wanting to know how to speed up the growth rate for guppies gry.i have tried these for raising them:

a large 3 foot tank

a good external filtration system (that will not suck up the babies)

constant supply of air

a temp around 29C

20% change of water every 3 days

food:

baby powdered food

baby brine shrimp

the fries are just started to get their colours on their tails. is there another better way to enchance the growth? i just cant wait....

Anabolic steroids. That'll put some hair on their backs.

just keep feeding them bbs

whats Anabolic steroids? where to get them??

wait a minute....i got tricked ...Anabolic steroids are not for fish rite?

right

heheh yeah they're not for fish :-? . They just enhance your natural anabolic process which means your muscles regenerate faster which means you can work out more. They're also illegal to use if you're not prescribed them.

Scary.

HEY!!!

She is all natural....even the hair lol

I would suggest a barebottom tank, twice weekly water changes, and feeding 3-4 times daily. This keeps the tank clean, and the fish well fed.

barebottomm tank...done that...fed 6 times...they are damn fat!!

how long do i have to wait until they are fully grown? 6 months?

if your feeding in a barebottom tank i suggest you feed huge amounts of

BBS to ur guppy fry, i have been feeding 16 guppy frysolid BBS twice a day, in huge amounts for growth experiments, they are in a 300x300x200 tank and are 2 weeks old, 2cm long and already have most of there colour!

Shae

very impressive shae! thanks for the tip. i thought u never go for livefood?

thats true...MysticVampyre...

i can see that you are desperate to get a fishtank on trademe MysticVampyre. how much would you pay for a 600mm length tank?

Why wo you want them to grow faster?

LOL!

*Mystic*

:roll:

let me brake it down for you

Faster you grow fry the faster there adults- the faster there adults, the faster there breeding- the faster there breeding, the faster your making some money back on them. make sence?

As i said it was a series of growth experiments.

Shae

if your feeding in a barebottom tank i suggest you feed huge amounts of

BBS to ur guppy fry, i have been feeding 16 guppy frysolid BBS twice a day, in huge amounts for growth experiments, they are in a 300x300x200 tank and are 2 weeks old, 2cm long and already have most of there colour!

Hope its not like growing vegetables Shae - when veges bolt (grow fast) like that they go to seed early too ............ :lol: :lol: :lol:

Cheers

Jude

Thats impressive growth! I guess it must be possible. I have week olds that are about 12-15mm I'll be wrapped if they grow as fast as yours shae!!

Personally I want them to grow fast so I can start to cull!!!! I've got over 40.

You want them to grow fast so you can cull them?

well there now about 23mm long and colours are really strong now, i can already differentiate females however this could change as they grow.

Shae

Well, you can't cull them until they are getting big enough to assess. Size, fin shape & quality, colour etc.

BTW cull doesn't necessarily mean PTS, it can mean sell, rehome etc.

Well it means to kill or remove but NTL, You dont grow guppys just to cull them, do you mean to start doing selective breeding and wot not?

Shae

Increase the temperature to 26 degrees, change the water as often as possible with well aged water.Warmer water holds les oxygen so airation is important.Bare bottom tank is essential for easy cleaning.Feed at least three times per day.

Finely crushed flake as much as the fry will eat

When they won't eat any more flake then give them the brineshrimp.

Increasing the temperature and feeding the fish more will make them age faster so you will be able to get through more generations but the fish will also have shorter lifespans.