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Guppy

The guppy is a live-bearer, and is also known as the millionfish. With its selectively bred bright colors and fancy,large fins, the guppy appeals to many people and is a popular pick as a pet for the community fish tank. Int his category, there are questions relating to guppy care, guppy varieties, etc.

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Can seven neon tetras and three guppies live in a 20 gallon tank?

Well, it depends on their size. From what I've heard, you can put one inch of fish into a tank per gallon, so: 5 one inch fishes of 1 five inch fish etc. It doesn't matter about the fish unless some are aggressive and the others are not.

Why do you think guppies in different areas of the stream have different coloration?

could be because of bacteria changing genes or temperatures might affect them possibly camaflauge techniques theres many reasons

How do you mate 2 guppies?

You don't "mate " guppies. They do it themselves. Simply place a mature female and a mature male together in a properly set up, heated, filtered tank (minimum size 5 gallon) and feed and look after them properly, and they will do whatever it takes to produce young.

Do guppies eat their fry?

Simple answer; yes.

After giving birth the male &/or female will their fry.

You should keep fry in a breeding net after birth.

And keep female in another breeding net or aquarium after giving birth,

this is so that she can recover fully before being mixed with male again.

P.S.

Stress from giving birth & male guppy chasing after her can cause female to die.

How does a guppy fish protect itself from predators?

A Neon Blue Guppy doesn't really defend its self it usually hides.

Should you separate a female guppy after she gave birth to 2 guppies and how long should you keep her with them?

Livebearing fish (including guppies, mollies, platies and swordtails) are notorious for eating their young, sometimes as they are being born. If it is possible to separate the mother into another tank immediately after birth of the young, it should be done.

What is the life cycle of a guppy?

Like a week, if you don't treat it well, but it you take good care of it, feed the beta, & clean his bowl/tank. He'll live up to a couple of years, like mine. what a does this have to do with it's life cycle?????????????

Do mollies and fancy guppies get along?

The puffer loves live food and will eat anything smaller than it is, it is one of the few freshwater fish that has teeth.

Can you get coldwater guppies?

Guppies need to be kept above 60F otherwise they could die. Their optimum temperature range is 68F to 75F

Can an African dwarf frog be with guppies?

NO! Frogs poison the water with their poo and piddle. The fish can not live in that stuff. Frogs (and all Amphibians ) should be housed in a Vivarium not an Aquarium. The rules for keeping fish are. :- 1 inch of fish needs at least 1 gallon of water but more is better. :- Every tank needs a permanently running cycled filter. :- Every tank needs at least 50% of its water replaced every week.Follow the rules and you stand a chance of keeping fish successfully. Miss out on any of them, and I can guarantee that your fish will have constant health problems.

This is not correct. African dwarf frogs emit very little waste. They are very small and can live peacefully with tetras and snails absolutely.

Can you make a guppy a vegetarian?

You MUST be joking. It has taken millions of years for a guppy to evolve as an omnivore and you in your wisdom wish to change a basic thing it has evolved to be. My advice is forget about keeping fish successfully if you want to change them.

How do you raise guppies?

There is so much information on the Internet regarding raising of guppies that to attempt repeating it here would be so wrong. Seriously, do a search using the words "fancy guppies" and you could spend days reading all the information it will give you. Try this site first, www.guppys.com/

What kind of flake food do you feed guppies?

The best flake food for Guppies would be one that is high in vegetable matter. Another food that is heathy for them is finely chopped , and ground spinach. Guppies are largly vegetarian, But will eat most other foods.

How long before a guppy can breed again after her first fry?

Oh, right away. Guppy females store sperm and they've got a chamber to hold it. They can maintain sperm in this chamber for up to a year. Basically, once you mate two guppies the female will get pregnant repeatedly from that one breeding.

What is the effect of light to the reproduction of the guppies?

Without light guppies (and most other species of fish) can not see one another so it would be extremely difficult for them to locate one another let alone breed successfully. Therefor I would say that the effect of light would be to 'enable' reproduction of guppies.

What does it mean that male guppies live in a cross-fire between their enemies and their would-be mates?

Male guppies have to pass on the bright coloration gene that attracts females but that puts a spotlight on them for predators. If you don't have this gene then predators don't spot you as easily but don't attract mates to reproduce with.

Is a guppy an amphibian?

No. Amphibians are marked by a life cycle between a fish like state in which they are called Tadpoles and an adult state (often called frogs). When they hatch from an egg they are small tadpoles who mostly spend their time eating, growing, and avoiding predators. As the grow the develop legs, then loose their tail, they also loose their gills and develop lungs. At this point they then become adult frogs. Though there are other creatures that belong to the amphibian family (such as toads and salamanders) frogs are the most well known. Additionally not all frogs loose their gills and develop lungs (as some are aquatic and spend their whole lives underwater, but they still develop legs and loose their tail).

Goldfish on the other hand are part of a family of fish rather than amphibians. Amphibians likely evolved from some species of fish into a partially land dwelling animal. Fish however never develop lungs and remain aquatic (water living) animals their entire lives. They also don't undergo any similar changes. They keep their tails and never develop legs. Goldfish themselves belong to a subset of fish, and is closely related to carp, Koi fish, and other breeds of fancy goldfish such as Orando and Ryukin.

How do predators influence guppy coloration?

Guppies become colorful which is bad because it attracts predators so the more bright and colorful a colony is the less amount of Guppies are going to be there. If they are drab then there are going to be hardly any bright guppies and only the drab ones. Coloration would be from the guppies trying to adapt to survive get the drabbest color they can be in order to survive so the predators influence is going to be there are going to be a high amount guppies in a colony if it has for example 30 Rivulus. But if they're more types of predators like Acara's and Cichlid's they're going to be no bright guppies only drab.

Why does the Guppy keeps biting my goldfish?

Quite often a male guppy will nip at the female if she is pregnant; this can stress the female and make her ill.
You can place the female in a birthing cage early on if this is a problem, but pay extra attention to the cleaning of the birthing cage daily.

Do fish eat guppies?

If you have an over population of Guppy fish you might consider placing one of its natural predators in the tank for only a short time to reduce the over population : Oscar Fish, Jack Dempsey, Cichlids, or Paradise Fish. this new addition will need to be removed after the desired amount Guppies have been reduced.

When do baby guppies eat adult fish food?

From birth. All you need to do is grind up normal livebearer food to a size small enough for the fry to eat. As the fry get bigger so the food they eat can increase in size too.

Are goldfish and guppies compatible?

no, guppies like to eat the big tails of the golden fish , and golden fish will die Goldfish tend to be a cold water fish, while guppies are tropical fish requiring temperatures between 72 and 80+ degrees Fahrenheit .

After the female Guppy gives birth does the gravid spot go away?

Try explaining why it's there.. it means the fish is pregnant. The darker it gets the closer she is to giving birth..

The gravid spot on a female guppy is a dark area directly in front of the anal fin.