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Coldwater Guppies? | 13 comments (13 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Water issues (none / 0) (#10)
by Angelee on Thu Dec 04, 2003 at 07:24:20 PM PST

So, what temperature do you recommend to keep the guppies in?  How bout the fry? I was told at the warmer end of the spectrum..(76-78 f) So oh Guru of fish lore tell me I am doing this right?  Or am I once again mis-informed?  (Please , be gentle no more egg on my face today)
"The Rocky Mountain Gupster" ANGELEE
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I think the guru died some years ago :) (none / 0) (#11)
by unclescott on Fri Dec 05, 2003 at 01:58:18 AM PST

As a fellow duffer and guppy dabbler, sure, why not 76-78 degrees F. ? :)

They will comfortably live a couple of degrees below and above that. If you are comfortable and they seem to be thriving, you've a system (or ecology if you wish) of feeding and water changing which is working. Sit back (for all three minutes before you are needed elsewhere) and enjoy the guppies.

There are other livebearers which really need the high 70s, low 80s - the Limia species from the big islands in the Gulf of Mexico & the Carribean for instance - but my modest experience and a little reading would suggest that the only group of the commercial livebearers that pretty much must be kept 78-80 F. are the mollies. And that is strange, because several wild strains and ancestral species of the commercial strains sometimes live in conditions where temperatures go lower than that. On occasion, they are also more sensitive to crowding than the other commercial livebearers. Another set of those "go figure" situations.

And somebody here will write, but I keep them at 75. ;)

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Thanks for the info (none / 0) (#12)
by Angelee on Fri Dec 05, 2003 at 04:06:10 PM PST

Yes, so far no major catastrophies (although my writing this will probably cause one).  I tried daphnia after seeing your posting awhile back.  They love that almost as much as the bloodworms!  Although, I have noticed a change in attention to surroundings.  Now everytime you walk past or sit next to the tank they'll swim right up to the glass and follow you with a "FEED ME AGAIN" expression.  (Irregardless of how many times you have "fed them again".) I have to be careful now, they know I'm just an old softy.
"The Rocky Mountain Gupster" ANGELEE
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