The Guppy Topic

[BuggGuppies]

Hi This Is To Help and advise Any One And Every One and including Me

Ill Be posting Pictures of My Fish tank Soon!

 

[Fishy friend2]

i do have guppy's in a 15 gallon tank. they are very pretty.... but one of them died today, it was having Swim Bladder Problems

 

[BuggGuppies]

My Freind Had That In His Tank But when He Discoveded It Must Of Been Too Late Because A week Later They all Died

 

[Fishy friend2]

here is a little article on guppy's that William wrote

Common Name: Guppy
Scientific Name: Poecilia reticulata
Origin: Central North America to Brazil
Maximum Size: 2 inch
Care: This fish is very easy to care for, they are a pretty hardy species and can tolerate a variety of water conditions, but prefer slightly alkaline water. Temperature should be 68-79° (degrees) Fahrenheit. The minimum tank size is 5 gallons.
Feeding: Be sure to provide a variety of foods, preferably live ones, because a nutritious, complete diet will enhance their colors and ensure good health. Keep in mind that they will eat their young if they are small enough.
Breeding: These fish are very easy to breed and they are able to have a batch of fry every 28 days. A pregnant female can be identified by the gravid spot (darkened area) behind her anal fin. An average brood is average is 40 to 50 babies.
Sexing: The females are bigger than the males, the males are much more intensely coloured than the females. Males have a gonopodium. - See the article for explanation of gonopodium.
Comments: Guppies live only about two years. There are many many different colour and fin combinations available. It is advised to keep two or three females to every one male to prevent the males fighting it out between each other.

 

[comocrayfish5]

easy, except when they get sick and die. that tis no fun.

 

[fish48]

If you don’t want them getting sick

if you can keep them in a species tank. Only

keep them at a temperature between 70f- 74f

feed them a good variety foods. live foods should be included in there diet

 

[BuggGuppies]

thanks to you all for your advice

 

[Fishy friend2]

keep them at a temperature between 70f- 74f

IMO this is rubbish information. were did you get it? that is way too cold for them. IME they do bets at 78 to 82, not 70 to 74

 

[Nick217]

I have never had any luck with guppys here in the midlands.
They just seem to last around 2 months and then die.
I have tryed everything (water tests fine) loaches are well and so are my mollys.
I just had enough of guppys now and moving onto platys.

 

[three-fingers]

keep them at a temperature between 70f- 74f

IMO this is rubbish information. were did you get it? that is way too cold for them. IME they do bets at 78 to 82, not 70 to 74

I totally agree with fish48 here - guppies live far long IME and are less prone to disease at lower-end tropical temps. Their distribution spans fairly wide temperature ranges in the wild - cool, oxygen-rich mountain streams to very warm and rapidly evaporating ditches. They even thrive in even wider temperature ranges when introduced to other countries, there used to be a colony in a warm outflow to the canal down the road from me - it gets pretty cold here!

fish48 is very experienced with breeding and keeping livebearers btw, from his posts that I've read, he knows his guppies .

 

[fish48]

keep them at a temperature between 70f- 74f

IMO this is rubbish information. were did you get it? that is way too cold for them. IME they do bets at 78 to 82, not 70 to 74

This is not rubbish information
If you don’t want them getting sick

if you can keep them in a species tank. Only

keep them at a temperature between 70f- 74f

feed them a good variety foods. live foods should be included in there diet
also as thee-fingers mentioned guppy's are less prone to disease at lower-end tropical temps

 

[Fishy friend2]

i never said that all of the information was bad, i meant just the temperature, what i speak is only from my experience and In My Experience my guppies become more lively when in a tank with a temperature above 76.

 

[three-fingers]

i never said that all of the information was bad, i meant just the temperature, what i speak is only from my experience and In My Experience my guppies become more lively when in a tank with a temperature above 76.

Of course they seem more lively, their metabolism is going at a higher rate, foods digested faster etc... However naturally they will live shorter lives too, and their immune system evidently isn't as effective. Therefore it's easier to keep them healthier and long-lived at lower temperatures. Keep basically any fish in warmer temperatures and it will be more active up to a point...but always with the aforementioned drawbacks.

So I don't see how you can maintain that it's "rubbish information" to keep them at lower temps .

All the guppies I've kept and seen in cooler tanks have been just as hyperactive once settled though lol.

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[fish48]

i never said that all of the information was bad, i meant just the temperature, what i speak is only from my experience and In My Experience my guppies become more lively when in a tank with a temperature above 76.

there is really no need to keep them above 76f it's not good for them.

 

[OldMan47]

Sorry fishy friend2, Fish48 is absolutely right. Guppies will thrive and produce far more hardy and healthy fry at 72F than at 80F. If you examine fish raised at both temperatures, you will find far more robust fish with good caudal fin support on the fish raised at the lower temperature. Show fish, for guppy fanciers, are always raised at the lower temperatures to allow proper fin and body development. Although higher temperatures would allow you to grow the fish a bit faster, it results in fish best characterized as nice enough for a pet shop, not for a show.