Every thing You Wanted To Know About Guppies But Were Afraid To Ask (A Novice’s Guide To Breeding And Raising Guppies)

I SETUP
10 gallon tank seems to be the standard size tank for raising guppies, but have you ever asked yourself why ?
try 20 and 30 gal
lon
long tanks
.I hate 5 ½ gallon tanks for babies... Nice for setting up your breeders
, but that is
it.
H
aving babies in a 5 ½ gallon tank never seemed to work for me as the babies get stunted in growth if I keep
them in the tank for about a month. Perhaps it is the amount of food I feed and this is not complimented by the
the necessary
corresponding
water changes that should be made with the amount of food that was fed.
1 Tanks
20 lo
ng for males. 30 long for females, 10 gallon for babies. I have changed my thought on using
tanks smaller than 10 gallon because of the lack of volume of water building up wastes faster.
2 Airline System
... understanding air pressure
concepts, etc
3
Filters
Don’t like using sponge filters because they clog up too fast and stop doing their intended job.
4
Recommendations
II
FOODS
how much food to feed depends on how much waste your aquarium can handle
(support).
So if you are feeding a ton of food to your guppies then you need to do a ton of water changes o your tanks.
So there lies the relationship between feeding and water changes for a healthy tank.
how to determine if a fi
sh food is “OK”. Look at the first three ingredients ...
1
Live
(Micro Worms, BBS, Black
w
orms)
2 Dry
3 Frozen
(bloodworms
chopped up
, B
r
ine Shrimp)
4 Prepared
Paste
Foods
(how to and what to use)
III Tank Environment
1
Temp
When to use heaters in each tank, different ages different temps
2
PH
Know your water qualities
3
Test kit
4
Lighting
use the standard lighting Cool white florescent
5 Tops for your tanks
stop fish from
jumping out or into another tank and ruining your color strain.
IV Water Maint
enance,
Why,
How
, When
% of water change depends on the stability of your water.
How often to perform water changes on your tanks.
Know when additional che
micals are added to your water supply by the water company.
V Purchasing Guppies
Ask the questions, don’t be afraid to ask ? How many lines of that particular color strain does he have ?
What Line is he showing ? Does he cro
ss his lines to get show fish, if so are those lines for sale ?
What is your objective when purchasing guppies. Do you want a color strain of guppies that have a good
chance at ending up in the B
est
O
f Show
circle
, o
r do you want a colo
r strain that you just like and don’t care
about being in the BOS circle.
VI Raising Guppies
Different ages different temp, different food at different ages.
VII Breeding Guppies
Include
d is
GUPPY BRIEFS # 9
VIII
Showing Guppies
Why show guppies, competitive drive, evaluate your fish against another breeders.