1. put guppies in tank. 2. a ratio of 3 females 1 male is a good start 3. feed 4. feed babies 5. feed the new babies 6. feed the newer babies 7. buy new bigger tank for the new babies 8. buy another bloody tank for the newer babies 9. give the first lot of babies away 10 start selling guppies 11. profit .... :))
my oldest guppy was 5 years old, it was a sad day when he died, almost wanted to quit the hobby but boy was the babies he help make beautiful, big fan tails with mostly black and tiny bits of red flowing down
I have to say, as someone who has worked in the fish keeping industry for the last 17-and-a-half years and is a staunch believer in 'old school' forms of conventional information distribution on aquarium keeping (i.e., 'books'), your channel is by FAR the most 'synced up' with aquarium literature I have EVER seen! EVERY video I have seen almost COMPLETELY corresponds with the wealth of information provided by the plethora of aquarium books I have read and continue to reference when consulting future fish keepers. I know it seems like a weird bench-mark to compare online information to, but considering the fact that aquarium literature is edited and written by various experts in the field--something sorely lacking in the online realm--having an online resource whose information corroborates very much with aquarium literature in a beginner-friendly, easy-to-digest format is a GOD-SEND in my line of work. Because of the modern trend of referencing information from the web instead of a book, having an online source like your channel is the digital answer to my prayers: I enthusiastically refer new aquarists to your channel every chance I get! I thank you eternally for this gift from the aquatic realm. :)
Im new to the fish world just set up my first tank and waiting to introduce fish, i have cared for and worked with a number of different animals and therefore researched a lot of different animals and never with any other animals have i found as much conflicting info then i have about guppies and fish tanks that im convinced every ‘fish guy’ is just full of BS
@@lruddy8820 I haven’t read it yet, but there’s a book by Animal Planet on the keeping of guppies. I’m very satisfied with most of the books in the Animal Planet series, so you might want to give it a try. :-)
@@Psybur most of those animal planet books seem to be out of production and are only available thru kindle and well im an old man trapped in a young mans body i dont read on kindle and go to water aerobics for the arthritis in my back
Pov, you’re a beginner aquarist 1. You want a fish tank, you get one 2. You want a good fish to start of with, you choose guppies 3. You buy 9; 6 females and 3 males 4. Within a month the number has doubled 5. They keep breeding 6. You sell the fry to your lfs 7. You start breeding rare guppies 8. You go to more and more fish shows, selling your guppies for hundreds 9. You get the world record for most expensive guppy sold Achievement unlocked - Unintentional guppy master
I just bought 3 different types of guppies today, 5 female and 3 male. Is that a problem and how fast are they going to breed after I have putten those in my tank?
Gleis Xheli Wow that’s amazing, I got 3 types of guppies yesterday aha. So the ratio should’ve be 3 males and 6 females, but I wouldn’t think it would be a problem. For guppies to breed you’ll want a planted high quality tank and you literally just wait. I’m unsure how fast it will take for them to start to breed but they will, like crazy .
@@j__ck7562 Thnx man, one day after i bought them i saw the male chasing 2 females so i think im going to have fry soon , but what should i do after the female gives birth?
Gleis Xheli Remove the fry into a grow up tank or holder box thing after they have hatched. I’m not a guppy breeder so I’d recommend doing your own research for a few hours, I don’t want to give wrong information aha
Gleis Xheli I started with 9 (3 males and 5) females) in my 20 gallon. They breed pretty fast after a month a bought a new tank for the females so that I wouldn’t have to deal with the fry
I put my 3 blue sword tail gups in with my platinum betta Percy and They have been getting along great. Percy didn't seem to mind the snail or ghost shrimp so I took a chance and added the 3 fish. Having them together actually improved Percys activities and he's exploring more of his environment. I love having them.
Guppies are amazing from a genetic standpoint too. You can watch how slowly over generations their appearance change. Just make sure to introduce males/females from different phenotypes though to get them to mix. Over a while of keeping Guppies, you end up breeding your OWN unique phenotype of guppies in your aquarium =) Ours ended up with a gorgeous iridescent body, orange back, fiery red tail, with a black body spot, stripe or lack of it. The females were plain with an iridescent white-slightly orange gradient tail with spots. You can really make your aquarium unique to yourself!
I agree your comments. However, I would caution about introducing males/males from different phenotypes. I started with 10 guppies in a 10 gallon tank and ended up with 167 guppies less than a year later. I then bought two Tequila Sunrise males to diversify the gene pool. That was a mistake. Within 3 days the original guppies started dying. In about a week I lost 158 guppies. The 3 males that I bought survived and reproduced with the 4 remaining females. The number is back past 140, but I noticed that unlike my first batch, that kept reproducing with every change of water, these guppies reproduce at a slower rate or are keeping their numbers in check by eating the fry. It's hard to tell because I feed them the same way as the first batch.
Thanks for the great video. Guppies always remind me of The Ogden Nash poem: Whales have calves, Cats have kittens, Bears have cubs, Bats have bittens, Swans have cygnets, Seals have puppies, But guppies just have little guppies.
@@blazeonlimez2672 don't get just 2. thise males can chase one female to death. get at least 2 ladies. you don't have to do anything. it happens . as long as water is clean and food is good, there is no end in babies.
I have a female and male pair of Dwarf Cichlids. I think they're perfect tank mates for my guppies. They hang out at the bottom of the tank and look gorgeous and don't get very big. It's fun watching them do their mating behaviors too. My guppies take up the middle and top parts of my tank and provide color and entertainment there as well. Both fish species had different swimming paterns and behaviors so it provides a bit of variety to the tank. Highly recommend! Just do the research on the dwarf cichlids beforehand.
Mad Fish Diva - So True! I started catching my own Guppies. Then I started catching Mollies and Swordtails. After that I started buying Neon Tetras, then Glow lites Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Ember Tetras. I never stopped. Guppies are a gateway fish! Be carful out there. Guppies seem easy, then once you see Fry’s in the tank, you’re hook!
It's so true. They are a gateway fish and now I have tank addiction and have spent the majority of my money and tanks, fish, plants, lights, filters, heater, ect.
