Question about guppy breeding

[Guppy12345]

Hello I would like to start breeding guppies and I was thinking of ways I could save money.
I will definitely breed the guppies in a 54 litre tank with one 300L/H sponge filter a heater and a very basic led light.
I will have some floating plants, a coconut with java moss hide and some water sprite or hornwart in some planters mabye.
When the fry are born I was thinking of moving them into large plastic tubs with lots of plants and a sponge filter and heater.
I was just thinking of a large plastic tub that holds about 70litres and they only cost about £15.
I was just wondering if this would be suitable or should I just buy another 54litre tank.
Thanks.

 

[Guppy12345]

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[Guppy12345]

Mabye something like this

 

[Colin_T]

I used to breed and rear fish in plastic storage containers. Just make sure they are food safe and if possible, avoid red, blue or green containers because they can leach chemicals into the water and poison the fish. The clear/ semi transparent containers seem to be safe, even if they aren't food grade.

If you want to breed guppies, just buy a group of females. They will all be pregnant (gravid) from the boy guppies at the pet shop and the females will produce fry for 6 months or more before they need to breed again. Then you can buy in 1 or 2 males and let them breed.

Baby guppies tend to hang out by the surface when there are floating plants like Water Sprite. If there are no floating plants they hide around the bottom of the tank.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

A fm guppy will spawn every 30 days. She will produc as lot of babies. Depending on who you believe it can be 50 pr even 100. But i would assume 30 is a good place to start. Female guppies can store the male's sperm. So once fertilized they can give birth multiple tomes from a single encounter.

So you have one females and she may spawn 6 times in 6 months and you could have 180 babies (or maybe a bunch more). But then guppy predate their young so you could end up with none. The fact is it will be somewhere in between. However, If you takes steps to try and maximize fry survival, you will have 180 or more. What do you plan to do with the offspring? They will be hard to give away let alone to sell.

One of the most popular aquarium fish in the world, the guppy is instantly recognisable to most people. There are many aquarium bred varieties of this species available, most have elongated finnage and gaudy colouration. The wild form is seldom seen for sale.

Unfortunately many commercially bred guppies are not very hardy due to inbreeding and over-production and are prone to disease and premature death. We therefore recommend the purchase of quality stock from breeders or society auctions.

https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/poecilia-reticulata/

I learned about livebearer math from swordtails which were one of my very first fish. I ul;timately kept Mointezuma sowrds for a number of years.

If you are truly interested in breeding and selling guppies, you may find this site of interest The International Fancy Guppy Association