john - 2011-11-29 My guppy had babies and i don't really know what to do!!! I can only see 2 guppy fry swimming in the tank and I have an extra 1 gallon bowl but I don't want to stress the babies out. Please help!!!
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Charlie Roche - 2011-11-29 You should remove the babies. Guppies don't make very good mothers and they have a strong tendency to assume the babies are food and will eat them. Good luck.
paul H - 2018-06-02 if you have plenty of hiding places for the babies and if your fish are regularly fed they should survive,i have had no problem keeping them in the same tank as the mothers,if you have plenty of hiding places i would just about guarentee there will be quite a few more than the two you can see
william - 2012-05-21 i have a 55 gal tank how meny fancy guppes can I have in it? It's an all guppy tank
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-05-22 Really depends on how much decor. 30 or so should be fine. But remember these fish breed often and a lot! So be prepared for the population to grow.
paul H - 2018-06-02 start of with 3 females and 1 male adult guppy, leave it a few months then when they start to breed you will end up with hundreds as they are worse than rabbits for breeding, i have new babies nearly every month or so
kye turnbull - 2013-05-09 My guppies won't stop breeding, soon the tank will be completely filled with guppies! I mean the babies are beautiful but 1000000000 guppies is not!
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Clarice Brough - 2013-05-09 I bet your local fish store would take any extra Guppies you have.
kye turnbull - 2013-05-11 the prob is they are all midgets, the males only grow to a centimeter and they got sick after taking a 10 minute drive (i live on the mountain about 45 minutes away from any pet shops).
paul H - 2018-06-02 YES, they are worse than rabbits for breeding as i found out myself , new babies every month ,sometimes the females will eat the babies if not fed that often,or you can just leave them to grow a little , say a month then take nthem when you get chance to your nearest pet shop
Connor - 2014-11-23 I have three male guppies in my tank and they are lovely beautiful fish. They don't bother any other fish in my tank and can someone tell me why one of my guppies goes to the bottom of the tank every night to sleep and when he wakes up he doesn't look good and then after eats fine and swims perfectly like they should. But they are lovely fish to keep so I recommend you get some.
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Carl - 2016-02-25 Likely answers are internal parasite age of the fish guppies do not live for many years genetic weakness good luck buy a few females
paul H - 2018-06-02 all my guppies and the other fish i have in the tank go to the bottom to sleep and chill out, they are always fine in the morning coming up to the top of thetank as soon as i lift the lid to feed them, so i don't think there is anything to worry about
Brett Mason - 2011-07-08 Can you keep both sexes together and if so should you have the same amount of each sex to stop anxiety.
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-09 Yes, you can keep both the males and females in the same tank. You can easily tell the sex of the fancy guppie and I would think it would be nice to have an eaual number of each.
Gen - 2011-09-03 Your males should out number your females 2 to 1
mike v - 2011-09-06 You can keep males and females in the same tank. they should be 2 females to 1 male so the male does not pester the nerves out of female. The only problem (for non breeders) with combining the sexes with guppies is you will have babies. Guppies are live bearers and multiply often. If you don't want babies you should only keep one sex.
Clarice Brough - 2011-09-12 You can keep them together, just be ready for lots of babies. Not sure on the balance, but in general having more female fish tends to spread a males attention around so any one female doesn't get overstressed.
kye turnbull - 2013-05-11 have either the same amount of each sex or more females
paul H - 2018-06-02 if you want hundreds of baby guppies yes, if not limit the amount of males, i have 1 male and 3 females and they are worse than rabbits for breeding
M Gaude - 2018-04-15 Have about 25-30 Guppy's in my 250 gallon aquarium and they breed a lot, i don't separate the mother as i like nature to take its cause other wise i will end up with hundreds of baby's, i have about 10 new babies at the moment but wandered how many does a mother have at one time please
Willem - 2017-02-01 Although 1 gallons is sufficient for one guppy, that doesn't mean it's advisable to keep 3 in a 5 gallon tank. No room to swim at all, they will never be happy in a puddle of water like that. They need at least a tank that is 60 cm in length. So 14 gallons minimum too keep one gup in a decent way, up to 14 gups in 14 gallons. Fish need to swim around. A 5 gallon tank is only fit for breeding or shrimp.
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Jane Doe - 2017-07-28 Disagree. I currently have more than 15 guppies, most are juveniles, in 5 gallon. All of these fish were born in that tank from the first trio I bought years back and the tank runs extremely well well. In fact, I already gave 10 juvies away to a nephew's 2 fish bowls and a duo for my sister's 1.8 gallon tank. I also threw 7 new fry from last night into my backyard pond to be koi food. Having 5 gallon will more than suffice for 3 guppies, the point is not to let them breed or to have a place for the resulting fry to go to prevent overpopulation.
fish bandit - 2013-11-03 Why isn't there much about endlers on this site? They are colorful live bearers like guppies and mollies... anyway does anyone raise/breed freshwater shrimp? They are great in a tank with some otos, endlers, and some guppies.
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Clarice Brough - 2013-11-07 Glad you asked as we have the Endler Guppie in the que for adding. Hopefully we'll get it live soon, so keep an eye out:) I also would like to know of anyone who raises freshwater shrimp, so look forward to some info on that.
