Breeding Guppies?

[angelkatelyn]

hi everyone i bought two guppies today for my 35 litre tank as i want to become a guppy breeder, i think there colours are gorgeous, im just wondering if anyone has any helpful hints,tips or advice they could possibly give me, im planning on getting a few more , how many females is it to 1 male? thanks guys,

i already have a 200L tank with,

1 silver shark
1 blue rainbow fish
1 angelfish
6 platies (3heavily pregnant)
7 platy fry
1 african dwarf gourami
2 algae (sucker loaches)
1 siamese fighter


thanks in advance

 

[Platygirl11]

1 male per 3 females is nice. So, I guess you'll be getting a few more guppies. Keep in mind that the adults will eat the fry if you don't separate them or provide a lot of cover. If I were you, I'd invest in a tank for the fry. 5 gallons (US gallons, not sure what it is in liters.) would be fine, 10 even better. A sponge filter (safe for the fry) can be made fairly easily from parts availiable at your LFS and various hardware stores. I have 1 running in a current tank in case I set up a different tank. You can run it in your main tank to collect bacteria, then switch it to the fry tank once they are born. Then just get a hood and heater. This tank would also work for your platy fry.

Most LFS guppies are now inbred Buy your males from one place and females from another to prevent inbreeding and try to have stronger fry.
Good luck!

 

[helterskelter]

As long as u have more females to males for breeding your be fine.

Female guppies will produce fry every 4 weeks or so and i leave my fry with the adults most of the time. I give the plenty of cover and plants these help with microscopic food for fry, and then i also feed crushed flake 2 times a day.

 

[Butch]

Most LFS guppies are now inbred Buy your males from one place and females from another to prevent inbreeding and try to have stronger fry.
Good luck!

Im not sure about that one because most LFS guppies probably are not closely related to each other. They keeping throw random colors in fry and no way that they come from same mother if they come from commerical fish farm. Most LFS keep fancy guppies with different colors in same tank. So you can buy a male from same place where you bought some females from.

 

[angelkatelyn]

ok guys thanks for the help with that one, until i get another tank what sort of cover do i need and how much as my platies will be having plenty of fry soon, the rainbow fish seem to like them

 

[Platygirl11]

As much as possible! Don't cover the whole tank in plants, but have a planted corner and a few more plants (and of course decorations!) scattered around the tank.

 

[angelkatelyn]

ok cool thanks for the help, anything else u think i mite need to no?