I'm Gonna Breed Guppies!

[truelife93]

Hi everybody I'm new here and have always wanted to breed fish and guppies seem easiest.I already have experience in tropial fish we have a 20gal planted tank and and a 5 gallon planted goldfish bowl. So im thinking about getting two 20 gallon tanks with a sponge filter each and a heater they would both be bare bottom tanks and i would have a few java ferns in each and a 10 gallon for raisingup the baby fry if any body hasany extra info that i might need or any advice it would all be apreciated 8)

 

[Sp3nc3r]

i dont think you can give too much advice for breeding guppies

just put a male and a female together and every 4 weeks you'll see some fry

*2 females to a male*

good luck

 

[truelife93]

Thanks oh and i wasnt trying to give out advice sorry if it seeemed that way.~93@c3 !$ T(-)3 W@y~

 

[Annastasia]

Have you checked out the pinned topics and FAQs?

 

[truelife93]

Yep Shure have (and dont worry thats not a zit on my avatar its marker because i was making inspirational signs to hang up around my gold fish tank!!!0

 

[dwarfgourami]

First piece of advice: don't breed guppies unless you have an outlet for them. Every female guppy in your tank can produce 20-40 babies every month and even if you take the male out, she can still store sperm for about 7 more pregnancies. That is a whole load of guppies.

Secondly, don't put one male and one female together as suggested above; she will be worn out! 2-3 females per male is the recommended ratio.

Other than that - have fun!

 

[truelife93]

Yep I definetley have about four local stores that would buy or trade for some guppy babies.

 

[Annastasia]

Yep Shure have (and dont worry thats not a zit on my avatar its marker because i was making inspirational signs to hang up around my gold fish tank!!!0

Oh, okay good, that's what I've been worrying about for the last few days!








I'm glad you have a place to put the fry, that's a big factor. Also, (this is off the subject) but the Goldfish needs more then 5 gallons. At least 20 gallons. So you may want to use one of your tanks for that, first of all....

 

[truelife93]

Yeah were probally gonna get him his own 20gal. he is less than an inch right now (i jinxed my self now i got a zit on my chin

 

[Annastasia]

Oh, okay, good. He will quickly grow, and you don't want to risk stunting him, so ASAP is best.