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Starting # of Guppies.... Help | 6 comments (6 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
info, info, info. (none / 0) (#5)
by Nancy4Fishes on Tue Apr 25, 2006 at 02:07:22 PM PST

as it was said before, we will need more info to help.

  what size tank do you have/plan to get?

   do you plant to get a heater?

   do you plant to get a filter?

  do you want to breed?

    do you understand what "cycling" a tank is?

  if you want to breed, do you know what you would do with the babies once they grew? even if you got just one female that you didn't think was pregnant, if she was kept with males, she is. guppies also store sperm for up to 6 months, one batch each month. say she is a small fish and has 10 on the first drop. each drop they have 50% more than the last drop. so #1 would be 10 babies, 2 would be 15, 3 would be 22, 4 would be 33, 5 would be about 50, 5 would be about 75!!! the number varies for each female, and there is only a certain number that each female can hold at a time, but if that chart were exactly correct for the individual you bought, the total would be...over 200 fry!! lets say that, for each batch, 2 fry die. we are still talking around 200. it is common to sell the fish as adults to the fish or pet store, but that may not be an option for everybody. so one has to really think if they want to breed or not.

  do you have any tanks/fish already??

 would you have an all guppy tank, or would you mix other fish in?

  what type of fish would you put in, then?

  are you interested in showing guppies?

  please be sure to answer all of the questions.



Re: info, info, info. (none / 0) (#6)
by guppy1111 on Tue Apr 25, 2006 at 02:20:10 PM PST

 I have a ten gallon i am not getting a heater i have a filter. Yes i would like to breed them but do not want to breed them for money or to show them. yes i no what cycling a tank is. no, no fish currently have hade two goldfish thou, Well, besides the mosqiuto guppys we hade in school for science but i wont get into that. I am going to have a all guppy tank, No i do not want to show guppies. I do want to get Male and Female fish and have them in the same tank. I dont want the fish population in my tank to go out of control but i do want baby fish and yes i do understand that is almost impossible with guppies. Plz help me with my Problem.

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