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How to keep Red Luck Guppies? Breeding methods and precautions
Summary Water quality: Weakly alkaline water can be used for breeding, with a suitable PH value between 7-7.3 and a DH value of around 8-9. Water temperature: The suitable water temperature for fry is between 22-26°C, and for adult fish it should be kept at around 22-24°C. Lighting: Sufficient lighting must be ensured, and dedicated
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How to Keep Guppies? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Scientific Breeding Techniques
As the most common species among tropical fish, guppies are a type of fish that is very easy to keep. Therefore, in recent years, guppy breeding in our country has become increasingly popular. However, being easy to keep does not mean there is no need to understand how to keep them; after all, fish are still quite fragile. So how do you feed them scientifically
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Prevention and Treatment of Guppy Diseases
Friends who keep guppies have always had a great confusion, that is, their beloved fish always frequently develop lesions. Usually, few sick guppies can be treated and fully recover; even if cured, their ornamental value is greatly reduced. Therefore, we must do a good job of prevention in this regard. Common guppy diseases include: 1) pin tail, 2) white spot disease "also known as ichthyophthiriasis", 3) fin and tail rot, 4) saprolegniasis "also called white cotton disease", 5) bacterial enteritis, 6) white head and white mouth disease, 7) dropsy, 8) skin congestion and ulceration. So let us take a look at these diseases.
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Four Major Causes of Disease in Guppy Breeding
1. Deterioration of water quality The biggest cause of water quality deterioration is water pollution caused by overfeeding and the accumulation of harmful substances caused by dirty filters. As long as daily feeding is appropriate, and the filters are properly cleaned and the water quality is adjusted, it can be prevented. Although appropriate
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Beginner's Guide to Guppy Keeping: Detailed Explanation of Breeding Methods and Techniques for Newcomers
For keeping guppies at home, you can choose your equipment and varieties according to your own circumstances. Those with a larger budget can buy a relatively high-end aquarium, equip it with advanced keeping equipment, and purchase relatively expensive varieties; those with a smaller budget or beginners can
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How to keep guppies alive? A complete guide to breeding techniques for beginners
Setting up a tank Most people think the first step in keeping fish is to just buy the fish first, but this is actually not quite the right idea, because if the tank and the fish are bought together, problems often arise, which will be described in detail later. If you have already decided to keep fish, then you should first go and choose
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How to keep guppies well? Teaching you the correct breeding method
The guppy, also known as the millionfish, is a small tropical ornamental fish, lively and active by nature, and easy to keep. Generally there are no restrictions on the keeping setup; a rectangular glass tank can be used. For the water used to keep them, a neutral pH is best, and the requirements for other water quality factors are not strict. This fish
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What water temperature is suitable for guppies? Keep temperature control in mind when keeping them
Guppies - just from the name we can tell that their tails look a bit like a peacock spreading its feathers, very beautiful, with particularly high ornamental value. Guppies are a kind of fish with particularly high ornamental value, very suitable for keeping at home. Tell you about keeping guppies ⟦4 <p>Guppies - just from the name we can tell that their tails look a bit like a peacock spreading its feathers, very beautiful, with particularly high ornamental value. Guppies are a kind of fish with particularly high ornamental value, very suitable for keeping at home.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tell you the water temperature to watch out for when keeping guppies</strong></p><p>1. Suitable temperature </p><p>Guppies are highly adaptable and can survive within a temperature range of 16-34°C; their most suitable growth temperature is 22-30°C, with a pH of 7.2-7.4 in slightly alkaline water. As for guppies, some people believe they can tolerate a minimum water temperature of 15°C, while others believe the lowest temperature guppies can tolerate is 16°C. Relevant experts once conducted experiments on this, and found that at a water temperature of 16°C, guppies still swim freely. However, at water temperatures of 14-12°C, guppies begin to respond slowly, gradually lose balance, and may even die. So, in a home-keeping environment, when the water temperature is below 14°C, a heater or heating rod should be used. </p><p>2. Breeding temperature </p><p>When guppies breed, a larger aquarium should be chosen, with the water temperature kept at 26°C, and more aquatic plants should be planted, then brood fish are added at a ratio of 1 male to 4 females. When the female is pregnant, and the gravid spot becomes large and black and the anal vent protrudes, she can be netted into another aquarium to await birth. The temperature in the birthing tank should be 1-2°C higher than the original water temperature, with moss or aquatic plants placed at the bottom of the tank to give the fry a place to hide. After the female gives birth, she should be netted out immediately to avoid eating the fry; or a funnel-shaped isolation wall can be made with a plastic sheet, immersed in the water, and the birthing female placed in the funnel, so that after the fry are born they fall through the hole at the bottom of the funnel into the water outside it, and the female cannot eat the fry.