Guppies give me nostalgia. My dad and grandpa were big fish keepers and I got my first tank, a 12 gal, and I got to choose the guppies I want. They had a little decoration cave thing, a bunch of plants, an elevation in the sand and some corries and dwarf placo's. They made sure the filter was right and there were water changes and I just had to make sure they ate well and watched them grow. My dad also taught me to number females to males 2 to 1 so the females don't get stressed out and boy did I have a baby boom. Dad I'm not ready to be a parent!
I’m here after I went to the LFS and bought a bag of ghost shrimp. I got 20 shrimp and the clerk accidentally caught a tiny feeder guppy with them. She just threw it in for free. So this lucky guppy somehow fell out of the net during purchase and into the shrimp tank 3ft below, escaped the shrimp during that time, caught up with a big haul of shrimp to finally end up in my 30 gallon planted community tank. She’s living the good life! Happily exploring and snacking on everything she chooses. She has grown 3x in size since bringing her home. She has no color, just a white grayish guppy. I feel good knowing I rescued this little fish from certain doom simply by this fish’s luck.
This is perfect, thank you! I'm an intermediate fishkeeper and struggle with showing new hobbyists the ropes even though I'm very excited to get everyone I know into the hobby. These 10 Things videos are perfect for me to send to friends who are just getting started!
I picked up 20 feeder guppies for my young Oscars. I setup a 5 gallon holding tank for them so I could medicate and feed them well, I wanted my Oscars to have quality fish if they were going to be eating live you know? But then when I went to net out the guppies.... and I saw all the babies in the tank I just fell in love with them. I now have 4 tanks setup just for breeding common feeder guppies. The colors of some of the males is just breathtaking. I even have one that can change the color of its tail from yellow to black and literally no one I’ve shown the video to has ever seen anything like it. Guppies are amazing.
That's exactly my current 29g population -- 15 guppies and a couple corys patrolling the bottom and hiding in the aquascape. There is always something interesting going on in there, and zero drama with aggression, predation, etc. It is peaceful to watch and definitely a great stress-reducer at the end of the day.
I am from Trinidad, an island in the South Caribbean. Guppies are native to our island, of course in the wild they don't have the brilliant fan tails, however their bodies are brightly coloured. They are called "millions" because they are prolific breeders. Many of us started off with wild caught guppies as our first fish before moving on to pet store fish. They co-exist in the same environment with corys and plecos, along with acaras and wolf fish and freshwater sardines.
I just began keeping guppies a few months ago in my 20th year asa a fish keeper with my daughter. We live our individual planted 20 gallon tanks with guppies.🤗
I'm a new fish keeper, keeping snails for a while before today, picking up 5 guppies and a snail for my 25 gal tank. They are loving it! Super excited to get back into fish after not keeping them for such a long time
Ive got guppies for my first tank right now thank you for the advices 😁 they seem to love their new home lot of plants, full of friends ( snails / shrimps ) ❤ they are beautiful
My bro didn't want his tank anymore so ive just adopted about 50 guppies and a few mollies 2 shrimp and 5 plecs watch em every night and i nod off way easier
I think a really good topic for a 10 Things Video would be '10 Fish That Can Be Kept in Smaller Tanks', or "10 Fish That Can Be Kept in a 5 Gallon Tank". Personally I had a lot of difficulty finding out what fish I could put in my 5 Gallon, and how many I could put in it, because most websites I visited seemed to ignore smaller tank set-ups, or not list minimum requirements for fish at all. More available information on this topic could end up saving beginner fishkeepers a lot of grief, and possibly stop someone unintentionally abusing a fish.
Love my little guppies! Thought i lost them last week though T.T my toddler somehow got ahold of the food and....ya well 7 water changes later and its almost back to normal again. Im really amazed they all survived.
The reason why I’m a hobbyist is because as a child I used to catch wild Guppies in the East River in NYC with my friends. There are several coves in the city where you can catch them. Guppies, Mollies, and Swordtails were easy to catch as a child. I used to catch mine in the Hell’s Gate area of the East River. We used to catch them. Acclimate them slowly back to fresh water, then sell a few back to the LPS or people in the streets at big discounts. The waters in the East River are brackish, so by trial and error we learned how to restore them back to fresh water. The Cardinals and Neons Tetras were in deeper waters, so those we couldn’t catch those. The East River waters have Stingrays, Bull Sharks, and Moray Eels in the Summer, so we avoided deeper waters. It’s scary when you see a shark in waist deep waters. That was our introduction to being a Aquarist. We learned different things about different fish, their temperature range, and parameters for certain fish. There was no internet back in the 70’s. People used to flush their sick or so called dead fish down the toilet. The brackish waters of the East River would shock them back to health. If you ever make your way to NYC, bring some knee deep boots and I’ll tell you of my secret Cove. It’s still there and very out of the way. That area of the East River is called Hell’s Gate for its massive undertow, so you must stay in the protection of the cove. I won’t post this place openly, but I’ll tell you if it through email or Messenger. Later!
Jose Montalvo it’s break and I going to NYC for break! I asked my parents and they said I could go into the cove if they are with me I’m gonna get knee high boots and waist high waiters if I know where it is do u think u could tell me where
I've had big tanks and exotic fish, but nowadays I love just keepin' guppies. I live in Thailand, so I can keep them in pots outside, and feature some of my favorite in my 10 gallon with my shrimp. What's really fun is that I got a few different varieties over time, and with all the interbreeding, I get all sorts of surprises in coloration and fins. Out of nowhere I got an all gold guppie. I have one male with an arrow shaped tail. I've got one with very strong verticle stripes on his body. So, it's fun just to see all the different variations that arise. Some stay pure to the original strain, and some new strains emerge. They are easy and satisfying.
Great video! I have never had fish before and just went out and got a 5gal tank and 2 guppies. So far its been great! hope I can get more into the hobby and successfully take care of them.
5:45 Every guppy colony I have had the females are Larger than the males, much larger in some cases. Got a hold of some more wild type females and they were huge compared to the males I already had, but they bred and had beautiful babies and A LOT of them as well.
Bettas are a great starter fish too. Basically like guppies. Lots of color. Don't need a huge tank just about 5 gallons and up. Pretty easy to take of. Not too expensive. The only thing bad with Bettas are that are aggressive so they don't need tankmates and since they're so aggressive they're harder to breed. But besides that they're a great starter fish.
