Guppies

[Aveena]

hey, i know i said i was going to breed platy's and mollies but one of my mums friends has said she could give me some guppies if i wanted, as she has lots as they just keep breeding in her tank.
So im now going to breed guppies and mollies.
Anyhow, i was wondering what is the youngest age a guppy will become pregnant?

All coments welcome.

Thank you

 

[Fried rice]

hey, i know i said i was going to breed platy's and mollies but one of my mums friends has said she could give me some guppies if i wanted, as she has lots as they just keep breeding in her tank.
So im now going to breed guppies and mollies.
Anyhow, i was wondering what is the youngest age a guppy will become pregnant?

All coments welcome.

Thank you

guppies are profolic breeders and i believe the youngest age would be over three months, if a guppy gives birth when it is too young it may die of stress, even if a guppy is an adult there are chances that it or the babies will not survive

 

[Aveena]

ok thank you. and is that the same with mollies?


also whats the best temperature for breeding mollies and guppies?

 

[Fried rice]

ok thank you. and is that the same with mollies?

I dont really know for a fact but im sure you can find it on google or just ask someone at the petstore, i have a tank of platies and the babies are very cute, but the only problem is im running out of room to keep them, so make sure you hve enough space, i bought a tank at walmart for thirty bucks, its a five gallon tank, i keep the babies in it, it was a good buy

 

[Aveena]

ok thank you. and i have two tanks one that is 58litres and one that is 30litres. i have been told that they are big enough to breed the two fish i have chosen to breed.

 

[fishboy2]

A good temp is around 25c to 26.5c, my platies wont stop breeding!

 

[Thomas 2507]

Mine are under two months old and ready to drop. Little sex maniacs.

 

[Aveena]

ok, thank you. Both of my tanks are at a temperature of 26C.
Lol, so they can breed under 3 months? just best not to?

 

[Piltdownpaul]

You will find that mollies grow much slower than guppies-and yes guppies- 3 months and they can normally give birth....you wont get so many at first but the second birth and so on.....loads.

 

[fishboy2]

But there is a fair chance she would die, my blue platy was 4 months old when she dropped 4 fry, i was expecting 20! But then she died of stress, no disease (no finrot, fungus ect...) Just warning you, but all the best of luck

 

[helterskelter]

mollies can take to yo 4-8 months to mature and seen some males take upto a year to devlop.

Guppies start to mature 3-5 months of age.

This depends on temp and how well feed the fry are, if you feed plenty of live foods and keep the temp doen at 22-24 i fond tou bet much stronger fish than keeping them at 26-28.

 

[Aveena]

hey, i will wait until the guppies are atleast 3 months old. and with the mollies i will also wait. so you say that there better at 22-24C. i guess i'll leave my tanks at 26C and see how they get on.

 

[fishboy2]

ive herd that one guy managed to keep his fry at 33C! how did they survive...

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Air con unit?

 

[fishboy2]

Ah yes but fish are more active in warmer temps than in cold