How To Breed Guppies?

If you ask most people how to breed guppies, their answer is usually some guppies addition to a tank and wait for them to reproduce. True enough, that was a summary of how you want to breed guppies. I'm going to list some step-by-step method if you do not agree with what I said, feel free by e-mail me. The steps are as a general guide to produce guppies, so that they may not work well if you Zuchtschau fish.

Step 1: Get a 10-gallon tank. (5 gallons minimum size, anything bigger is better)

Step 2: cycle of the fish tank with less cycle to avoid ammonia or nitrite spikes in the future. This process takes sometimes. About 6 weeks.

Step 3: Add a tablespoon of salt aquarium before cycling. And continue to add salt, every time you do water changes or increasing water. (1 coffee spoon per 10 gallons, if you have a larger tank)

Step 4: Add a few floating plants in the tank these serve as a hideout for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Java moss can be added as well. It served as a good hiding place.

Step 5: Before the guppies into the tank, make sure that the water in the right conditions. The water temperature should be between 19.0 - 29.0 ° C (69 - 86 ° F) and the pH value should be reading PH 7.0-8.5.

Step 6: Add 1 plug on 3 females of guppies into the tank. A 10 gallon tank is 2 to 6 men women.

Step 7: If you find most of the women are pregnant, move the men back to their tank. It is a dark marker near the anus of the female when she is pregnant.

Step 8: After 1 week, such a move, certainly not pregnant back into their own tank.

Step 9: Wait about 2-3 weeks more. So 1 week + 2-3 weeks will be about 3-4 weeks in advance of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is born.

Step 10: At this point of time, the female stomach is very big, and you will be able to see the eyes of babies around the gravid spot.

Step 11: Check after a few hours to see whether the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is born. Make sure enough hideout was (floating plants and Java moss), otherwise they will be eaten by the mother. Move the women who have already given birth back into their own tank. Some of the fry can be eaten, since not all female guppies gave birth in the same time. But enough hideout will be the lost.

Step 12: Feed the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in powder form with flakes. Use a sponge filter with low power. Otherwise the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia could get sucked into the filter. Can even try to cover the tights with more than precauison.

Step 13: 30-40 percent of the water is changed, the per week to keep the water clean. If the need to change more water per week is recommended.

Step 14: When the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reached a reasonable size, about 1 / 3 of adults, you have successfully reproduced guppies and sell them away. Make sure that your plans to get rid of the fry are before you even step 1.