You're 100% correct. Female guppies get about 50% better than males. Even when they aren't pregnant. They also eat all day too while males 'play' and chase females if they are around.
Great video! I’m just getting back into Guppies and am looking to breed them for my local area. I do absolutely love them and they’re such CURIOUS fish! Great first fish like you said and also great for kids because of you stick a hand in the tank, they don’t swim away! Some of mine even swim into my hands and just let me play with them xD Anyways, love these videos! Thank you guys for being awesome!!
I was setting up a new community tank and then I saw the Twin Cities Guppies and changed my mind. I want an all guppy tank with about 3 Cory’s - just like you suggested John! Albino red, albino blue tail, black Moscow, purple Moscow, half black/white. My tank is cycling now, this is the hard part, waiting for it to cycle. Just started cycling today so it’s going to be a few weeks but I can’t wait!
I have a 30 gallon tank. Beautifully set up with guppies and Mickey mouse Molly's. Not to long ago my guppy gave birth and her fry are almost big enough to let out of the breeding box, and now she's about to give birth again!!! I absolutely love my guppies! Also this video was super helpful even though I've had my tank for years lol
In Brazil we catch many variety of fishes in the hobby, including guppies, but they are not near as colorful like the the ones in stores. They are interesting either way. Great video, I love guppies
I recently bought 3 black moscow guppies. 2 females and 1 male. One of the females is already expecting. I'm, by far, enjoying their level of activity more than the 8 neon tetras I have in my tank
Just bought my first guppies the other day! I've kept tons of other tropical freshwater fish, but never guppies until now (strange I know lol). I found an almost brand new looking 10 gal tank at a Goodwill and got it originally to stock with baby Mystery Snails that will be hatching in the next week or two. I wanted something in there to keep my beneficial bacteria I seeded from my 30 gal alive until the snails hatch and decided guppies would do the trick, but now I am realizing how awesome these little fish are! Very colorful and active, and won't try to eat my baby snails when they hatch. I got 5 females for now, but plan on adding 1-2 males and breeding them once I get my snail eggs hatched and the baby snails sold. Thanks for the video! Very informative!
It took me a while to warm up to the pair...but you 2 are legit keepers...I’m not but I’m learning and I really enjoy the balance of the way both of you explain stuff... Strange...at first I wanted one voice or the other...as time went on I looked forward to both voices... Keep it up 🦈
I love guppies,when I started out fish keeping I started with Cichlids,everything was fine until I bought a breeding pair,being new to the hobby I didnt take the right precautions with the new pair and instead of quarantining them,I added them to my already thriving Cichlid tank.The breeding pair wouldnt eat,tried everything,even adding garlic juice to their food,both of them died ,followed my entire tank of beautiful fish :( So a family member suggested guppies,he gave me 7 in all,now I have a tank with adults and juveniles and a breeding box with the third batch of babies,have also bought another tank lol Love them ,theyre pretty,easy to breed and easy to keep and get along fine with my Cory cats and Bristlenoses .This hobby is addictive and I love it lol
Midnightman I have a 43G tank and idk what to put in there. There’s a few shrimp, a mystery snail, common water snails, a black widow tetra ( I’m getting more soon ), 3 neon tetras, a fairly big angelfish, and 6 guppies, but the tank just seems empty.
Hi Lisa and John, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I have been thinking about starting a colony of guppies in my extra 40 breeder. Thanks very much for this informative video 👍.
My poor little betta fish passed away yesterday. I am so upset and don’t feel I can get another one at the moment. He was such an individual. A friend at work suggested guppies so I may take a look in a few days time. They look pretty and lively.
I have kept guppies for 10 years in two 4 gal tanks , no heater just steady room temp of 72 /74 degrees no filter just well planted tanks and 20 percent water change every week or more often if more fish , they live on average 4/5 years but do not breed as often as fish kept at higher temp , little or no disease so far . Great little fish and great vids ,thankyou .
My very first fish tank have wild guppies, 2 wild nerites, and wild shrimps. Guppies are very common wild fish in our country, and they're very underappreciated. Must would opt for goldfish or koi here. I got my guppies as babies and my males are now just recently starting to show their colors.
People always look at my guppies and say it's only guppies why do I need a big tank ! I don't care if you want to have any fish it should not be in a small tank ! So my guppies have a 100 gallon tank ! And mostly live food brine shrimp and once a month blood worms ! I have happy guppies 😁 🐌🐌 And 10 Corry cat's and 1 Bata = happy guppies
I breed Cory fish for some time and usually keep them together with a betta or some danios But one tank I used guppies What i saw was that after the third generation there were a lot of guppis with spinal deformities I took them out and put them in separate tanks (they lived shorter than the others but had a rather normal life The joke is that one male guppy outlived his generation mates with more than 48 months and is still alive and kicking. He is now alone with a pleco and ten corys.
I'm a first time fishtank owner and started off with Guppies approx 6+ months ago. My water heater only has my water to about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. I got a little fishtank but have 6 guppies and one algae eater. I have a variety of guppies. Yellow, orange and these like silverish ones. One of the silverish has blue in his tail. They're beautiful fish.
KGT, .I bought a fish food grinder i.e coffee grinder and grind up color enhancing food (a little too large for bitty mouths) and trust me, it lasts a long time and the colors are brilliant!🐟🐠🐟🐠
Hey John quick follow-up. Y'all mention keeping guppies in as little of a 5 gallon but don't seem to mention how breeding could get out of hand and they will be insanely cramped with a lot of water changes being required. Am I wrong in that statement if so then maybe I am due for another tank :p. I was just worried with such fast breeding that they will outgrow such a small tank.
Totally agree. Guppies breed like crazy. But the strains they make are beautiful. This is NOT a bad thing, breeding like mad better than not breeding at all! Plus in 6 months your first guppies Great-great-great-great-great-great grand guppies could be winning prizes for there beautiful new patterns. Every single strain you make will be completely unique, literally no one will have the same. It’s the special thing about guppies.🐠
Hi I'm new to having fish I'm waiting for my tank to be delivered it's a 24 litre one i don't have a lot of room for a large one so i don't want them to breed could i put just male guppies in with no females would they be happy like that
I have 2 males, they chase each other around, follow each other, swim next to each other. They're like little fish brothers. My daughter named them Tommy and Marley.
