Guppy breeding question

Discussion in 'Pets' started by yurigadaisukida, Apr 12, 2014.

  1. So ive done my homework on breeding guppies. Ive been breeding them succesfully for almost a year now. But its random. Just a bunch of feeder guppies, and some nice blue/yellow ones a friend bred and gave me.

    Now its time to start selective breeding as i have many awsome looking guppies, and some plane silver ones.

    But i hear a female guppy can stay pregnant off the same sperm for like 3 months. Is this true? Does that mean i need to quaranteen all my females for a full 3 months untill they are ready for selective breeding? Is there no way to "clean" them out for lack of a better term?

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  2. About the only thing I know to speed things up is to raise the temperature a bit!  Colder temps slow guppy fetal development, while warmer temps speed it up- that will only get you a few days, though! Just wait it out!
     
    Also using young males is often desirable- the older the male, the longer the tail, which slows the males down, making it harder for them to mate successfully.
     
     
    (My first job was at an aquarium shop and I always have aquariums!)
     
    Granny
     
  3. Thanks granny.

    Unfortunatly i dont have a huge ammount of guppies so not much choice in males. Ill try to use the youngest males of whatever colors/types i want

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