Carl - 2016-02-25 this cross is short lived and sterile
Anonymous - 2012-08-14 Can a cross between a guppy (female)and a molly (male) be made as I have a single guppy in my tank I thought to get 2 male mollys as my female guppy is large and allmost size of the molly males
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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-14 Yes mollies and guppies are able and they do cross breed. Here are some images of the offspring.
Fancy Guppies are the best known and most popular aquarium fish--and no two look the same!
My guppy had babies and i don't really know what to do!!! I can only see 2 guppy fry swimming in the tank and I have an extra 1 gallon bowl but I don't want to stress the babies out. Please help!!!
You should remove the babies. Guppies don't make very good mothers and they have a strong tendency to assume the babies are food and will eat them. Good luck.
if you have plenty of hiding places for the babies and if your fish are regularly fed they should survive,i have had no problem keeping them in the same tank as the mothers,if you have plenty of hiding places i would just about guarentee there will be quite a few more than the two you can see
i have a 55 gal tank how meny fancy guppes can I have in it? It's an all guppy tank
Really depends on how much decor. 30 or so should be fine. But remember these fish breed often and a lot! So be prepared for the population to grow.
start of with 3 females and 1 male adult guppy, leave it a few months then when they start to breed you will end up with hundreds as they are worse than rabbits for breeding, i have new babies nearly every month or so
My guppies won't stop breeding, soon the tank will be completely filled with guppies! I mean the babies are beautiful but 1000000000 guppies is not!
I bet your local fish store would take any extra Guppies you have.
the prob is they are all midgets, the males only grow to a centimeter and they got sick after taking a 10 minute drive (i live on the mountain about 45 minutes away from any pet shops).
YES, they are worse than rabbits for breeding as i found out myself , new babies every month ,sometimes the females will eat the babies if not fed that often,or you can just leave them to grow a little , say a month then take nthem when you get chance to your nearest pet shop
I have three male guppies in my tank and they are lovely beautiful fish. They don't bother any other fish in my tank and can someone tell me why one of my guppies goes to the bottom of the tank every night to sleep and when he wakes up he doesn't look good and then after eats fine and swims perfectly like they should. But they are lovely fish to keep so I recommend you get some.
Likely answers are internal parasite age of the fish guppies do not live for many years genetic weakness good luck buy a few females
all my guppies and the other fish i have in the tank go to the bottom to sleep and chill out, they are always fine in the morning coming up to the top of thetank as soon as i lift the lid to feed them, so i don't think there is anything to worry about
Can you keep both sexes together and if so should you have the same amount of each sex to stop anxiety.
Yes, you can keep both the males and females in the same tank. You can easily tell the sex of the fancy guppie and I would think it would be nice to have an eaual number of each.
Your males should out number your females 2 to 1
You can keep males and females in the same tank. they should be 2 females to 1 male so the male does not pester the nerves out of female. The only problem (for non breeders) with combining the sexes with guppies is you will have babies. Guppies are live bearers and multiply often. If you don't want babies you should only keep one sex.
You can keep them together, just be ready for lots of babies. Not sure on the balance, but in general having more female fish tends to spread a males attention around so any one female doesn't get overstressed.
have either the same amount of each sex or more females
if you want hundreds of baby guppies yes, if not limit the amount of males, i have 1 male and 3 females and they are worse than rabbits for breeding
Have about 25-30 Guppy's in my 250 gallon aquarium and they breed a lot, i don't separate the mother as i like nature to take its cause other wise i will end up with hundreds of baby's, i have about 10 new babies at the moment but wandered how many does a mother have at one time please
my guppys have body rot help please
Although 1 gallons is sufficient for one guppy, that doesn't mean it's advisable to keep 3 in a 5 gallon tank. No room to swim at all, they will never be happy in a puddle of water like that. They need at least a tank that is 60 cm in length. So 14 gallons minimum too keep one gup in a decent way, up to 14 gups in 14 gallons. Fish need to swim around. A 5 gallon tank is only fit for breeding or shrimp.
Disagree. I currently have more than 15 guppies, most are juveniles, in 5 gallon. All of these fish were born in that tank from the first trio I bought years back and the tank runs extremely well well. In fact, I already gave 10 juvies away to a nephew's 2 fish bowls and a duo for my sister's 1.8 gallon tank. I also threw 7 new fry from last night into my backyard pond to be koi food. Having 5 gallon will more than suffice for 3 guppies, the point is not to let them breed or to have a place for the resulting fry to go to prevent overpopulation.
Why isn't there much about endlers on this site? They are colorful live bearers like guppies and mollies... anyway does anyone raise/breed freshwater shrimp? They are great in a tank with some otos, endlers, and some guppies.
Glad you asked as we have the Endler Guppie in the que for adding. Hopefully we'll get it live soon, so keep an eye out:) I also would like to know of anyone who raises freshwater shrimp, so look forward to some info on that.
this cross is short lived and sterile
Can a cross between a guppy (female)and a molly (male) be made as I have a single guppy in my tank I thought to get 2 male mollys as my female guppy is large and allmost size of the molly males
Yes mollies and guppies are able and they do cross breed. Here are some images of the offspring.
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=guppy+molly+cross+breed&qpvt=guppy+molly+cross+breed&FORM=IGRE
A male guppy mixed with a female molly will breed: however, the offspring will be infertile.