Sheesh, they aren’t just for making money, greaseballs. They’re adorable and smart too. My guppies get really excited when they see me approach their tank. Yeah they’re excited to eat, but they also observe me and greet me when they aren’t feeling ravenous.
Thank you for your comment. I am a newcomer to the fish hobby and considering starting with Guppies. I have no fish yet but doing research. I am seeking to enter the fish keeping hobby as both educational and most importantly companionship . It is good to know guppies may be friendly pet fish.
@@analogkid4957 Guppies are definitely beginner friendly fish and friendly in general. I have one and I can say they are amazing fish to have. I'm even thinking of getting one or two more to keep mine company so he doesnt get lonely. :))
I have to agree on the personality part. I was given a few fry and put them in quarantine tank....and they are watching when I am near the tank...very animated.
that's what she said 🤣 I luv guppies. I bought 2 sets of trios for too much money off craigslist lol but I'm hoping they make beautiful babies for our family to enjoy
Great video John & Lisa Marie.. im not big on guppies but Wifey wanted some so we got 6, 3 m 3 f... Needless to say, im up to my elbows in guppies... God bless yous... 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I was told it's about a 1gal per 1 inch of per fish ratio. What are your thoughts on this? Let me emphasize that I DO NOT have guppies at the moment. Edit: meaning 1 gal = one 1 inch sized fish.
This "rule" works well with small species, ie anything under 3 inches. However when you try to use it with fish that grow beyond that size it gets a little silly. For instance, 10 ember tetras could happily live their lives out in a 10 gallon tank, but change this to a 10 inch goldfish (which is still 1 inch of fish per gallon) and it obviously wouldn't work.
🐠🐟 Hi I’m new to the hobby and just bought guppy’s for my tank and a couple of cats my tank is 36 L I am just wondering can or should I put a little bit of fish salt in my water .thank you very much for this video I have learnt a lot from you and your wife and still got much more to learn seen quite a lot of videos on here and you are the main ones I seem to prefer . And didn’t you say you have been fish keeping since you were 19 years old thank God there are people like you and your wife that really care One of my friends fishes had died and they said to me what are you getting upset for it’s just a fish it’s not just a fish to me don’t like their attitude anyway thank you again Kim from 🇬🇧
What do you do when the guppies keep breeding though? I am raising some fry, and I know that they are getting to an age that they will start breed too. What the heck do I do then?!
I live on the Tropical Island of Guam - I get my guppies from my lilly pond outside my house. I never feed the outside fish but the guppies do just fine in the dark muddy water (I suspect they eat bugs, rotten leaves and each other). Just today I got a 10 gal tank for inside and this is the first time in the life of about 20 of them to live in clean, clear water that is deeper than anything they ever experience in the "wild". They even dined on fish flakes for the first time in their lives. They seem very happy with the change.
I plan on rescuing some feeder guppies that are meant for food for other fish and animals! So they can live in my 6.5 gallon tank happily! I appreciate your video on them!
Incase you didn’t know, guppies while breeding have the ability to save the sperm of the male, so just from 1 mating session, they can have up too 8 broods. :)
HA... I can't believe I forgot that little tidbit! Thanks! I just started up my 20 gallon show tank again (been a few years), and the first thing I got was some Fancy Guppies. then some Goldfish, a Pleco, couple Corys, a shebunkin (need 2 more of those) and some Ghost shrimp... I think the Pleco ate those though. oops! lol :-)
Ha... that’s funny. Currently in my ten gallon I have 3 shrimp, 3 tetras, & 14 guppies (my female guppy recently gave birth) so my tanks a bit over stocked haha 😅
@@perlebabin7115 I got 2 more Shebunkin, but I've lost a Goldfish and a Cory. Am I saddened by the losses... yeah, a little, but I also believe in what adapts to my tank, Nature picking out what should survive... that's why I get young fish... I know nature will select the strong, what adapts... they were kind of iffy anyway, & there's two more Golds that I'm watching... they might not make it!
@Mello Kitty When I decided to get my tank going again, I had decided (before then) to get what we had way back when, when we had the family tank, Zebra Danios, Cardinal and Neon Tetras, and a few scavengers... so, I get my 20G tank set up, got a new filter, and I'm online now, so I'm looking at everything I can... for about 30 years, (off and on) I've been doing Goldfish and Guppies, easy to take care of... not too expensive... and most of all, they get along! I've added a few things, a Dojo, Chinese Algae Eaters... I've been thinking about maybe getting a 40G or 50G tank lately... something a little bigger so that there's lots of room for growth, and the Hang-On-Back filter I got is for up to a 75G tank, or maybe I'll just fix up my box pond or get a tub pond going... you know, to thin out the Goldfish a bit... the possibilities are endless! :-)
@Mello Kitty There shouldn't be a problem, they're both passive fish! I considered getting a Moor, but if I get a fantail, it will probably be a Calico... I have regular Goldfish , and a few Shebunkins... I like a mix of color! :-)
We love our guppies my grandson showed them this video they loved it. We had their parents when I put my grandson to bed I feed them and I turn to feed them and they are all at one end of the tank looking at me and I let them nibble on my finger. So cute and
1. put guppies in tank.
2. a ratio of 3 females 1 male is a good start
3. feed
4. feed babies
5. feed the new babies
6. feed the newer babies
7. buy new bigger tank for the new babies
8. buy another bloody tank for the newer babies
9. give the first lot of babies away
10 start selling guppies
11. profit ....
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Mucks your a god damn genius
@@oniljohnson9715 yes he is
Story continues! Can't sell them all or give them away, so you have to eliminate them to keep them from overpopulating all your tanks! So sad!
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Or put 1 female and 3 male . No more babies no more new tank .
my oldest guppy was 5 years old, it was a sad day when he died, almost wanted to quit the hobby but boy was the babies he help make beautiful, big fan tails with mostly black and tiny bits of red flowing down
Wow, I just know they can live for 5 years. If you keep same strain offspring, it look like you can have immortal guppies
had one live 3.5 years
I’m sorry to hear that but I’m sure he lived a really good life!!!
