Why Won't My Guppies And Platies Breed?

Falena
  • #41
It sounds like the member above knows what's wrong (I dont know a great deal about livebearers) but I just wanted to throw it out there that water hardness is important with guppies too! I can't even keep guppies alive because I have notoriously soft water, let alone get them to breed. So I imagine this might play quite a big role too. Ph, GH and KH tests would be something important to consider if you plan on breeding guppies
 
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RDcompton03
  • #42
maybe they just dont find each other that attractive?
 
zorianak
  • #43
@ OP they're referring to internal parasites - worms, basically. I didn't catch that because of how blurry the photos were, but yah, minnow-types (guppies, mosquito fish, etc) are pretty susceptible to them. And agreed that it's early stages.

You basically want an edible form of Fenbendazole.
 
CryoraptorA303
  • #44
What's IPs
Internal parasites.

It could be a type of worm, but as I've said, there are literally hundreds of potential organisms that cause this kind of wasting disease that's referred to as 'internal parasites'. Worms, protozoans, probably some kinds of amoeba even. Luckily most of them are all sensitive to the same thing.

yah, minnow-types (guppies, mosquito fish, etc) are pretty susceptible to them
Guppies are just about the only fish I've had problems with in terms of IPs. Even other livebearers I've kept seem quite resistant to it; I've only ever had one swordtail catch it off a guppy. Paradoxically, all the tetras and rasboras I've kept are absolutely bulletproof to disease in general. I've only ever had 3 out of the... I don't know, hundred I've kept at some point or another die. From my experience, guppies are severely, perhaps even critically inbred and have absolutely zero immune systems. I've argued with a well-known breeder and IFGA winner about this before; you can select against physical deformities but are you ever going to be able to select for immune systems and internal organ function? Your average purebred guppy is about a million generations inbred by now, and that surely has some severe consequences in terms of the efficiency of its internal organs and immune system. Most purebred female guppies can barely give birth without suffering severe injury or death these days.
 
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Blue1314
  • #45
Are you sure they have IPs


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flyinGourami
  • #46
Probably an unpopular opinion but maybe the females just aren't getting pregnant(not using sperm packet like yeah). I'm no expert but looking at your pictures, are you sure they aren't pregnant right now? Or have they always been like that?
 
Flyfisha
  • #47
?
 
Blue1314
  • #48
Probably an unpopular opinion but maybe the females just aren't getting pregnant(not using sperm packet like yeah). I'm no expert but looking at your pictures, are you sure they aren't pregnant right now? Or have they always been like that?

I think they might be pregnant now because I got a new male guppy.
 
AquaCaitlin
  • #49
I think they might be pregnant now because I got a new male guppy.
Do you know what you’re going to do with the fry yet? There’s gonna be a bunch of the little guys.
 
Blue1314
  • #50
Do you know what you’re going to do with the fry yet? There’s gonna be a bunch of the little guys.
I'm going to raise them and then sell them
 

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