Guppy Breeding Details Plz

[TheeMon]

ok first let me say i have 3 different guppy tanks... a pure blooded purple moscow tank, endlers tank, and a mixed fancy guppy tank. i need to know to what extent i can use my equipment. i have beeding nets/plastic floating breeding devices and nets and other stuff, anyways i need to know how exactly guppys breed/fertilize each other.


1 like does guppy sperm float in the tank?
2 does guppy sperm stick to plastic/nylon?
3 after fornicating does the male release "unused-unnessassry" sperm?

 

[theotheragentm]

Sperm is released just outside the female. I doubt you will see leftover sperm anywhere stuck on anything. It disappears pretty quickly, sucked into filters or what not, and being in water, it's not like other animals' sperm.

 

[edgelgil]

This one is killing me......roflmao.......... I really don't want to sound as a jerk or what not..........don't worry about fish juices. You will never even see them in your tank, especially from the guppy world. Usually when these little fish dilliver, you are not around to watch the act. Actually the most wild thing you will ever notice in a tank, is if you have snails, is catching the two snails going to town on the glass and just making the dust fly in the bottom of your tank.
Wish I had a video camerea during that scene......it was a first for me with more then 30 years into marine biology and a home breeder program. Don't make this program of yours into a big lab project.....it all needs to be as natural of a setting as possible for the fish to breed properly and have good strong fry.
Good luck with the game of guppy rearing....its a gas.

Maximo

 

[Alistriwen]

Because of their small size guppies are ideally suited to breeding boxes. That said, the bigger, the better. Do not be panicked by people who will tell you that your fish will abort from the immense stress of being in a net/box. This has happened to me once, and the female had undergone lots of other stresses beforehand. Otherwise, all of my livebearers are fine delivering in boxes or nets so long as theyre put in just before or just as birthing starts. I suppose an extended stay in one of those boxes could stress a fish out enough to make it abort its brood, but Ive left fish in for multiple days without it happening. Obviously though, it's best to keep track of your females and know when theyre due so you can have them spend as little time in there as possible. As for the sperm.. unless you have really advanced lab equipment for experimental projects, you'll never see it, and you'll never need to. Like most humans, guppies know what to do .

 

[theotheragentm]

Because of their small size guppies are ideally suited to breeding boxes. That said, the bigger, the better.

I disagree in part. The best breeding box is a breeding tank. I have only once encountered a breeding box that I felt was large enough for any livebearer, including Guppies, and I have no idea where to purchase a box this large.

 

[Alistriwen]

Hmm I dont know about you, but I dont have much problem finding breeding boxes that measure in gallons. That said you are of course correct, a birthing tank is always your best bet. I just dont have that option most of the time since the birthing tanks are usually in use . We've got some new 10s and 5.5s coming soon that will change that. In a pinch though, esp when you notice fry swimming around that you werent counting on, the boxes are a godsend.

 

[afishdude]

Because of their small size guppies are ideally suited to breeding boxes. That said, the bigger, the better.

breeding boxes and nets will cause fish stress from being kept at the top of the water isolated from the rest. when a pregnant female gets stressed before delivering she will abort 70% of the time. most times she aborts by giving birth, and if she is close enough the fry will survive. it puts tremendous stress on the female and sometimes she wont recover from birthing. so in conclusion, its best to use a separate 10g or so to birth guppies in rather than putting all that stress and trouble on the female fish.
~kevin

 

[TheeMon]

look i dont care about your thoughts on breeding nets.

im here because i have 3 different strains of guppies(2 pure bred) and im trying not to crosscontaminate them... i want the lines to stay pure and i wanted to know what i can put in/out of all 3 tanks without it haveing the chance of contaminating that strain... do you understand?

 

[theotheragentm]

Online forums get off topic sometimes. There's no need to be rude to people, who are just trying to help.

If you want to keep strains pure, you should ideally have a separate tank for each strain.

 

[Alistriwen]

As the above poster stated, if you dont want your guppies to cross... don't put them in the same tank.. not very technical.. or revolutionary..

That said, you DID ask to what extent you can use your breeding nets and you did not ask anything about mixing them in a single tank. Either that, or your linguistic skills are so poor as to make your posts incomprehensible. Try brushing up on your grammar and diction, as well as your manners and you may get the responses you're looking for.

 

[Alistriwen]

when a pregnant female gets stressed before delivering she will abort 70% of the time. most times she aborts by giving birth

Did you know 84.5% of statistics are made up on the spot?

I dont know what sort of guppies you keep, but mine abort 1% or less of the time and if they are placed in there early (usually because my roomie was being lazy and overfed the guppies) they dont spit out tiny fry or absorb them. They get released and birth when they are ready.

Prime example of this is what happened today. Had a female guppy who gave birth in my guppy tank unexpectedly, mostly because she was new and small and we didnt recognize it. Anyways, we thought it was one of our other females who was close to being ready as far as we knew. We stuck her in a box but no fry appeared. We also noticed more fry were poppin up in the tank. We left here in there for another day and a half to make sure those fry were indeed not hers and that she was not going to drop any more and then released her into the tank. Today, that female gave birth, within her expected birthing date range and gave birth to perfectly healthy fry.

It is a shame if you have such bad luck with the boxes because they come in handy.

Also a 10 g alone is just as isolated if not more isolated than a breeding box .

Not arguing since Im assuming you must be speaking from experience, but at least admit it is your personal experience without pretending it is an absolute.

 

[TheeMon]

wow i must either confuse the hell out of you guys OR some people that want to comment on my rudeness dont bother to read the orginal post



all i wanted to know was if i could use the same nets/equipment in all the tanks(you know switch them back in forth as needed)

and some proof to back up what your saying, but as i can allready guess 742% of you are full of it


(and yes most statistics are made up on the spot)

 

[dunchp]

Hi There,

I give my thoughts with trepidation; but I now understand your question.

Don't worry about loose sperm; there isn't really a problem with cross contamination caused by errant, leftover sperm or (which I guess is your point), sperm getting stuck to the breeding nets and being passed from one tank to another that way.

The main problem you will face is stopping the fish jumping from one tank to another, but sperm is not a problem.

 

[TheeMon]

Hi There,

I give my thoughts with trepidation; but I now understand your question.

Don't worry about loose sperm; there isn't really a problem with cross contamination caused by errant, leftover sperm or (which I guess is your point), sperm getting stuck to the breeding nets and being passed from one tank to another that way.

The main problem you will face is stopping the fish jumping from one tank to another, but sperm is not a problem.

well thank you. this is what i was looking for.

and the tanks aint beside eachother so no need 2 worry about jumping

 

[dunchp]

Good, glad to be of assistance.