CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to raise guppies? Breeding tips for guppies

1. How to raise guppies? Breeding techniques for guppies

1. Feed on time. Guppies can be fed with nutritionally balanced artificial baits, mixed with water fleas, earthworms, brine shrimp, etc. Small fish should be fed three or four times a day, and large fish twice a day. Food that guppies have not finished eating within five minutes should be removed from the water in time.

2. Keep the water temperature constant. Guppies are tropical fish, so the temperature in the tank should not be lower than 20 degrees. In autumn and winter, when the temperature is low, you need to install a heating rod in the fish tank to keep the temperature constant and avoid fluctuations.

3. Install a filter. Frequent or large-scale water changes will destroy the growth environment of the fish, causing the fish to become sick or die easily. The owner should try to install a filter in the fish tank so that the water does not need to be changed frequently.

4. Scientific mixed breeding. Guppies are gentle in nature and swim slowly. They should not be mixed with fish that are ferocious, too large or swim too fast. Otherwise, the beautiful guppies will be easily attacked and injured, or even eaten.

2. What are the techniques for raising small guppies?

1. Water temperature. After the baby guppies are born, the most suitable temperature is about 30 degrees. At this temperature, the baby guppies are less likely to get sick and grow fast. If the temperature is lower than 25 degrees, according to the specific situation, use a heating rod to increase the temperature, or put it in a heating room, so that the baby guppies can grow up healthily.

2. Water quality. After the baby guppies are born, scoop some water from the original tank and use it to feed the baby guppies. In this way, the water quality does not change and the baby guppies can adapt quickly. In the future, only a small amount of pre-dried water needs to be changed every day. If too much water is changed, the baby guppies are prone to needle tail disease.

3. Feed. The little guppy does not need to be fed on the first day after it is born. There is a small yellow round bag under its belly, which can absorb the nutrients inside. It can be fed from the second day. If conditions permit, it can be fed with live brine shrimp or shelled brine shrimp eggs. If there are no brine shrimp, you can also grind the guppy feed and sprinkle a small amount on the water surface for the little fish to eat. Egg yolks can easily muddy the water and are not recommended.

4. Disease. After the baby guppies are born, the most common disease they get is needle tail disease. There are many reasons for needle tail disease, which may be caused by low water temperature, poor water quality, and bacterial growth. When some small fish have needle tails, they should be caught and isolated immediately, and some special medicines should be bought from the fish seller. Small fish with mild diseases can be cured.

3. Precautions for raising guppies

Things to note when raising guppies

Things to note when raising guppies. Guppies, also known as anchovies, are known as "water fairies". They are loved by many fish lovers because of their beautiful fan-shaped tail fins that resemble the peacock's open tail. Here are some things to note when raising guppies, I hope it will be helpful to you.

Notes on raising guppies 1. Constant water temperature is a prerequisite for raising guppies.

Guppies are tropical fish, so constant water temperature is a must. Only when the water temperature is kept constant at 22℃ to 24℃ can guppies live well. Otherwise, even if they can be raised, they will not be raised well.

Whether you live in the south or the north, it is necessary to install a thermostatic heater in the fish tank to maintain the water temperature. Although guppies have the ability to adapt to low temperatures, such as surviving in water at 16°C, it will definitely affect their healthy growth. Therefore, a thermostatic heater in the fish tank is a necessity for keeping guppies well.

Good and stable water quality is an important condition for raising guppies.

Guppies live in water, and the quality of water is one of the important factors that affect the health of guppies. Guppies are suitable for growing and breeding in slightly alkaline water, so it is best to adjust the pH of the water appropriately according to your local water quality. If the water quality is acidic like here in Kunming, Yunnan, then putting some coral bones in the water can adjust it to alkaline.

The stability of water quality also requires a good filtration system to support it, and it is also necessary to ensure the stability of the water body's microbial system. Therefore, raising guppies also requires a filtration system to maintain water quality. Usually, a small fish tank to raise Kongna Zhongzhen guppies only needs a water fairy or an external filter. Of course, if it is a large fish tank, then top filtration and bottom filtration are also good, but you need to pay attention to one thing, the water flow for raising guppies should not be too fast, which is not good for the fish.

Reasonable feeding is the key condition for raising guppies well.

Guppies are omnivorous fish, with low requirements for food and are not picky eaters. They will almost always take a bite of any floating object they see in the water. Therefore, it is OK to feed them artificial fish feed, water fleas, silk earthworms and other live food.

