How to breed guppies

[AquaMan24]

I have 6 guppies 3 males 3 females how do I make them breed

 

[Jeremy S.]

Put them in water and wait...

I started with 2 babies that just turned out to be a male and a female. 6 months later I've gave away, or used as food, probably around 120+ and my 55g they're in has around 50-60 in it currently.

It might have been more than 6 months but not by to much.

 

[TidBitz]

Haha totally agree, they breed like rabbits right there with the molly n platy. But you have too many males you will see a lot of fighting at that amount, 1 male per 3 female at most.

 

[AquaMan24]

Haha totally agree, they breed like rabbits right there with the molly n platy. But you have too many males you will see a lot of fighting at that amount, 1 male per 3 female at most.

So do I get more females or do move the males

 

[TidBitz]

Up to you more females gives you more babies, they do eat their young so if you don't plan on using a birthing net have plenty of plants.

 

[MacDracor]

How to breed guppies:
Step one: acquire guppies.
Step two: mission accomplished.

How to tell if a guppy is pregnant:
Is it female? If so, then yes.

How to keep guppies happy:
Clean water, food, and more females than males. Live plants make them even happier.
And that concludes Guppies 101! Hope this was helpful! Lol

 

[pcdebb]

How to breed guppies:
Step one: acquire guppies.
Step two: mission accomplished.

How to tell if a guppy is pregnant:
Is it female? If so, then yes.

How to keep guppies happy:
Clean water, food, and more females than males. Live plants make them even happier.
And that concludes Guppies 101! Hope this was helpful! Lol

lol that about sums it up in a nutshell. the males are always "hungry", i started with one male to three females. I dont even know how many I have now lol

 

[AquaMan24]

Will they eat all the fry

 

[TidBitz]

Possibly but depends on how fast they can hide, usually one or two survive regardless. But the more guppies the more huddling up to the one delivering waiting on a free meal.

 

[MacDracor]

A single female guppy can spit out several dozen fry every thirty days for her entire life.
I've not yet seen a tank with guppies in which not a single fry survived. They may eat most, but sooner or later, one lives.
Add some live plants, driftwood and rock, and later becomes sooner.

 

[TidBitz]

Agree.....

 

[Kingcichlid87]

best thing to do is put the female in a breeding hatchery when she is really fat with the baby fry insode her and wait till she pops em out

 

[AquaMan24]

Ok it has been a while but the female fishes died and I was way for one day they ate the babies

 

[ChrisJ]

Prob to stressed out due to you not having the 3-1 ratio... I have 2 make and 2 female guppies but I also have 1 male and 3 female molies so it's less stressful for them as they're not getting pestard as much... In my apinuion

 

[AquaMan24]

Nah I bought more and I bought 4 female guppies and most of my males died

 

[ChrisJ]

Were they old? Why other fish do you have?

 

[Mrs.h2012]

I have 6 guppies 3 males 3 females how do I make them breed

You don't make them breed. It will happen on its own. Guppies are baby making machines!

 

[Wiggles24]

The only thing live bearing fish do is breed! Absolutely nothing special required, heck you don't even actually need males as long as the females have been with males at one point they can store spermatozoa and continue to have fry for months

 

[AquaMan24]

I never kept a live bearing fish before

 

[Mrs.h2012]

I never kept a live bearing fish before

Well as stated before you don't have to do anything, they breed on their own without you raising a finger basically.