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Wow that’s a long life you must have taken good care of him
I have to say, as someone who has worked in the fish keeping industry for the last 17-and-a-half years and is a staunch believer in 'old school' forms of conventional information distribution on aquarium keeping (i.e., 'books'), your channel is by FAR the most 'synced up' with aquarium literature I have EVER seen! EVERY video I have seen almost COMPLETELY corresponds with the wealth of information provided by the plethora of aquarium books I have read and continue to reference when consulting future fish keepers.
I know it seems like a weird bench-mark to compare online information to, but considering the fact that aquarium literature is edited and written by various experts in the field--something sorely lacking in the online realm--having an online resource whose information corroborates very much with aquarium literature in a beginner-friendly, easy-to-digest format is a GOD-SEND in my line of work. Because of the modern trend of referencing information from the web instead of a book, having an online source like your channel is the digital answer to my prayers: I enthusiastically refer new aquarists to your channel every chance I get! I thank you eternally for this gift from the aquatic realm. :)
You are one articulate fella,I'm jealous!
Im new to the fish world just set up my first tank and waiting to introduce fish, i have cared for and worked with a number of different animals and therefore researched a lot of different animals and never with any other animals have i found as much conflicting info then i have about guppies and fish tanks that im convinced every ‘fish guy’ is just full of BS
@@lruddy8820 I haven’t read it yet, but there’s a book by Animal Planet on the keeping of guppies. I’m very satisfied with most of the books in the Animal Planet series, so you might want to give it a try. :-)
@@Psybur most of those animal planet books seem to be out of production and are only available thru kindle and well im an old man trapped in a young mans body i dont read on kindle and go to water aerobics for the arthritis in my back
@@lruddy8820 I’m sorry to hear that (about the lack of a physical copy of a book, I mean). :(
Pov, you’re a beginner aquarist
1. You want a fish tank, you get one
2. You want a good fish to start of with, you choose guppies
3. You buy 9; 6 females and 3 males
4. Within a month the number has doubled
5. They keep breeding
6. You sell the fry to your lfs
7. You start breeding rare guppies
8. You go to more and more fish shows, selling your guppies for hundreds
9. You get the world record for most expensive guppy sold
Achievement unlocked - Unintentional guppy master
I just bought 3 different types of guppies today, 5 female and 3 male. Is that a problem and how fast are they going to breed after I have putten those in my tank?
Gleis Xheli Wow that’s amazing, I got 3 types of guppies yesterday aha. So the ratio should’ve be 3 males and 6 females, but I wouldn’t think it would be a problem. For guppies to breed you’ll want a planted high quality tank and you literally just wait. I’m unsure how fast it will take for them to start to breed but they will, like crazy .
@@j__ck7562 Thnx man, one day after i bought them i saw the male chasing 2 females so i think im going to have fry soon , but what should i do after the female gives birth?
Gleis Xheli Remove the fry into a grow up tank or holder box thing after they have hatched. I’m not a guppy breeder so I’d recommend doing your own research for a few hours, I don’t want to give wrong information aha
Gleis Xheli I started with 9 (3 males and 5) females) in my 20 gallon. They breed pretty fast after a month a bought a new tank for the females so that I wouldn’t have to deal with the fry
Wouldn’t you agree that Guppies are some of the cutest fish in the hobby?
Excellent content and great production :)
make good tiger oscar food!!!!
Yes guppies has always been my all time favorites.
@@cjmack4997 you make great food for lions
@@ilovemyself9565 only if they can catch me
I put my 3 blue sword tail gups in with my platinum betta Percy and They have been getting along great. Percy didn't seem to mind the snail or ghost shrimp so I took a chance and added the 3 fish. Having them together actually improved Percys activities and he's exploring more of his environment. I love having them.
I ordered a male and female pair of endlers .... 3 days later I got my fish out of the box and discovered 5 babys swimming around the bag already lol
Ha! The magic of guppies!
😂
Guppies are amazing from a genetic standpoint too. You can watch how slowly over generations their appearance change. Just make sure to introduce males/females from different phenotypes though to get them to mix.
Over a while of keeping Guppies, you end up breeding your OWN unique phenotype of guppies in your aquarium =)
Ours ended up with a gorgeous iridescent body, orange back, fiery red tail, with a black body spot, stripe or lack of it. The females were plain with an iridescent white-slightly orange gradient tail with spots.
You can really make your aquarium unique to yourself!
I know. It’s amazing!
I agree your comments. However, I would caution about introducing males/males from different phenotypes. I started with 10 guppies in a 10 gallon tank and ended up with 167 guppies less than a year later. I then bought two Tequila Sunrise males to diversify the gene pool. That was a mistake. Within 3 days the original guppies started dying. In about a week I lost 158 guppies. The 3 males that I bought survived and reproduced with the 4 remaining females. The number is back past 140, but I noticed that unlike my first batch, that kept reproducing with every change of water, these guppies reproduce at a slower rate or are keeping their numbers in check by eating the fry. It's hard to tell because I feed them the same way as the first batch.
@@genechicago4806 I think it was because you didn't quarantine them...the new fish obviously Introduced a new disease to ur old guppies
Thanks for the great video. Guppies always remind me of The Ogden Nash poem:
Whales have calves,
Cats have kittens,
Bears have cubs,
Bats have bittens,
Swans have cygnets,
Seals have puppies,
But guppies just have little guppies.
Nostalgic
Yup
Wait, aren't they fry? Ik that's a term for all fish babies, but there is still a separate word.
When a bitten turns into a bitten into, covid happens
guppy fry ._.
I've rescued 5 guppys from a friend of mine who wanted to get rid of them. Long story short they aren't 5 anymore 😂 more like 20
OMG
Welp Atleast they are happy now XD
Lol. Started with ten, had 400 after 2 yrs. Lost them all in the power outage after the recent winter storm. Bought 5 yesterday.
Any tips on breeding? I’m planning on getting 2 guppies. 1 male and 1 female. Any tips on how to breed with just 2 fish?
