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How to look afterPoecilia reticulata
Guppy, Millions fish
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(Other members of the genus Poecilia)
ADULT SIZE: 6 cm
WATER CONDITIONS: Not critical
TEMPERATURE RANGE: 20-29 C
FOOD: Feed Poecilia reticulata small live-foods and fine grade dried foods
DISTRIBUTION: This species comes from Brazil, Barbados, Trinidad, Venezuela
AQUARIUM CARE: A terrific community fish that will breed easily in a community tank. Because of it’s bright colours, ease of keeping and mild temperament, the guppy is one of the all-time most popular aquarium species, probably the best first fish for a new aquarist.
BREEDING: This requires almost no attention. The live-borne fry can be raised on flake food. Remove fry to a separate rearing tank or provide a well-planted tank to improve numbers surviving to adulthood.
Have you bred Poecilia reticulata? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?, or examine existing Poecilia reticulata breeding reports
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Gold cofre-tailed guppy
Females have less of the colouration of the males, and in some cases no colouration at all
Guppys come in many varieties!
BREEDING: This requires almost no attention. The live-borne fry can be raised on flake food. Remove fry to a separate rearing tank or provide a well-planted tank to improve numbers surviving to adulthood.
Have you bred Poecilia reticulata? Why not fill in a breeding questionaire?
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This page summarises breeding reports provided by visitors to this site, along with some statistical analysis. Please feel free to contribute – whatever your experience! 10 breeders have filled in breeding reports, a summary of the results are shown in the graphs below. You can read the full reports here. To add details of your experiences of Poecilia reticulata, why not fill in a Breeding and maintenance Report. |
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Remember, each record represents only one persons experience; if you had different results, or used different methods, please share your experiences
| Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very unsucessful | Years Experience: 1 |
| Other Comments: My female was full of fry when I got her – I had at least a dozen babies within a week! | |
| Date this record created: 29th April 2016 | Breeding date: 2016 |
| Breeder: | Location: |
| Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 20-23oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 10 |
| Other Comments: Guppy breeding is very easy. A well planted tank is an advantage for fry survival, but generally these are really very easy fish to breed. I don’t know any guppy breeder who has problems. | |
| Date this record created: 25th May 2011 | Breeding date: 2011 |
| Breeder: | Location: |
| Water conditions: Moderately hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Other (see below) | Breeding problems: Poor fry survival rate |
| Sex ratio: Somewhat female heavy | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Fairly unsucessful | Years Experience: 2 |
| Other Comments: some what planted aquarium lots of floating plants for fry. The growth rate are slow to very slow. mostly no or to none canibalism. sawing make take time (about a qwwk or two) | |
| Date this record created: 8th April 2011 | Breeding date: 2010 |
| Breeder: dustin | Location: woonsocket ri |
| Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 20-23oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very unsucessful | Years Experience: 10 |
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| Date this record created: 29th December 2010 | Breeding date: 2010 |
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| Water conditions: | Water temperature: |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Other (see below) | Breeding problems: Poor fry survival rate |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 5 |
| Other Comments: | |
| Date this record created: 21st December 2009 | Breeding date: 2009 |
| Breeder: | Location: |
| Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: Deformities |
| Sex ratio: Somewhat female heavy | Breeding difficulty: Easy |
| Sucess: Fairly unsucessful | Years Experience: 1 |
| Other Comments: | |
| Date this record created: 8th August 2009 | Breeding date: 2009 |
| Breeder: sss | Location: mal |
| Water conditions: Neutral | Water temperature: |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 4 |
| Other Comments: we add live bearer salt to the water | |
| Date this record created: 3rd March 2008 | Breeding date: 2008 |
| Breeder: | Location: |
| Water conditions: Moderately soft and acidic | Water temperature: 16-19oC |
| Disposition: Somewhat aggresive on occasions | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: Skewed sex ratio |
| Sex ratio: Almost all females | Breeding difficulty: Easy |
| Sucess: Fairly sucessful | Years Experience: 5 |
| Other Comments: I have found Poecilia reticulata to be the least difficult to breed thus far. | |
| Date this record created: 14th January 2008 | Breeding date: 2007 |
| Breeder: | Location: |
| Water conditions: Very soft and acidic | Water temperature: 20-23oC |
| Disposition: | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Other (see below) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: Roughly equal | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 1 |
| Other Comments: | |
| Date this record created: 9th January 2008 | Breeding date: 2008 |
| Breeder: Jordan | Location: NH |
| Water conditions: Very hard and alkaline | Water temperature: 24-27oC |
| Disposition: Active, but not aggresive | Community tank?: Yes, a good community fish |
| Spawning Method: Long term (fry appear with adults) | Breeding problems: none |
| Sex ratio: | Breeding difficulty: Very easy |
| Sucess: Very sucessful | Years Experience: 5 |
| Other Comments: If you have a pair, this fish will breed! Heavily pregnant females are best separated to stop the males continually harassing them | |
| Date this record created: 6th January 2008 | Breeding date: 1995 |
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