Guppy Breeding Tank

Radek

Radek

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I'm interested starting up a (you guessed it) guppy breeding tank, but I've had little experience breeding them. I'm planning to use a 10 gallon tank, is that big enough? Should I keep them in pairs or trios (1M/2F)? What kind of filter would be best for them? How often do the females guppies "give birth"? I know I'm asking a lot of questions but I'd like to find out before I start as to avoid making any basic mistakes. Any advice would be most greatly appreciated. Thanks
 
hey radek. ive recently tried to start a 10 gal guppy breeding tank, heres what i leaned from the experience. first, you need at least three females per male. In a 10 galon tank, this will probly work fine, if there are more males, there might be some territorial issues. If you want your fry to survive, you'll either need to have some REALLY good hideing spots or a separate (5 gallon) tank to hold the fry. Also the females will give birth every month (4 weeks), the black spot on the back of the fish will get really dark and the female will get fat. Good luck with the guppies and watch out for ich, guppies can be sensitive to moving (from the fish store to your tank) so they may be prone to dizeases.
 
Do you have a decent amount of light? If you have at least a watt per gallon you might get some java moss or other live plants. I had a planted tank that I filled with a dozen feeder guppies that took off. The guppies did their thing and there were lots of them fast. You shouldn't have to try very hard to breed them. Just keep the water clean and feed them.

I would really suggest a planted tank if you want to breed guppies. The hiding spots the plants give are great and the guppies won't eat the plants. The tank I had a while ago was a great mix of fish and plants so it required little maintenance.
 
Radek said:
I do have a spare 6 gallon that I use for emergencies. What do you recommend I should feed the fry after they are born?
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I use liquifry, then switch to daphnia and flakes. They love it.
 
Oh I'm still in doubt as to what I should use for filtration. I was considering a sponge filter for the fry, but would the parents tolerate some water flow?
 
you can feed the fry a number of things, the best stuff would probly be baby brine shrimp or other food you can buy at the fish store. I tried egg yolk (from hard boiled eggs) you can make food from the yolk by boiling the egg, putting a SMALL amout of the yello stuff in a bag add some water and mush it up untill you have a mushy paste, put an even smaller portion of this in the water to feed the fish. I emphesise on SMALL because the yolk can really mess up your water if the fish don't eat it all and considering how much a milimer long fish can eat, this is not hard. I used the egg because i dont like to spend money... but the baby brine shrimp (live would be even better) is the best option
and good luch :)
 
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