Is this a bad idea? Re: Guppy Breeding

[RandomUser445]

I currently have a planted 10 gal tank with 6 male guppies and a bare 2.5 gal QT. I have begun looking into breeding my guppies and was wondering if this is a good idea, or if should just forget about it until I can upgrade.

My idea:
At this time, I cannot upgrade to a larger tank, so I'm thinking of getting a a 5-7 gal and adding 3 female guppies. This way I could introduce only certain males and only when I wanted them to breed (Although I am aware females can store sperm).

I plan to let let the female have her guppies in a net/trap in her aquarium and then transfer the guppies from the female tank to the male one. The males could have their pick and hopefully a couple fry will survive.

If any do survive, I'll keep any males I like the look of and sell the extras and any females to my LFS/online.

So yeah. Please let me know if any part of this is a horrible plan or if there is anything I can do to tweak it. I'd appreciate any advice/criticim/encouragement. Thanks!!!

P.S. If this was the way I went, what is the max # of full-grown males I could keep in the 10 gal? I've heard anywhere from 5-30 and am very confused.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Guppies will breed like crazy, and because of that they aren't worth much value to pets stores unless they are some really uncommon, exotic strain. With that being said I would use caution with this plan, and try to find definite buyers before following through.

 

[RandomUser445]

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I wasn't planning to make money off of it. I figure if worse comes to worse, I have a LFS that will take them off my hands as feeders.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I wasn't planning to make money off of it. I figure if worse comes to worse, I have a LFS that will take them off my hands as feeders.

Have you contacts your LFS to make sure they would take them?

 

[RandomUser445]

Have you contacts your LFS to make sure they would take them?

Yes, I inquired when I was first starting out with guppies since I hadn't decided if I would breed or not. They barely pay anything, but as I said, I'm not looking to make money off it.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

Ok, then it's you call for the 10 gallon I would stay around 5 guppies

 

[GuppyLover]

In one drop your whole tank will be over stocked, not a good idea.

 

[tarpon]

My girlfriends mom has a 10 gallon with some guppies. She was reasonably stocked at first but now she has over 30 guppies and they're conatantly making more. You need a bigger tank than a 10 gallon

 

[jetajockey]

I agree. I breed guppies and I promise you will be overrun in short order. The other issue is that it takes guppies a few months to grow out enough to be able to sell to a LFS, so you'll need a larger tank to work with.