@@blazeonlimez2672 don't get just 2. thise males can chase one female to death. get at least 2 ladies. you don't have to do anything. it happens . as long as water is clean and food is good, there is no end in babies.
I have one male guppy with a group of mollies, hes the black sheep but is the ruler of the tank.
He would watch the world burn actually if he could.
Jo McNeely is that bad?
Hahaha
Fish King
I have a female and male pair of Dwarf Cichlids. I think they're perfect tank mates for my guppies. They hang out at the bottom of the tank and look gorgeous and don't get very big. It's fun watching them do their mating behaviors too. My guppies take up the middle and top parts of my tank and provide color and entertainment there as well. Both fish species had different swimming paterns and behaviors so it provides a bit of variety to the tank. Highly recommend! Just do the research on the dwarf cichlids beforehand.
Guppies are a gateway fish. Great information.
Mad Fish Diva - So True! I started catching my own Guppies. Then I started catching Mollies and Swordtails. After that I started buying Neon Tetras, then Glow lites Tetras, Cardinal Tetras, Ember Tetras. I never stopped. Guppies are a gateway fish! Be carful out there. Guppies seem easy, then once you see Fry’s in the tank, you’re hook!
It's so true. They are a gateway fish and now I have tank addiction and have spent the majority of my money and tanks, fish, plants, lights, filters, heater, ect.
A gateway fish😁😁😁😂😛!!!
They told us in school about guppies... *the gateway fish*
Guppies give me nostalgia. My dad and grandpa were big fish keepers and I got my first tank, a 12 gal, and I got to choose the guppies I want. They had a little decoration cave thing, a bunch of plants, an elevation in the sand and some corries and dwarf placo's. They made sure the filter was right and there were water changes and I just had to make sure they ate well and watched them grow. My dad also taught me to number females to males 2 to 1 so the females don't get stressed out and boy did I have a baby boom. Dad I'm not ready to be a parent!
I’m here after I went to the LFS and bought a bag of ghost shrimp. I got 20 shrimp and the clerk accidentally caught a tiny feeder guppy with them. She just threw it in for free. So this lucky guppy somehow fell out of the net during purchase and into the shrimp tank 3ft below, escaped the shrimp during that time, caught up with a big haul of shrimp to finally end up in my 30 gallon planted community tank. She’s living the good life! Happily exploring and snacking on everything she chooses. She has grown 3x in size since bringing her home. She has no color, just a white grayish guppy. I feel good knowing I rescued this little fish from certain doom simply by this fish’s luck.
This is perfect, thank you! I'm an intermediate fishkeeper and struggle with showing new hobbyists the ropes even though I'm very excited to get everyone I know into the hobby. These 10 Things videos are perfect for me to send to friends who are just getting started!
I picked up 20 feeder guppies for my young Oscars. I setup a 5 gallon holding tank for them so I could medicate and feed them well, I wanted my Oscars to have quality fish if they were going to be eating live you know? But then when I went to net out the guppies.... and I saw all the babies in the tank I just fell in love with them.
I now have 4 tanks setup just for breeding common feeder guppies. The colors of some of the males is just breathtaking. I even have one that can change the color of its tail from yellow to black and literally no one I’ve shown the video to has ever seen anything like it.
Guppies are amazing.
Tetsu Shatarii omg😂the addiction is realllll😂😂😂
So you bought other live fish to feed your Oscar?
nightlightabcd Initially yes. Now I just feed them the culls when I have them. Think of that what you will.
Can you post a link to the video?
@@tetsushatarii2108 no one else gunna say it i will thank you for culling at all no matter how you do it. But honestly i feed my african cichlids xD
That's exactly my current 29g population -- 15 guppies and a couple corys patrolling the bottom and hiding in the aquascape. There is always something interesting going on in there, and zero drama with aggression, predation, etc. It is peaceful to watch and definitely a great stress-reducer at the end of the day.
This comment help me out, thanks. I'm new into the hobby and my 1st tank is an 29g. Was going with some tetra's but I'm leaning towards the guppy's.
I am from Trinidad, an island in the South Caribbean. Guppies are native to our island, of course in the wild they don't have the brilliant fan tails, however their bodies are brightly coloured. They are called "millions" because they are prolific breeders. Many of us started off with wild caught guppies as our first fish before moving on to pet store fish. They co-exist in the same environment with corys and plecos, along with acaras and wolf fish and freshwater sardines.
I just began keeping guppies a few months ago in my 20th year asa a fish keeper with my daughter. We live our individual planted 20 gallon tanks with guppies.🤗
I'm a new fish keeper, keeping snails for a while before today, picking up 5 guppies and a snail for my 25 gal tank. They are loving it! Super excited to get back into fish after not keeping them for such a long time
*Guppies* *will* *give* *you* *a* *fortune* *if* *you* *are* *good* *enough* *to* *give* *them* *great* *care* *and* *love.* *Great* *video* *love* *from* *India* 🥰🥰🥰
Ya true
hi do you sell guppies in india
MALAYALI PWOLIYANN
Hi nammude guppy wagon
I have 3 guppies in a 5 gallon tank they are my best buddies. Hasta la vista amigo!
Ive got guppies for my first tank right now thank you for the advices 😁 they seem to love their new home lot of plants, full of friends ( snails / shrimps ) ❤ they are beautiful
I love the that’s what she said edits from the office. They make me laugh every time. I got 5 guppies for my 20 gallon and their awesome!!
Absolutely!! I love my 5 little Guppies 💁🏼♀️ won’t be 5 for long though 😂two of my females are pregnant already
My bro didn't want his tank anymore so ive just adopted about 50 guppies and a few mollies 2 shrimp and 5 plecs watch em every night and i nod off way easier
I think a really good topic for a 10 Things Video would be '10 Fish That Can Be Kept in Smaller Tanks', or "10 Fish That Can Be Kept in a 5 Gallon Tank". Personally I had a lot of difficulty finding out what fish I could put in my 5 Gallon, and how many I could put in it, because most websites I visited seemed to ignore smaller tank set-ups, or not list minimum requirements for fish at all. More available information on this topic could end up saving beginner fishkeepers a lot of grief, and possibly stop someone unintentionally abusing a fish.
