How many guppies??

[Deano]

Im thinking of getting a small shoal of guppies. How many females and how many males should i get for breeding purposes??

 

[aquarius]

i would get 2 or 3 females to each male

 

[snowyangel]

I also agree with the above statement, 3-1 female to male ratio is perfect. Right now i have 1-1 ratio(I'll be fixing that on payday) and the female is constantly harassed. It's good to give your females a break from a pesty male, especially if your expecting fry.

25gallon: 12 assorted neon tetras, 1 algae eater, 4 rosey barbs, 4 zebra danios, 1 white skirt tetra, and 2 guppies(1 male and 1 very pregnant female)

 

[Juggernaut22988]

Assuming you use the 12 gallon you have, 2-1 is good (female 2 - male 1)

 

[guppymonkey]

If you are going to be trying to have a breeding project going I suggest that you get a bunch of tanks. The best way that I know of is to have one tank with a male to female ratio of one male to three females. Then a fry tank for the babies. And then a separate tank for males and for females so that you can decide which fish will be breeding and keep the color strains pure.

 

[star_tenshi]

i agree to the male:female ratio of 1:2 as well..because if there are too few female guppies in the tank...the males keep harassing the females....and cause a lot of stress and pressure on them!

 

[ruffmeister]

yup agree again more females the better, let the male think its in hogs heaven lol