Guppy Breeding for Oscar

[10 Gal. newbe]

I have a 2 gallon tank with no water or anything in it.
I will be putting two guppyys in there
1 male and
1 female
Wat do I need to do to get them to breed and how long does it take for the babys to grow at least 1 inch??
Also do I need to cycle the tank or can I just put them in?????????????
ANY ADVICE IS THANKED*celebrate

 

[10 Gal. newbe]

I might breed gost shrimp instead. They are less expensive and probably easier to breed.
Wat do I need to do to breed them??
How fast will they breed and grow??
And do I need to cycle the water before adding them??

 

[Doomhed]

the guppies breed once every 3 weeks or so. you would need a way to separate the parents from the fry so that they dont eat them. it takes about a month for the guppies to get 1 inch long. do not start feeding that oscar live food until you have the space for his growth. on live food an oscar can grow about 8 inches in a year. the ghost shrimps do not breed as easily as guppies and will not be able to feed your oscar too well. i would also suggest a trio, 2 females and 1 male of similar colors so that they will definitely breed. this would also give you more guppies in a more continupous fashion. just dont start feeding the lil guy live until you have a tank big enough for him @ 8 inches

 

[mike the zealot]

a little off the topic, but I was interested in your comment about live foods and growth...

does the same hold true for most species of predacious fish? I'm currently planning a 55g african tank and I'm going to buy all juveniles. I want to feed them whatever will make them grow fastest hehe. Just a high protein diet right?

 

[stik6shift98]

u wont be able to brred enough guppies for that thing...i already tried it

 

[10 Gal. newbe]

well I wont be feeding them hust live food
It will be only now and then

 

[10 Gal. newbe]

I mean hust live food

 

[wayne at home]

Depending on what africans you get, a high protein food will probably kill them. Mbuna live on algae grazing + associated small crustaceans, the ratio of algae to crustacean varies from specie to species, but they do best on lots of algae, greens, spirulina flake + occasional shrimp, notmal flake. High protein will either bloat them or they'll grow very quickly, then die very quickly. You need to research your mbuna for a perfect diet - labeotropheus, like Tang tropheus have an underslung mouth, a giveaway for a 90% algae browser - labidochromis electric yellows are almost the other extreme - they really don't need the 'typical' mbuna diet.
Haps and aulonacara can take more normal food, bloodworm, flake, still greens, shrimp.
The only thing you might want to try feeding high protein, live food too are utaka predators like nimbochromis and so on.

 

[SoulFish]

you may want to think about breeding convicts, i find they produce more faster, and to mike, wayne pretty much covered it