Half Black Guppies

[fish48]

some of my guppies 8 weeks old they have never been fed flake. pellet. or any type of frozen or green foods.
They are on a live food diet only.

 

[AmtotheBurr]

Cute little guys

 

[Bubble.Guppy]

How come no greens like fresh peas or anything?

 

[NickAu]

 
They are on a live food diet only.

In my opinion, That is not a healthy diet. Guppies are omnivores and will eat most foods offered, however they need high quality vegetable matter  in their diet to thrive. A varied diet is  always best.

 

[fish48]

 

 
They are on a live food diet only.

In my opinion, That is not a healthy diet. Guppies are omnivores and will eat most foods offered, however they need high quality vegetable matter  in their diet to thrive. A varied diet is  always best.
 

I disagree their on a healthy diet.  the  live foods  I feed them substitutes [SIZE=10.5pt]vegetable matter[/SIZE] however I let algae grow in my tanks witch is  quite adequate. I have never had the need to feed any prepared [SIZE=10.5pt]vegetable matter such as peas To keep[/SIZE] guppy’s healthy live food should be included in their diet I feed my fish almost daily and they are fed on a variety of live foods. 

 

[NickAu]

 
[SIZE=10.5pt]To keep[/SIZE] guppy’s healthy live food should be included in their diet I feed my fish almost daily and they are fed on a variety of live foods.

I have a pink 6 foot butterfly net and go to a park to catch bugs for my betta, So I agree. I also put Red Cherry Shrimp in the tank to give her something to hunt.

 

[fish48]

38 survived out of 41 still fed on nothing but live foods.
a pic- of tail colours.

 

 

[HAMBONE]

very nice

 

[fish48]

These are the best looking ones from the batch they are a good colour match considering the adults  were the normal type half black guppies. You never know what colour varieties you can get from pet shop stock .
 

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I love your guppies!

 

 

 
They are on a live food diet only.

In my opinion, That is not a healthy diet. Guppies are omnivores and will eat most foods offered, however they need high quality vegetable matter  in their diet to thrive. A varied diet is  always best.
 

I disagree their on a healthy diet.  the  live foods  I feed them substitutes [SIZE=10.5pt]vegetable matter[/SIZE] however I let algae grow in my tanks witch is  quite adequate. I have never had the need to feed any prepared [SIZE=10.5pt]vegetable matter such as peas To keep[/SIZE] guppy’s healthy live food should be included in their diet I feed my fish almost daily and they are fed on a variety of live foods. 
 


 
Livebearers are all such great gluttons that they constantly graze... I always encourage algae growth in my livebearers tank just so that they have a source of algae to be snacking on constantly... and of course, other feedings need to be decreased as a result.

 

[fish48]

I am mostly interested in wild type livebearers but always seem to end up with at least half a dozen fish tanks of different types of guppies I cant tay away from them lol.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

I am mostly interested in wild type livebearers but always seem to end up with at least half a dozen fish tanks of different types of guppies I cant tay away from them lol.

 
Why would you stay away?!  They are so lovely.  Beautiful fish.  The guppies' colorful finnage and wagging tail movements made them some of my wife's favorite fish (and she was never a fish person, she loves them now).

 

[fish48]

well my last visit to a lfs I liked the look of  these guppy's so got two males and picked what i think may be two matching females.
the females are a bit on the slim side so probably Won't see any fry for about 3 weeks.
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[jag51186]

I love these guppy breeding threads!

 

[OldMan47]

38 survived out of 41 still fed on nothing but live foods.
a pic- of tail colours.

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Not quite true. You are only adding live food but they are eating the algae. If not for the algae they would not be prospering. The reason I bring it up is because someone breeding in a more or less sterile environment might think that no greens are needed and that is simply not true.