guppy fish

[Angelique]

Hi. I'm trying to breed with guppy's. i have bred some but my female guppies never have more than 2-15 babies at 1 birth. I want to know if a bigger guppy female have more babies than smaller females? I have bought 2 female guppies about 2 weeks ago. both of them are alreary pregnant they are about 7cm lang wiht there tails. And the guppy females i alreary have and that have bred are all 3cm with tails. That the one's that only have birth to about 2-15 babies at a time. So will the new guppy females i have now have more babies? Please help!!!!

 

[Bfish23]

First of all, try raising the water temp to 80 degrees farenheight
Second of all young guppy mothers produce smaller batches then older guppy mothers
Yes, if a guppy is bigger, it will probably produce more guppies

Good Luck

Source: I breed them myself

 

[littletankbigworld]

It's also possible that the other fish in your tank ate them, or they were sucked into the filter intake. You should move the parents to a separate tank and place the toe of a pair of pantyhose over the filter intake, if you have a hang-on-the-back filter. Beware of breeding livebearers. Soon you will have hundreds of baby fish and no where to put them.

 

[Newman]

for guppies you can also use a large breeder box (the one with the V shape bottom for collecting fry) put the female in there about a week before you expect her to drop.

 

[littletankbigworld]

I actually prefer breeder's nets to breeder's boxes. If you want to keep a lot of fry, don't use a box. In my experience, they escape from the large slits in a breeder's box.