tetras4me
Fish Fanatic
i want to breed a couple of guppies but how? how? HOW??? 
How Do I Breed Guppies
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madmom
Fishaholic
All you have to do is put a male in a tank wih several females and they will do the rest. Make sure you have at least 2-3 females so they don't get stressed from all the attention from the male.
Danh
Fish Fanatic
I cant be of much help here due to my lack of experiance. However i gather from what i have read that guppies are a case of just add water and wait. Guppies are like jack rabbits.
donna123
Fish Addict
hi,
2-3 females per male, add water and in four weeks hopefully fry,then every 4 weeks after that.
do have lots of hiding places unless you use a breeder net, all the best donna
2-3 females per male, add water and in four weeks hopefully fry,then every 4 weeks after that.
do have lots of hiding places unless you use a breeder net, all the best donna
GuppyDude
Stephen
I think the better question is how dont you breed guppies. Basically add 1 male, 2 females, water, and in a month you'll have more guppy fry than you can handle.
get one male and put it with two females i also heard that if you have alot of plants places to hd for the guppies it helps because that means that the guppies can do the business privately and also wait a month or two if nothing happens then get another male beacuse some males have trouble with breeding.
good luck
good luck
smurfyy_2k3
it's a shame stupidity isn't painfull
the plants arnt for privacy the plants are for the fry to hidewell as all those who gave you replies I won't anything new about breeding but be ready for the fries . I mean prepare a smaller tank with a partition for the pregnant guppy. this tank must go through the nitrogen cycle before the fry come. the partition id for the hungry mum so that the fry would escape to the rest of the tank and the mum won't eat them.. by the way do you knowo how to tell if the female is pregnant? she has a round belly with a black spot down her bottom. she breathes heavily and can give birth after water change it really helps a lot be also prepared with fry food and change 10 percent of water fry every day don't forget to remove remains of food from their tank as fry can die more easily of carelessness more than adults and ENJOY seeing them grow
nmonks
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It's perhaps also worth saying that while breeding cheap-and-cheerful guppies is easy enough, breeding good-quality guppies is not easy.
Specifically, you want good quality stock that are "pure bred", so that they're offspring look like the parents. Often, only males are sold for some varieties, because the exporters don't want you breeding that kind of fish. So you need to hunt down a couple of males and half a dozen females of the one breed (red cobras, snakeskins, or whatever).
Since females store sperm, you want virgin females that have never been with males. There's no point paying good money for a female red delta only to find out it produces broods with a mish-mash of characteristics from who knows how many males.
Then, you need to choose good quality fish. Look for things like deformed spines, misshaped fins, blotchy colours, and so on. Read up on the variety first, so you know the "show quality" features.
Females produce only as good quality offspring as they received good quality care. This is conditioning. It's a good idea to isolate the females from the males and fatten them up beforehand. Frozen food is good, live food is best, but quality flake will do. Make sure you don't overfed them, though.
Once you mix the males and females, nature will take its course. Your job will be to remove babies to the breeding tank. Since guppies will eat their offspring (they'll eat any small animals in fact), you won't be able to raise the full broods without a breeding tank. People who leave the babies in the tank invariably wind up with only a few babies. Guppies can produce anything up to 70 babies per brood (though 20-30 is more normal), so a 5-20 gallon breeding tank is ideal.
Livebearer babies often need to be sorted, with deformed ones destroyed humanely (feeding them to a big fish like an angelfish is one popular approach!). Regular water changes, frequent meals, fairly warm water, and good filtration are all essential to getting baby livebearers to grow to their full size.
Bottom line: lots of people think livebearer breeding is easy. On one level it is, because the babies are big and easy to feed; but on the other hand doing it right is a real art-form. But very rewarding. Good quality, locally-bred livebearers are easy to sell back to retailers or swap with other livebearer enthusiasts. Raising a big brood of livebearers is wonderful to watch, and once you have the simpler species done, there are so many rarer species you can try out as well, from pike livebearers to halfbeaks. You can even try and create your own varieties of guppy or whatever, a real challenge. Livebearers are NOT boring, and they're NOT just for beginners!
Cheers,
Neale
Specifically, you want good quality stock that are "pure bred", so that they're offspring look like the parents. Often, only males are sold for some varieties, because the exporters don't want you breeding that kind of fish. So you need to hunt down a couple of males and half a dozen females of the one breed (red cobras, snakeskins, or whatever).
Since females store sperm, you want virgin females that have never been with males. There's no point paying good money for a female red delta only to find out it produces broods with a mish-mash of characteristics from who knows how many males.
Then, you need to choose good quality fish. Look for things like deformed spines, misshaped fins, blotchy colours, and so on. Read up on the variety first, so you know the "show quality" features.
Females produce only as good quality offspring as they received good quality care. This is conditioning. It's a good idea to isolate the females from the males and fatten them up beforehand. Frozen food is good, live food is best, but quality flake will do. Make sure you don't overfed them, though.
Once you mix the males and females, nature will take its course. Your job will be to remove babies to the breeding tank. Since guppies will eat their offspring (they'll eat any small animals in fact), you won't be able to raise the full broods without a breeding tank. People who leave the babies in the tank invariably wind up with only a few babies. Guppies can produce anything up to 70 babies per brood (though 20-30 is more normal), so a 5-20 gallon breeding tank is ideal.
Livebearer babies often need to be sorted, with deformed ones destroyed humanely (feeding them to a big fish like an angelfish is one popular approach!). Regular water changes, frequent meals, fairly warm water, and good filtration are all essential to getting baby livebearers to grow to their full size.
Bottom line: lots of people think livebearer breeding is easy. On one level it is, because the babies are big and easy to feed; but on the other hand doing it right is a real art-form. But very rewarding. Good quality, locally-bred livebearers are easy to sell back to retailers or swap with other livebearer enthusiasts. Raising a big brood of livebearers is wonderful to watch, and once you have the simpler species done, there are so many rarer species you can try out as well, from pike livebearers to halfbeaks. You can even try and create your own varieties of guppy or whatever, a real challenge. Livebearers are NOT boring, and they're NOT just for beginners!
Cheers,
Neale
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