8-10 Male Fancy Guppies In 10 Gallon?

[ReptileLuver729]

8-10 Male Fancy Guppies in 10 Gallon?

 

[vinylman]

Maybe 6-8 depending on filtration. But males can get very nippy amongst themselves. Finding decent quality Guppies can be a problem these days, unless you can get some from a breeder.

 

[LongS]

What do people mean when they say decent quality guppies? As in ones that aren't inbreed and have stronger amune systems??

 

[Honeythorn]

Yes basically.

But to be honest if you're just getting them from an LFS you aren't as likely to know where they have come from or how inbred they are. Personally as long as the fish look fairly relaxed and have no fin damage or any other signs of illness, I'd buy them and keep up to date with water quality and water changes . Just like any fish really.

 

[LongS]

Yeah i suppose just keeping good water helps matters. Does anybody that breeds guppies ever buy guppies from the fish store to breed with their own home grown fish?

Makes sense as this will limit inbreeding to im guessing. Just interested.

 

[vinylman]

I doubt it. Breeders will cull the weakest fry from any brood specifically to keep and breed the very best specimens.

 

[OldMan47]

Serious breeders that are working on some kind of selective breeding program will probably never have pet shop versions of what they are breeding. I may have a pet shop guppy if I breed angels but at that point would probably not have a pet shop angel. One of the places that cull fish go is right to the pet shop. Generic fancy guppies and culls from a good breeder's work will be much the same fish. Most pet shop fish are from huge farm type operations where nobody really takes the time to select the best breeders. They will select "good enough" fish to breed and dump the progeny into fish shops all over the world. The difference would only matter to a breeder that is breeding show quality fish, most of us would not notice the differences that these guys are looking for. Since few of us are willing to spend a small fortune to buy a show quality fish, it makes sense to breed "good enough" fish on a large commercial scale where they can pass on the costs in prices we can afford to pay. As an example, a decent show quality breeder betta can easily go for over $50 but you can buy a nice looking male for less than $5.

 

[nobert]

well, it depends what type of filter u r running
i have a 10gal tank, and i use EHIME 2215
i have more than 30 grown up guppies and more than 50 baby guppies(under 1 month old)
they r all fine, i feed them 3 times a day(all the flakes r gone in under 1 min)
i change the water at leat once every 2 weeks
ALL THE GUPPIES ARE DOING WELL