How many Guppies should I get?

[Jmo004]

I'm planing on breeding guppies in my 29 gallon tank, I was wondering how many guppies I should get for this to happen. And how do I know when the guppy is pregnant.

 

[roydesilva]

I'm planing on breeding guppies in my 29 gallon tank, I was wondering how many guppies I should get for this to happen. And how do I know when the guppy is pregnant.

i have 1m to every 2f i would probs have around 5-6 makes and 10-14 females in that tank

 

[The boring name]

I'd say 4 males 11 or 13 females

 

[The boring name]

Belly gets big and squared

 

[Mebbid]

I like to have guppies. But honestly having that many in a 29g get annoying. They aren't really schooling fish and it seems to put a lot of chaos into the tank. I would go with 2m 4f and some other fish to offset them.

To successfully breed guppies you really need an 8 tank setup to kee p2 different lines seperate to minimize inbreeding. It's a much bigger operation than a 29g allows