Goldfish301

Ok, I decided to breed my guppys and was just wondering....How long do I keep them together and how do I tell when they have breed? Thanks

COBettaCouple

You have 5 males listed but no females? Did you get some females? With guppies, I'd have at least 3 females per male.

Chief_waterchanger

Dave is right about the 2-3 females per male, but I don't think you would have enough room in your 30g with what is already listed. You are overstocked if your 2nd 30g (the goldfish one) listing in your signature is current, and your first tank shouldn't hold 10-15 female guppies (based on the number of male guppies your signature lists.) If the males and females are sexually mature (about 3 months of age) and are in the tank together for more than an hour or so then they've bred. Guppies are like the rabbits of the fish world.

The females will develop a purple crescent moon shaped splotch on the back end of their belly, that is their equivalent to a uterus and is where the fetii will be held. They will bulk up in the belly area as their 28-32 day gestation period gets further along, and near the last few days will kinda get a square shape to the belly. (Looks almost like they swallowed a box.) A lot of livebearers, guppies included, will eat some if not all of their fry sometimes. (Some of our 20 something strains of guppy will eat their fry some just don't eat them, no explaination.)

Goldfish301

Thanks!I just got the 2 female guppys and their in a seperate 10 gallon together cause I dont want a billion little guppies.And the reson why i wanted to breed them is cause my aunt and uncle wanted guppys for the kids but since their like $3.00 they dont wanna buy them. so i'll just keep the females in the 10 gallon away from the males in the 30.And if there are to many babies cant i just feed them to my goldfish and bettas or something? lol thanks

steveangela1

You could get a 10gallon aquarium to breed them in, that is what I am using w/ just guppies ... I actually have about 3 males and the rest females at this point.. Just last night I came home to around 22 fry (note I even w/ hiding spots in the tank I know some got eaten they usually have more than that)... you also need a separate tank for the fry... if you don't want to put a lot of plants/hiding spots in the breeding tank... I let them have them in the tank then I scoop them out and put them in my fry tank and raise them up big enough to put in a bigger tank.