guppy multiplication

[THE V]

^ the bubble eye doesn't eat them because he can't see them. If he could he would I've got comets, shub's and commons in my tank. They get gobbled up quickly.

 

[McLendon]

That maybe bubbles can't see.but I have had other of fancy type that won't eat guppies

 

[jpappy789]

One thing to include: die offs from such a massively overstocked tank. May be minimal at first but within a few months of breeding there's going to be deaths.

 

[evelyn80]

way more then u listed... my neighbours guppy tanks has at least 50 and thats 2 months later...

 

[jpappy789]

Do guppies go with goldfish? (If the gf's aren't big enough to eat the adult guppies?) The gf's would regulate the population and you'd still have guppies.

goldfish + 10 gallon = not a good idea

 

[evelyn80]

One thing to include: die offs from such a massively overstocked tank. May be minimal at first but within a few months of breeding there's going to be deaths.

if u buy a few new gups every month or so the new genes would stop this id imagine

 

[jpappy789]

if u buy a few new gups every month or so the new genes would stop this id imagine

I wasn't specifically talking about inbreeding (although that certainly would be a problem) more so that 1000+ guppies in a 10 gallon would be a horrible living situation in general.

 

[edh]

I bought a dozen feeder, eight were healthy enough to survive. Of these there we no males. The first batch of fry was almost all males after 1 year I can only tell you that there are at least 50 or so but it is difficult to count them.

 

[shawnhu]

I have been free breeding fancy guppies for about 5 years in a 30gl tank.I picked 5 color types 1 male for each 3 females plus a few extra for a total of 50 fish more/less. They do pretty much self regulate.dead of winter I'm down to between 30to50 by mid summer I may have as many as 300. I do pull off the red ones and the ones with bad shaped fins and bodys. The females will hold male sperm for close to 6 months before using it to drop new fry

What's wrong with the red ones?

 

[McLendon]

The red ones are the most commen color morph.so if you don't feed them to something and keep the numbers down you will have nothing but reds