Guppy Temp

[cuticom]

Can anyone give me some definite info on temperature ranges for guppies? I keep hearing about people keeping common guppies in outdoor ponds and them surviving the cold water fine. Would this be the same for the fancy guppy? or have I got myself mixed up somewhere and are they not the same species?

I've got 15 guppy fry about 1 cm long currently, but when they get bigger will all need to be separated. Three males will go to join my female gups, but I dunno what to do with the rest, so was thinking of adding them to one of my cold water tanks.

Oh and before anyone yells at me for not having an outlet for baby guppy's I do, and still do except my adult male died and since the things are too tiny to sex, I gotta wait till their bigger. My eels are still juvies and cant eat anything larger then a bloodworm so the guppies'll be too big. Yes these guys are being bred for feeder fish. My eels are really finicky and so far the only dead food they'll eat is frozen bloodworms and I wnat to try at least some variation in their diet.

 

[orange shark]

Can anyone give me some definite info on temperature ranges for guppies? I keep hearing about people keeping common guppies in outdoor ponds and them surviving the cold water fine. Would this be the same for the fancy guppy? or have I got myself mixed up somewhere and are they not the same species?

I've got 15 guppy fry about 1 cm long currently, but when they get bigger will all need to be separated. Three males will go to join my female gups, but I dunno what to do with the rest, so was thinking of adding them to one of my cold water tanks.

Oh and before anyone yells at me for not having an outlet for baby guppy's I do, and still do except my adult male died and since the things are too tiny to sex, I gotta wait till their bigger. My eels are still juvies and cant eat anything larger then a bloodworm so the guppies'll be too big. Yes these guys are being bred for feeder fish. My eels are really finicky and so far the only dead food they'll eat is frozen bloodworms and I wnat to try at least some variation in their diet.

around 18-26 degrees

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

The most ideal temp range for them is between 23 and 28 degree's, although personally i think they do better at the cooler end of the range- they can survive temps much colder or hotter, but won't do best in them in the long term. Most people keep guppys at 24-26 degrees- i have two tanks with guppys in at the moment, one which is around 23-24 degree's, the other which is 25-26degree's and the guppys do excellently in both of these temps.
So basically they are tropical (temps 24 degrees or warmer) going on sub tropical (temps between 19-23 degree's) fish.

around 18-26 degrees

18 degrees is far too cold, guppys are not coldwater fish.

Can anyone give me some definite info on temperature ranges for guppies? I keep hearing about people keeping common guppies in outdoor ponds and them surviving the cold water fine. Would this be the same for the fancy guppy? or have I got myself mixed up somewhere and are they not the same species?

Depends on how cold the pond water is- they might be able to survive coldwater temps, but they certainly won't thrive very well in them and will be more prone to getting deseases or health problems in general (particularly constipation).

 

[helterskelter]

18 degrees is far too cold, guppys are not coldwater fish.

18 is not to cold, these fish will take a large variety of temps, it's just the fish take a long time to devlope.
I my self breed for quality not vast numbers or quick growing fish

The cooler u keep them then stronger generaly the fish are but it take much longer for the fry to devlope which is good for me.

My fish are currently around 18-21 depending on the days ATM and in the summer they may get to 24-25

 

[orange shark]

18 degrees is far too cold, guppys are not coldwater fish.

They are sub-tropical - tropical

 

[Neo8223]

During my snotty nosed school kid days, i kept a few guppies in an un-used pond with no lighting, no filteration... basically a big hole with water in it. They lived fine but never bred. Unfortunately, the neighbours terripin escaped lol. Of an evening, temperatures would drop to about 14 celcius in the pond. Really wouldnt reccommend that low temperature if you wanted to keep healthy guppies though.

I have read that around 23 celcius is the best temperature to keep them. They can live for 2.5 years at that temperature, and 2 years at 27 celcius from where i read that article.

 

[lilfishie]

i keep mine without a heater, but my room is always atleast 20 and they have a light which also haelps keep them warm, and i think my longest living one was about 4 years old

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

18 degrees is far too cold, guppys are not coldwater fish.

They are sub-tropical - tropical

18 degrees or colder is considered coldwater temps.

18 degrees is far too cold, guppys are not coldwater fish.

18 is not to cold, these fish will take a large variety of temps, it's just the fish take a long time to devlope.
I my self breed for quality not vast numbers or quick growing fish

The cooler u keep them then stronger generaly the fish are but it take much longer for the fry to devlope which is good for me.

My fish are currently around 18-21 depending on the days ATM and in the summer they may get to 24-25

I guess the best way to find out what temps they do best in would be to find out the temps of their natural wild habitat (which i have always assumed was not coldwater, but rather sub-tropical or tropical). Goldfish can be kept in a wide range of temps, but that doesn't mean that all are good for them just because they can tolerate them. The reason why your fry take longer to develop on the colder temps is because their metabolisms are being slowed down by the colder temps (which may or may not be good depending on what temps these fish were evolved to be mostly in, but i would suspect that coldwater temps are too cold for the guppys own good).