I Need Help Knowing About Goupie Breeding

[small_fish]

ok so i know when my goupies are pregnet but i would like to know like when there about to breed like how many days or hours untill they do so is there somthing i should look for on them?? to know?

 

[unspoken930]

Guppies can hold up to 6 sperm packets ( think thats what they call them) at a time... meaning if your guppy has been in a tank with a male for any period of time, she is *normally* pregnant for 6 months afterwards... and as far as telling when they are about to breed... i think guppies breed whenever the feel like it.... like theres no special conditions really that i cant think of, other then clean water ext.

 

[PaulEbs]

Hi,

Your females should have a gravid spot [black spot behind their organs], which is actually the tiny fry's eyes while still in the mother.

After around 25-35 days, depending on water conditions and how stubborn the mother is, you will have some fry. The amount of fry can vary from anything between 5-100, sometimes even more.

If you are planning on keeping the fry, place some java moss, or small leaved 'bushy' plants to give them some cover.

I personally wouldn't recommend breeding nets, as this can cause too much stress for the mother guppy.

Hope that helps. If in doubt in the future, why not try typing 'Guppy Info' into Google ??

 

[small_fish]

ok what do you mean by water condition??meaning clean?warm ? i have the mother's in a home made plastic bottle lets say its pretty big and rocks inside...i have 2 of those bottles ones for the baby other is for the mother ...

 

[PaulEbs]

right...

..water condition, meaning nitrite, nitrate and ammonia levels. Also your ph levels.

Guppies are very hardy fish, but I'm not sure they'll be happy if you keep them in a bottle?

How big are these 'home-made bottles'? in litres?

You might want to think about getting yourself a 10 gallon aquarium? Plastic versions of these can be very cheap.

Is your water being filtered?

 

[SamUK]

even guppies have limits lol.

 

[small_fish]

yes these bottles are getin filter water and everything they are about 1 gallon and one is like the size of a coke bottle those big ones

 

[unspoken930]

did you come up with this method on your own or.... and how did you get them in and how do you plant to get them out (i assume you didnt cut the top off and dropped them through the hole....) but yeah unless you want to be overrun with fry, you dont really need to breed them... and please get an aquarium for these poor fish... im not sure they like living in a clean coke bottle much

 

[PaulEbs]

yes these bottles are getin filter water and everything they are about 1 gallon and one is like the size of a coke bottle those big ones

If you read up on how guppies are most succesfully kept and bred, I think you'll find 1 gallon bottles don't come into it. Sorry to be so blunt - but you need a bigger aquarium!

Those poor fish will not do well in a bottle, as the surface area is diddly squat. How on earth are you filtering the water? The more surface area you provide them with, the more room they will usually have, and oxygenating the water is simpler too.

Where did you get these guppies from? How do you plan to care for them in the future when you have hundreds?

guppies breed better than rats, rabbits, snails, anything... and once you start, it's difficult to stop, as the adult guppies get used to smaller fish around them, they stop eating their fry. This could cause serious problems for your ammonia and nitrite rates, as too many fish and not enough room becomes the issue.

Unless you are willing to buy yourself [your guppies really] a larger tank, I would personally suggest not keeping them.

In a standard coke bottle, your guppies would surprise me if they lasted longer than a year, it's just not fair on the fish.

Sorry to be sturn, but I am a fond breeder of guppies and hate to see them mistreated.

Try this site out for some good information!

 

[small_fish]

sorry i didnt explain myself well the top of the bottle is gone so no i didnt sqeez them through secound i cut the side of the bottle sop it sit inside my tank and the side i cut has mesh so the baby cant escape or the mother so yes it really clean in there the bottem is cut out to has mesh to its a really good set up i would take pics but i dont know how to post them

 

[ramaseseniblikxviii]

Ok, so the guppie are in home-made "traps" in the bottom of the aquarium?

 

[Spader]

you can post a pic by going to photobucket.com and putting your pics there. then u can get the link to the picture and click the tree icon when u post and then u enter the link and the pic is there. thats it. if that doesnt work just put the link to your picture.

 

[Sp3nc3r]

it takes a male and a female to get fry, as long as you have those 2 and a "tank" you should have fry every four weeks

how big is your tank?

 

[lilfishie]

it takes a male and a female to get fry, as long as you have those 2 and a "tank" you should have fry every four weeks

but it is recomended that you keep 2-3 females to every 1 male or if you just had the 1 female he willl stress her out and more than likely kill her. Male guppies are mating machienes once they start its hard to stop them. Do you all ready have the fish? if so how many of each sex?

 

[guppymommy]

Ah, so it's a breeder net thing? It sounds really cool! I'd love to see pictures and know how the whole thing works. I may want to try it myself!

As for breeding, my guppies just breed whenever they want! I have noticed that they breed more frequently when the water temp is between 80-82 F. I'm not sure if that holds true for all guppies, but it seems to be the norm for mine. Good luck with your guppies!