Just like we like to eat big fish and meat, guppies like to eat live food very much. Although live food has high nutritional value and can accelerate the growth and development of guppies, there are two points to note: First, live food is easily accompanied by parasites, and guppies will also get parasitic diseases after eating it; second, although live food is good, long-term feeding of live food is very likely to cause gastrointestinal digestion problems in guppies, which in turn affects their health.

Therefore, it is best to sterilize and quarantine live food. Although artificial fish food may not be the favorite of guppies, it is a combination of meat and vegetables, and has comprehensive and rich nutrition. Artificial fish food has been sterilized and disinfected, so there are almost no hygiene problems. Guppies are healthy when eating it, and we can feed it with confidence.

It is not recommended to keep guppies together with other fish, and if you do keep them together, they should be small fish.

The principle of mixed breeding of ornamental fish is that the living habits and personality characteristics should be similar, and there should be no factors that affect each other. This is very important. Although guppies are lively and active, they are relatively mild in temperament and will not actively attack other fish. Therefore, we can breed guppies with some small fish. For example, small lantern fish such as red and green lanterns and lotus lanterns are suitable. Small lantern fish have the same mild personality as guppies and will not attack each other. The required fish tank environment is also similar to that of guppies. Therefore, it is a good choice to breed guppies and small lantern fish together.

Guppies cannot be kept together with big fish, even if they are not aggressive, because guppies are small in size and can be easily eaten by big fish. Guppies should also be kept together with other guppies with special care. Although there is no harm in keeping different species of guppies together, they are very easy to crossbreed, and the result is that the small fish born are "all kinds of things", and they become mixed-robed guppies. Although the colors may be diverse, they are not pure. In terms of ornamental value, pure-bred guppies may not be as good-looking as mixed-robed guppies, but I always think that a group of pure-bred guppies are more ornamental overall.

When raising guppies in an aquatic plant tank, you must pay special attention to the pH value of the water.

The colorful guppies swimming in the green water plant tank do give us a beautiful visual experience, but this combination is "unscientific". Here I want to remind you that it is possible to raise guppies in a water plant tank, but you must pay attention to the pH value of the water. In order to ensure the weak alkaline water that guppies like, the water plant tank needs to pay special attention to the water quality, because the water plants will affect the pH value of the water to gradually decrease and become weakly acidic.

Therefore, when raising guppies in aquatic plant tanks, you should develop a good habit of changing water regularly in small amounts. Replace the water that has been trapped, not tap water directly. The sterilizing components in tap water will not only affect the health of guppies, but also increase the acidity of the water. The tail shrinkage that often occurs in guppies raised in aquatic plant tanks is mostly caused by large changes in water quality. At this time, even if you change the water immediately, it will be too late. You can only take precautions in advance.

Things to note when raising guppies 2 First, adding new fish every other day is not good

Many of you may have had this experience: the guppies at home were well-fed, but as soon as you added the newly bought guppies, problems arose. After a short while, some of the fish either "lay down" or some of the fish ran all over the tank. I also encountered this situation more than once when I first started.

It turns out that this is mainly because the breeding methods in aquarium stores are different from those in our homes. For example, there are big differences in feeding, lighting, water temperature, water quality, etc., and this difference will generally be reflected in the reaction of guppies after you bring them home. Due to the different environments, guppies will react sensitively, which may cause illness or even death in severe cases. Therefore, when breeding guppies, you must consider clearly: what do you need?

Second, give guppies medication indiscriminately.

Many friends panic when they see that the guppy is a little different from the past and start to think about what medicine to use to solve this problem. They start to feel that it is time for them to "become a doctor after a long illness" and start to "show off their skills" by using small fish to "test their skills". In fact, it is not difficult to apply medicine when the fish is sick. There are many good medicines on the market now. The difficulty lies in the judgment of the fish disease...

Therefore, do not be afraid of fish getting sick, pay attention to observation, share carefully, do not blindly use medicine, and do not send guppies to a dead end because of your own negligence. Many kinds of fish diseases can be treated with physical methods in the early stages. In other words, non-drug methods can be used to solve the problem, such as using salt, raising the temperature, etc.

Third, randomly pairing guppies

It is indeed an ancient project for humans to solve the mystery of gene chain, but you feel that you can "hybridize" the guppies to produce excellent varieties. Is this a blockbuster? In fact, there are so many varieties on the market, and people have done countless experiments and breeding. Breeding new varieties of guppies also requires certain skills and opportunities. If you are not careful, your guppies originally have good bloodlines, but if you randomly pair them, your beloved fish will die, which is a big loss.

The myth of new species is not a forbidden area for ordinary people to touch. This requires you to fully understand the relevant issues of new species breeding. You can't always think about things that are out of reach. Although the guppy is small and not worth a few cents, the respect for life has always been a virtue.