</p><p></p><p><strong>How to keep guppies </strong></p><p>1. Have an appropriate water temperature </p><p>Guppies can accept water temperatures from 18°C to 34°C. If it is below 18°C, some problems are more likely to occur, such as: loss of appetite, lethargy, and susceptibility to diseases such as water mold, so whether to use a heater can be decided according to individual circumstances. </p><p>2. Appropriate pH value in the water </p><p>The most suitable pH for guppies is between pH 6.5 and pH 7.5. The acid-base value in the water has a considerable impact on guppies. The acid-base value is in logarithmic form, so pH 5 water is ten times that of pH 6 and one hundred times that of pH 7. Therefore, what is just a small "1" difference to humans may already be near-fatal torment for guppies. </p><p>Another thing to note is that if the keeper changes the water infrequently, over time the water quality will already have turned acidic due to various factors. At this point, if a large water change is suddenly made, it will inevitably cause a considerable shock to the guppies. </p><p>3. Appropriate hardness in the water </p><p>Guppies like slightly hard water, with hardness around 10-15 degrees. Even so, in the moderator's personal opinion, water hardness does not have much impact on guppies. Take two countries with considerable history in keeping guppies: Germany and Japan as examples. Germany's water is hard water, while Japan's water quality is all soft water, and these two completely different conditions can both raise guppies very well. It can be seen that guppies have strong adaptability and relatively do not need the keeper to put effort into adjusting the water hardness level. This is also one of the reasons many people often say guppies are easy to keep.</p><p></p><p><strong>The prospects of keeping guppies </strong></p><p>1. Easy to breed </p><p>The breeding cycle of arowanas is 5-10 years. Although flowerhorns can lay eggs every month, the breeding success rate is pitifully low. Guppies are not so troublesome. With a breeding cycle of about 25-28 days, from fry to adult fish they can breed in only 3-4 months, and each birth can produce 10-100 fry. Such a breeding volume and such a breeding speed can really be considered outstanding among today's popular ornamental fish. Basically, with currently home-kept guppies, fry will be born before long. This kind of ornamental fish that easily overpopulates a tank is deadly for fish keepers who love breeding. </p><p>2. Easy to innovate </p><p>In the ornamental fish world, high breeding efficiency means the possibility of innovation. Breeding once a month, with such a short cycle, is bound to give a shot of excitement to those friends who like breeding, innovating, and cultivating new strains. In just over ten years, guppy varieties have risen from a few hundred to over a thousand. Such a speed completely matches the pace of the current era, and this has also caused the status of guppies to gradually rise. Although these past few years have not been very prosperous, I believe that even so, the prospects for guppies are still very much worth looking forward to. </p><p></p><p>3. Low price </p><p>Everyone knows that many ornamental fish now cost thousands at the drop of a hat, and then tens of thousands, with some top-grade fish selling for more than 100,000. Guppies are different - even top-grade ones rarely cost over a thousand, so such fish are more in line with what the general public can keep, which is also why they have such a broad audience. This is actually just like horses: wealthy people can spend heavily to buy a thousand-li steed; while those with ordinary means, we just buy a hundred-li spotted horse. How many wealthy people are there, after all? In the end, ordinary people are the majority, and guppies belong to a species that both ordinary fish keepers and high-end fish keepers can keep. </p><p>4. Easy to keep in mixed tanks </p><p>Ornamental fish, as the name suggests, are kept by us for viewing. Many friends like to keep many species of fish together, and guppies are gentle in temperament and can be kept together with almost all small fish, and can accept either a planted tank or a bare tank.</p><p></p><p><strong>How to change the water for guppies </strong></p><p>Guppies are one of the common ornamental fish, and many aquarium enthusiasts are very fond of guppies. As the saying goes, to keep fish first keep the water. Without clean, high-quality water, guppies cannot live healthily, and you will have no way to appreciate their beauty and elegance. Keeping guppies requires special attention, and how to acclimate guppies to water is very important. Now, many of the common household water purification products use a combination of several technologies. In fact, the focus of our daily requirements for water treatment technology lies in safely replenishing water. When acclimating guppies to water, special attention should be paid. </p><p>Many people like to use materials such as activated carbon as filter media, because activated carbon can adsorb organic pollutants in the water onto its surface, but it has no adsorption capacity for bacteria, viruses, and alkaline substances in water, so there are still certain shortcomings. Representative products that use activated carbon as filter media include water purifiers, central water purifiers, and so on.</p><p></p><p>We all know that fish cannot grow without water, so guppies are no exception. If guppies are to grow healthily in a fish tank, the requirements for water quality are of course very important, so reasonably mastering guppy water-changing techniques is very helpful for breeding guppies.</p>
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How to keep guppies? A detailed guide to breeding methods
The guppy, also known as the rainbow fish, is generally 3-5 cm long and is the most common species among tropical fish. The fish body is small and delicate, swimming agile and lively, with colorful body colors, deeply loved by people. Especially the male fish is more beautiful than the female fish, on the green-brown body
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Things to Note and Characteristic Signs Before Guppies Give Birth to Fry
I think many people have never seen a guppy. Actually, just from its name we can imagine that its appearance is somewhat similar to a peacock, very beautiful, so its ornamental value is very high, and many fish keepers like to keep them. Guppies giving birth to fry
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