Love my little guppies! Thought i lost them last week though T.T my toddler somehow got ahold of the food and....ya well 7 water changes later and its almost back to normal again. Im really amazed they all survived.
The reason why I’m a hobbyist is because as a child I used to catch wild Guppies in the East River in NYC with my friends. There are several coves in the city where you can catch them. Guppies, Mollies, and Swordtails were easy to catch as a child. I used to catch mine in the Hell’s Gate area of the East River. We used to catch them. Acclimate them slowly back to fresh water, then sell a few back to the LPS or people in the streets at big discounts. The waters in the East River are brackish, so by trial and error we learned how to restore them back to fresh water. The Cardinals and Neons Tetras were in deeper waters, so those we couldn’t catch those. The East River waters have Stingrays, Bull Sharks, and Moray Eels in the Summer, so we avoided deeper waters. It’s scary when you see a shark in waist deep waters. That was our introduction to being a Aquarist. We learned different things about different fish, their temperature range, and parameters for certain fish. There was no internet back in the 70’s. People used to flush their sick or so called dead fish down the toilet. The brackish waters of the East River would shock them back to health. If you ever make your way to NYC, bring some knee deep boots and I’ll tell you of my secret Cove. It’s still there and very out of the way. That area of the East River is called Hell’s Gate for its massive undertow, so you must stay in the protection of the cove. I won’t post this place openly, but I’ll tell you if it through email or Messenger. Later!
Great story, thanks!
Love your story , was very interesting !
gloria pena -You are welcome!
Jose Montalvo it’s break and I going to NYC for break! I asked my parents and they said I could go into the cove if they are with me I’m gonna get knee high boots and waist high waiters if I know where it is do u think u could tell me where
I need some knee- deep boots just reading this BS story...lol
I've had big tanks and exotic fish, but nowadays I love just keepin' guppies. I live in Thailand, so I can keep them in pots outside, and feature some of my favorite in my 10 gallon with my shrimp. What's really fun is that I got a few different varieties over time, and with all the interbreeding, I get all sorts of surprises in coloration and fins. Out of nowhere I got an all gold guppie. I have one male with an arrow shaped tail. I've got one with very strong verticle stripes on his body. So, it's fun just to see all the different variations that arise. Some stay pure to the original strain, and some new strains emerge. They are easy and satisfying.
I had a female for 7 years her name was professor plum just recently died but she better 6 moves with me and she was there through thick and thin
Ruth Willson wow that’s a long time!
did you use some kind of Nazi's experimental liquid?
7 years is very long life for guppy fish, you must be a good keeper
@@Cleeon actually she was jept without a heater which slows their metabolism
@@williamleon7907 ooh i see, they live in relatively cool temperature
Great video! I have never had fish before and just went out and got a 5gal tank and 2 guppies. So far its been great! hope I can get more into the hobby and successfully take care of them.
U dont need 125 gal tank
Me : 300 gal tank and 5k gal pond all for guppies. U cant tell me what to do
I have a 50ft swimming pool full of the little blighters.
Shutupp terramer!
Same I have a 800 pond just for them lol
I am introducing them to my 25K heated pool down here in Houston .
I have an Olympic swimming pool in my backyard we can start by filling them up I think that might be too small though
I've had my guppies in with my angelfish and they have been peacefully living in their ecosystem! I'm really happy, I love the contrast
5:45 Every guppy colony I have had the females are Larger than the males, much larger in some cases.
Got a hold of some more wild type females and they were huge compared to the males I already had, but they bred and had beautiful babies and A LOT of them as well.
Bettas are a great starter fish too. Basically like guppies. Lots of color. Don't need a huge tank just about 5 gallons and up. Pretty easy to take of. Not too expensive. The only thing bad with Bettas are that are aggressive so they don't need tankmates and since they're so aggressive they're harder to breed. But besides that they're a great starter fish.
As an avid guppy breeder, I recommend these statements and requirements. I feed my guppies and their fry Sustainable Aquatics ™ hatchery food.
Ghaphe phies
I got my first guppies today and I’m SO excited!!! They’re SO pretty!! ☺️☺️☺️
She said that the females are smaller, but no, in my experience of keeping guppies the males are smaller, the females are bigger.
Agreed
You're 100% correct. Female guppies get about 50% better than males. Even when they aren't pregnant.
They also eat all day too while males 'play' and chase females if they are around.
Great video! I’m just getting back into Guppies and am looking to breed them for my local area. I do absolutely love them and they’re such CURIOUS fish! Great first fish like you said and also great for kids because of you stick a hand in the tank, they don’t swim away! Some of mine even swim into my hands and just let me play with them xD
Anyways, love these videos! Thank you guys for being awesome!!
My great grandfather had several guppy tanks in the 70’s and 80’s until it got too difficult to keep up and then my parents took over.
I was setting up a new community tank and then I saw the Twin Cities Guppies and changed my mind. I want an all guppy tank with about 3 Cory’s - just like you suggested John! Albino red, albino blue tail, black Moscow, purple Moscow, half black/white. My tank is cycling now, this is the hard part, waiting for it to cycle. Just started cycling today so it’s going to be a few weeks but I can’t wait!
I have a 30 gallon tank. Beautifully set up with guppies and Mickey mouse Molly's. Not to long ago my guppy gave birth and her fry are almost big enough to let out of the breeding box, and now she's about to give birth again!!! I absolutely love my guppies! Also this video was super helpful even though I've had my tank for years lol
I am breeding just guppies and I love them.Sooo cute.Thank you KG Tropicals for ALL your information.🙌
breeding: "just add water to the tank, and they will do it all. trust me, they're just gonna..... pssshhhh... just like rabbits" XD
What’s breading?
@@cyclinguy so I spelled it wrong, big deal?
@@cyclinguy Different kind of fish situation. Ends with lemon and tartar sauce.
I was laughing how he presented the fish libido to rabbits, lol. ;)
@@terrymiller111 🤣
Love my guppies and was fortunate to find wild caught guppies to add in to strengthen line so relaxing to watch
In Brazil we catch many variety of fishes in the hobby, including guppies, but they are not near as colorful like the the ones in stores. They are interesting either way.
