IME when guppies breed they kinda get parallel to each other and the male gono. kinda swagers towards the females. I have a male however who prefers a different method. He trys to put on his display for females and when they dont want to breed with him... he charges them with his gono. extended. He will literally get in front of them, eye them down, 'erect' his gono. and charge the female. Is this a normal thing??? I have never seen this before and I've had a few batches from other pairs that I have owned but I've never seen this 'method'.
A couple of questions:
1. How soon can I expect babies to become sexually mature? I"ve read 6 weeks and I've read 6 months. I've got a couple of female offspring with great coloring and I'm not sure if they just never completly sexually matured, or if they aren't sexually mature. They are females however, I can see their gravid spots, and they don't have the gonos. They're probably close to 6 months if not a little more.
2. I've read that guppies don't produce as well in bare bottom tanks because they get stressed out from reflections/glares off the bottom. Is this a big factor, or is it most likely just probably somebodies personal exp? I've just set up a bare bottom tank and forgot to put a towel or something underneith to prevent glaring. I don't want to add gravel. So I'm just wondering if anybody has had any bad exp. with bare bottom tanks and guppies/guppies breeding.
A couple of questions:
1. How soon can I expect babies to become sexually mature? I"ve read 6 weeks and I've read 6 months. I've got a couple of female offspring with great coloring and I'm not sure if they just never completly sexually matured, or if they aren't sexually mature. They are females however, I can see their gravid spots, and they don't have the gonos. They're probably close to 6 months if not a little more.
2. I've read that guppies don't produce as well in bare bottom tanks because they get stressed out from reflections/glares off the bottom. Is this a big factor, or is it most likely just probably somebodies personal exp? I've just set up a bare bottom tank and forgot to put a towel or something underneith to prevent glaring. I don't want to add gravel. So I'm just wondering if anybody has had any bad exp. with bare bottom tanks and guppies/guppies breeding.
