How to breed guppies for beginners

What
Guppies (definite introduction)

Guppies are warm-loving freshwater fish, with mottled body colors and beautiful shapes. Widely loved by everyone, guppies are very adaptable, and the most suitable growth temperature is 22-24°C. Although guppies are highly adaptable, for many strangers, raising guppies is not easy, so , what should people pay attention to when raising guppies?

1. Choose healthy guppies

Since you want to raise fish, then It is indispensable to buy fish. Fish farms, stores, street stalls, and fishermen have ordinary hands. No matter where you buy fish, you cannot do without the spread of fungi. As the saying goes, hundreds of fishes have hundreds of fungi. As long as there is water, there will be the growth of microorganisms and fungi, including insects, bacteria, beneficial and harmful ones, etc. Our fish are fighting and growing with them every day in the water. Fish farms generally use regular water changes or drugs to control large outbreaks of these pests and diseases, so as not to harm the healthy growth of fish. Even the strongest fish are covered with fungi. Therefore, prevention and quarantine of newly purchased fish are even more important. Quarantine is very important. If the new fish purchased from outside are transported, the fish's physical condition will decline and their own safety will be broken. If it is not done well, it will be the beginning of fish disease or the death of the fish! What's more serious is that it will affect your own fish.

2. Temperature

The suitable temperature for guppies is between 22 and 26 degrees. Adult fish are generally controlled between 22 and 24 degrees. Fish is controlled at about 24 to 26 degrees. Some aquarists raise the temperature of young fish to 27 or 8 degrees, thinking that only in this way will the young fish be more active, eat less and metabolize less, and develop faster. This is true, but the negative effects of this high temperature have been underestimated. dropped. Under such high temperatures, the metabolism of young fish is too fast. No matter how much they eat, they cannot metabolize it quickly, especially calcium. Therefore, symptoms such as sudden abnormalities may appear after a period of time, and even if However, adverse phenomena such as premature senility, postpartum waist collapse of female fish or sudden waist collapse of male fish, and abnormally high number of offspring produced by female fish are also prone to occur after adult fish. When these examples are raised in greenhouses, the fish bred during the high temperature period in summer are the best examples, and experienced players should have encountered them. The guppies that retain their broodstock are basically fish bred in winter, and the reason is mainly because the water temperature is consistent in winter.

3. Feed

As for bait, the mainIf it refers to the type of bait, the amount of feeding and the frequency of feeding per day, as well as the arrangement of increasing the type of bait and the amount of feeding as the fish age increases.

The newly hatched guppies will not be fed that day, because firstly, they need to be adapted to the conditions first, and secondly, the yolk sac has not yet been fully absorbed. Haha, guppies are ovoviviparous. Starting from the second day, it is best to eat live shrimp larvae, which are rich in nutrients and easy to absorb, and can promote defecation. During this period, the fish can eat as much as possible until its belly becomes hemispherical. At this time, a small amount of live bait can still be maintained in the tank. Bo Zhong summed up an idiom that is "try to hold on for 4 weeks, feed hard in mid-spring, eat well in 3 or 4 months, feed less since May". Since the brothers have other work to do, they can only take the time to feed twice a day every day during this period, especially after feeding in the morning, it is better to keep a little live bait in the fish tank. During this period, if according to the standards of professional players in Europe, Japan, etc., they should be fed 6 to 8 times a day, usually about 2 or 3 hours apart. This feeding method can be used as a reference by professional players.

How do strangers breed guppies
Guppies (definite introduction)

If we don’t hatch young shrimps, we can You may wish to feed them with artificial baits such as frozen adult shrimp larvae, shelled adult shrimp eggs (both of which are commonly sold in fish markets), water fleas or professional juvenile fish. These baits are slightly worse than live shrimps. The difference is mainly reflected in the deliciousness and nutritional content. For example, fish have the instinct to chase after catching food, so live bait can greatly stimulate the fish's appetite, encourage the fish to catch food, and stimulate the fish to increase metabolism at the same time. In terms of nutrition, artificial bait is incomparable with natural live bait, and artificial bait still has the disadvantage of being difficult to digest. Therefore, when feeding artificial bait, special attention must be paid to water quality. Remaining bait must not be left, or the water must be changed after feeding.

When the young fish are 2 or 3 weeks old, in addition to feeding shrimps and water flea larvae, other baits will be gradually reduced, such as tiny water earthworms {do not feed large ones that will choke the young fish, you may wish to use a net Sieve out the fine ones and feed them or cut them into pieces, mince them}, artificial bait, etc., so that the young fish can take in more nutrients. The procedure for feeding types of bait is to feed other baits first, and feed young shrimps last, so that the young shrimps stay longer in the intestines of the fish and the nutrients are better absorbed.

At 3 weeks old, the normal development level of the juvenile fish can already distinguish the male and female genders. You can use this standard as a reference to see if your juvenile fish are cultivated up to standard. Basically, the male and female of the juvenile fish I raise can be distinguished after about 18 days.came out, but there is no need to rush to raise the male and female fish in separate tanks at this time, you may as well wait for them to be separated later.

When the young fish are 4 weeks old, if you want the fish to continue to develop well, grow larger, and have excellent strain characteristics, you must separate the males and females. Haha, because the male fish will start to catch up with the female fish in "physical work" by pooping like this. He will not eat well and consume precious body energy. He will naturally be thin and dull, so it is necessary to keep him in separate tanks. , this is also the key to cultivating high-quality guppies!

Four. Fish tank cleaning

In family fish farming, we basically focus on fish tanks, so how do we protect the small ecological environment of our fish tanks? , is the most basic prerequisite for supporting fish. Usually the eating, pooping, and peeing that we love to do with fish are all done here. Although you have installed a lot of excellent fish farming hardware and equipment, you have also sucked up all the organic matter (poop, leftover bait) you see, and The water has been changed, but the invisible liquid or digested feces are left in the tank. These will gradually dissolve with the environment, temperature, etc., and produce nitrates, nitrites, ammonia nitrogen and other harmful substances to fish. Along with continuous feeding and the increase of organic matter, many pathogenic bacteria will spread, which will ultimately lead to the illness and death of fish.

5. Change the water

Usually when changing the water for the fish, change it once a day, usually about 20%. Change 50% of the water twice a week, change the entire water once after 2 weeks, and clean the tank at the same time. This is how I changed the water during the first month of life.

From the second to the third month, change 20% of the water once a day, 50% once a week, and arrange a complete water change once every two weeks.

For fish after the third month, 20% of the water should be changed every day, 50% should be changed once every two weeks, and the entire water should be changed once a month.

When changing the water, you must be careful not to get too close to the fish when pumping water to avoid inhaling the fish and causing harm; when adding water, be sure not to hold a water container such as a pipe or a large bucket and look directly at it. Add water to the tank, and try to avoid the water flow from adding too much water to the fish! Otherwise, the fish body will easily become sick due to sudden stimulation! The correct way to add water is to control the water flow to a small level, close to the inner wall of the fish tank, and slowly add water. When adding water in winter, the water temperature should be 1 to 2 degrees higher than the original water. In summer, the water temperature should be 1 to 2 degrees lower than the original water.

Guppies are gentle in nature and can be kept with other tropical fishes. However, breeders should pay attention to the density of fish schools when keeping them together. Too many fish in a polyculture are not good at all. The growth of guppy fish.

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