Breed Your Pet Fish - GUPPY

What you need

1. Tank
• Breeding: 20x10x10 inch size Glass Tank (Economy Option)
• Young Ones: Any size Tank with no adult fishes
2. Life Support
• Air Pump - 1
• U G Filter - 1
• 6W T4 Tube Light - 1
3. Interior Decor
• Fine Gravel or Sand Chips -  6 Kg (recommended)
• 8" Plastic Plant - 1
• Live Water Plants - Hydrilla and/or Cabomba
4. Food
• Basic FLAKEs for Adult Guppy
• Micro PELLETs for Young Guppy
5. Guppies
• 3:9 ratio of Guppies i.e, 12 Guppies with 3 males and 9 females

Steps for successful Breeding

• Aquarium Setup
• Setup the Aquarium with required item nos. in 1 to 3
• Setup the Glass Tank
• Connect the Air pump & U G Filter
• Fill the Fine Gravel or Sand Chips for 1 inch in the Tank covering the U G Filter
• Fill Water for half tank
• Fix the Plastic & Water Plants
• Fill Water in the full tank
• Fix the Tube Light to illuminate the tank
• Leave this setup with the light ON for 10 days for the Water plant roots to grow and get gripped with the Gravel or Sand Chips.
 
• Enter the Guppy
• On the 11th day, introduce Guppy Male and Female in 3:9 ratio into the tank.
• For BETTER BREEDING & TO GAIN MORE NUMBER OF GUPPY FRY, don't mix/put OTHER VARIETIES OF FISHES IN THE BREEDING TANK.
• Introducing other fishes will affect the privacy of Guppy pairs & reduce the number of fry.

• Prepping the Guppies for Breeding
• Partly (not full) refill fresh Water in the tank. Water in the tank gets evaporated frequently, hence needs refilling.
• Partly refilling of fresh Water, will motivate Male Guppies to chase the females.
• Feed the parents daily with HIGHLY nutritious food like Basic FLAKEs to get them in the breeding condition.
• By a week's time, you can notice that the female Guppies are pregnant i.e., the fertilized eggs can be seen clearly as a dark mark in their belly area.
• Remove any Waste Plants to keep the tank clean.




Female Guppy giving Birth


• Parachute Pregnancy

• When in Labor, female Guppies will not take food.
• Male Guppies will chase them vigorously to support them in Labor.
• Females will go in circles on the top of the Water like an aeroplane and occasionally stop to drop the Little Ones like parachutes
• Birth of the young ones is an AMAZING site
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY young ones!
• CONGRATULATIONS to the PARENTs & YOU!
• Once dropped, the Little Ones immediately hide in the nearest plants to stay away from other fishes.




Young Guppies


• Safer home for Young Guppies
• Next day, move the young Guppies to another Tank or bowl with more Water Plants.
• Once every 3 days, recycle 30% of the Water carefully from the young Guppy's tank.
• Feeding: MICRO PELLETs - Small Pinch - 3 times/day.

FACTS

• Guppies are LIVE BEARERS, i.e, they will give birth to LIVE BABIES directly and not lay eggs.
• Breeding period of a female Guppy is generally 20 to 30 days.
• Breeding Tank can be used for One Year by adding Fresh Water every Week.
• Every Month you can rear young Guppies from healthy mother Guppies!
• Exposure to sun light will grow Algae, which will affect the visibility of the tank, and also invite other unwanted harmful guests!