shiuh Posted October 19, 2004 Report Share Posted October 19, 2004 i would like to know the ideal condition for breeding guppies. eg, tank size, water condition etc to breed this livebearer successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 lol, theyll breed in just about any sort of conditions wiht in reason! there hardy little fish! but if you want to line breed them your gonna need more than one tank! i suggest you start of by getting some good stock! once you've dont that deside what you intend to do with them? wether it be linebreeding as i said before or hobby breed them? or jst have them as decoration fish and occasionally catch some of the offspring in the tank to grow to adults! Ideal conditions for them: brackish water heavily planted tanks 1x male to 4x females (the only thing on a male guppies mind is breeding and you need to share the stress of that round the females) do not worry about breeding them it seems to come with the territory when owning guppies, they will do it of there own accord some people migth have had different experiences, but my guppies give birth every 4 weeks on the dot! to broods of between 50-150 generally dont jump into it and buy the miserable crappy things at pet stores, its not worth trying to breed those as they are what i would call (feeders) make sure you do your research and find som1 who has high qaulity guppies! if there are anymore questions just ask, please make them more spesific as it makes them easier for me and othere to answer! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 Quote from LB... Ideal conditions for them: brackish water True... they don't mind a "little" salt in the water, but "brackish" is a bit of a wide spectrum to be classified as "ideal". You must also consider any other fish you might have living with the Guppies... as many (especially catfish) will suffer quite badly in water containing too much salt. Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 20, 2004 Report Share Posted October 20, 2004 sorry im being a lazy typer not so much "brackish" more like a little salty! as bill said, and if your jst gonna breed guppies like you said up top then i would assume your not goin to have to worry about other fish such as cats! Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiuh Posted October 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 right...say what size tank is needed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted October 21, 2004 Report Share Posted October 21, 2004 I do guppies in a 200x200x300 tank quite successfully, just mum on her own. That should be big enough for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted October 22, 2004 Report Share Posted October 22, 2004 one tank isnt going to do the job!, i suggest atleast three, one for the females to become inseminated, which is where the adults go, this is o'caorse after you have a secure strain, one for maturing the fry to adults, and the other for breeding specifics, such as a good looking father breeding to a stong bodies good colour sister, to see if you get a better colour in the female or a stonger body in the male etc etcl, i use atleast 2 foots so as not to stunt the growth of my guppys if you need anymore help, i suggest you post it in the livbearering forum Cheers Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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