinion.

 

[KittyKat]

+1 best fish produced at 20-21C.

 

[Warehouse]

Just out of interest, where do people sell their Guppy's? I presume ebay?

 

[KittyKat]

Ebay, forums, club auctions and LFS. Only one of my LFS used to buy guppies for cash, but I know that I got the same as the guy paid for wholesale ones. My LFSs prefer a week to two weeks warning if I'm bringing in enough fish to be worth their while (I used to being in guppies at 50 pairs as a minimum).

 

[Lyra0727]

Lyra, the higher temperatures are indeed a way to promote more frequent drops and faster growth of guppies. As others have already said, fast fry growth and short pregnancies do indeed result at higher temperatures. Now that I have said that, I am going to agree with Fish48. My guppy fry always look far better and mature better, not quicker, when I hold their temperatures to around 70F, 21C. The trick is to decide what your objective is. If your only objective is tons of fry who grow quickly, go ahead and keep your fish at the 77F, 25C that I use for endlers. If your objective is robust fish who develop to their full potential and live long and productive lives, try dropping that temperature down to around 70F instead. A single pair of guppies may only produce a few hundred new guppies in a year at low temperatures instead of a thousand at higher temperatures, but they will be better fish with a value on the open market that is much higher. My own guppies are raised at lower temperatures and seem to demand a premium at local fish auctions compared to other fish that I see. Anybody can breed guppies with some success, but good quality guppies require far more than rapid growth, in my opinion.

I understand the facts about the temps when it comes to guppies, I've been told many times now but that doesnt change the fact that my guppies never seem happy at the temp you are suggesting. Besides the last thing I need to do is start changeing things on my guppies now since I'm currently trying to cure 1 of them of a fungus that decided to appear on one of my females.

 

[fish48]

Know one is suggesting about changeing the way you keep your guppies.
most people keping guppies at higher temps seem to have more problems then when kept at a lower temps

 

[Lyra0727]

I know no one was suggesting but Oldman47 was stating that lower temps were better.

As for higher temps being the one for having most problems I disagree. I didnt have this fungus issues until my temp was at 70. (long story as to how it got that way)

 

[fish48]

I agree with Oldman47 lower temps are far better i have never kept any guppies abuve 74 and have never had any problems with them.