Comments on: Guppy Breeding as a Hobby

By: Chloe

Chloe — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 06:10:57 +0000

Hi Ishykiel,
This was my first time on this website and I loved it!
Soon I will be breeding guppies and I was wondering
If you could give me some tips on breeding them. Thank you!

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 09 May 2010 08:41:49 +0000

hi Ishykiel,

Last month i bought a pair of blue sky guppy from my friend. Actually my friend didn’t breed them himself. He got it from an unknown breeder from another town. But he did keep the males and females in separate tank.

And by the time it arrived in my place, the female looks slender and her gravid spot doesn’t seem very clear. So i concludes that it must be a virgin. I put them each on a small solitary tank for a week before put the male in the community tank and the female goes to another larger solitary tank. From this point everything is ok.

But, after two weeks in my captivity, the female got bigger and bigger. I think it’s normal due to her good appetite and the big amount of food i give her daily. Until yesterday when it was the schedule to clean her tank completely and change the water. I moved her temporary to the small solitary tank while her tank being cleaned. I surprised when i could see her gravid spot clearly. It’s now darker then the first time she arrived.

I know there’s eggs inside her belly. But i’m not sure whether the eggs has been fertilized or not, because i don’t know for sure if the breeder has put her with the male before the shipment to the buyer (in this case: my friend, from whom i obtained this pair). So, my question is what should i do now? Should i put her with the male, or simply put her in a breeding net?

thanks in advance, and nice to meet you

By: Ishykiel

Ishykiel — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:32:42 +0000

Hi Kuppy. I am afraid that I don’t have guppies for sale right now. You can actually try contacting other breeders though. If I have guppies for sale, I would put it up on this site. In the meantime, I will try to help other guppy enthusiasts by sharing guppy info and experience. Good luck with your Japan Blues and Metal Cobras. I think that they are good strains that can definitely kickstart your guppy breeding programme.

By: Kuppy

Kuppy — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:09:56 +0000

hello good day sir. i have been a guppy hobbyist since grade school. i do not have the capacity to purchase quality breeding stocks then. this month i have purchased myself a trio of japan blue grass and metal cobra. am expecting a drop by february. me and my partner are also researching on importing quality stocks to feed our passion for breeding. your mentoring would be very much appreciated with regards to purchasing quality stocks. am from the philippines.

By: Ishykiel

Ishykiel — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:24:26 +0000

Hi Jamie, what is the temperature in your tank? If it is too cold, it might not be too good for the guppies. You might want to stock up a heater just in case the weather drops unexpectedly in your place.

Hi Nick, would appreciate it if you could send me a pic of your guppies.

By: Ishykiel

Ishykiel — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:22:29 +0000

Hi Amanda. I hope that your guppies are doing great. You mentioned that you got all male guppies and you are saying that one of the Yellow ones has gotten big and you suspect that it might be a female. From my experience, there are male guppies that can grow quite large and even look like a female in terms of size and finnage. However, the gravid spot is again something that you really want to look out for to really determine the gender. Also do take note that some strains have females that don’t really show the gravid spot clearly, like the Yellow platinum strain that I once use to keep.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:25:10 +0000

I have been raising and breeding guppies for about 5 years now, and I have had great success. But I always have large trouble getting rid of the babies once they are grown. Would you know of anyplace to get these guppies to good homes? Also I have just purchased a male that is really beautiful. I do not know his type though. Half of his body is black and then is tail is like a chrome steel blue. He has no spots at all. Do you have any idea what type he is?

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:12:08 +0000

Hi
I got 8 female and 3 male guppies from the pet store and the day I got them home one of my females had babies (5 survived) one of the males died and another one of mine dropped 30 babies.I have the tank well planted now for them to hide in and a heater.Question,I have a smaller tank that has no heater and was going to use it to keep the guppy fry in until they are big enough to go back in my large tank,Will they survive without a filter and heater?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:53:38 +0000

I recently got fancy guppies to go in my aquarium. They are wonderful and add a lot of color. They are also tons of fun to watch. I did some research and decided that I didn’t want to breed them so I got “all males” from the local pet store. But just recently one of my yellow ones has gotten pretty big. There is no gravid spot that I can see, but should I get a separation net or what? I have no idea where to start.

By: Ishykiel

Ishykiel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:17:08 +0000

Thanks Scott,

Always looking to do more. Good luck to your Guppy breeding program.