Great video, I love guppies
I recently bought 3 black moscow guppies. 2 females and 1 male. One of the females is already expecting. I'm, by far, enjoying their level of activity more than the 8 neon tetras I have in my tank
John and Lisa love the top ten. Please change that background music.
Just bought my first guppies the other day! I've kept tons of other tropical freshwater fish, but never guppies until now (strange I know lol). I found an almost brand new looking 10 gal tank at a Goodwill and got it originally to stock with baby Mystery Snails that will be hatching in the next week or two. I wanted something in there to keep my beneficial bacteria I seeded from my 30 gal alive until the snails hatch and decided guppies would do the trick, but now I am realizing how awesome these little fish are! Very colorful and active, and won't try to eat my baby snails when they hatch. I got 5 females for now, but plan on adding 1-2 males and breeding them once I get my snail eggs hatched and the baby snails sold. Thanks for the video! Very informative!
It took me a while to warm up to the pair...but you 2 are legit keepers...I’m not but I’m learning and I really enjoy the balance of the way both of you explain stuff...
Strange...at first I wanted one voice or the other...as time went on I looked forward to both voices...
Keep it up 🦈
I started with guppies and to this day still keep them! Such "happy" little fish!
Excellent channel! Just a note: Here in Cambodia, they are very spread in the wild.
I love guppies,when I started out fish keeping I started with Cichlids,everything was fine until I bought a breeding pair,being new to the hobby I didnt take the right precautions with the new pair and instead of quarantining them,I added them to my already thriving Cichlid tank.The breeding pair wouldnt eat,tried everything,even adding garlic juice to their food,both of them died ,followed my entire tank of beautiful fish :( So a family member suggested guppies,he gave me 7 in all,now I have a tank with adults and juveniles and a breeding box with the third batch of babies,have also bought another tank lol Love them ,theyre pretty,easy to breed and easy to keep and get along fine with my Cory cats and Bristlenoses .This hobby is addictive and I love it lol
She's hilarious! 🤣🤣she look so over it sometimes but you can tell she has a passion for it 😅
ChérieCurry Moon youre right 😂 like a mom who wanna get rid of her kids as they turn 18
Another great one Lisa and John. Of course the inclusion of Keng Lee was awesome. I may have to get back into guppies now...
"you dont need a 125g tank for guppies" Hm... I found my new tank idea!
I don't need it, but I want it!
At least five gallons!
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Midnightman I have a 43G tank and idk what to put in there. There’s a few shrimp, a mystery snail, common water snails, a black widow tetra ( I’m getting more soon ), 3 neon tetras, a fairly big angelfish, and 6 guppies, but the tank just seems empty.
No a minimum tank would be 5g but 10g is what i'd go with.
Hi Lisa and John, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. I have been thinking about starting a colony of guppies in my extra 40 breeder. Thanks very much for this informative video 👍.
I would reccomend it. I started a colony in my 45 hex. I can no longer count them 2 months later. It is pretty enjoyable.
Just had my first one give birth last week. It's so cool
My poor little betta fish passed away yesterday. I am so upset and don’t feel I can get another one at the moment. He was such an individual. A friend at work suggested guppies so I may take a look in a few days time. They look pretty and lively.
Another 10 things hit. Great job. Cheers
My guppies arrive next week! I can't wait. Thank you for this video! X
Thanks for all your '10 things' series...fabulous help for us all!
I have kept guppies for 10 years in two 4 gal tanks , no heater just steady room temp of 72 /74 degrees no filter just well planted tanks and 20 percent water change every week or more often if more fish , they live on average 4/5 years but do not breed as often as fish kept at higher temp , little or no disease so far . Great little fish and great vids ,thankyou .
My very first fish tank have wild guppies, 2 wild nerites, and wild shrimps. Guppies are very common wild fish in our country, and they're very underappreciated. Must would opt for goldfish or koi here. I got my guppies as babies and my males are now just recently starting to show their colors.
Thanks for putting “that’s what she said” clip, made my day!😂
People always look at my guppies and say it's only guppies why do I need a big tank !
I don't care if you want to have any fish it should not be in a small tank !
So my guppies have a 100 gallon tank ! And mostly live food brine shrimp and once a month blood worms ! I have happy guppies 😁 🐌🐌
And 10 Corry cat's and 1 Bata = happy guppies
eva b wow!!
Is your Betta a male? I've always heard that make Bettas see guppies as competitors.
Guppies are so cute! I want a guppy tank for my dorm room so bad
I breed Cory fish for some time and usually keep them together with a betta or some danios But one tank I used guppies What i saw was that after the third generation there were a lot of guppis with spinal deformities I took them out and put them in separate tanks (they lived shorter than the others but had a rather normal life The joke is that one male guppy outlived his generation mates with more than 48 months and is still alive and kicking. He is now alone with a pleco and ten corys.
Nice 10 things video. Not sure how I missed it when it was first released. Cheers
I love guppies but they are definitely overbred and are weak. Best to get them from the actual breeders.
I'm a first time fishtank owner and started off with Guppies approx 6+ months ago. My water heater only has my water to about 68 degrees Fahrenheit. I got a little fishtank but have 6 guppies and one algae eater. I have a variety of guppies. Yellow, orange and these like silverish ones. One of the silverish has blue in his tail. They're beautiful fish.
Thank you for having Keng Lee on. He's good people.
I’m new to the aquarium hobby, and I have a 29 gallon tank. I have 6 guppies and I love them.
4:53 what type of guppy are those
KGT, .I bought a fish food grinder i.e coffee grinder and grind up color enhancing food (a little too large for bitty mouths) and trust me, it lasts a long time and the colors are brilliant!🐟🐠🐟🐠
My guppies tank mate is a male Betta
They get along and my male Betta is harmless
But I’m lucky that they got along
I really NEED to know where those beautiful rocks in your tank come from. Must have! Love the channel and all the info!
Hey John quick follow-up. Y'all mention keeping guppies in as little of a 5 gallon but don't seem to mention how breeding could get out of hand and they will be insanely cramped with a lot of water changes being required. Am I wrong in that statement if so then maybe I am due for another tank :p. I was just worried with such fast breeding that they will outgrow such a small tank.
Totally agree. Guppies breed like crazy. But the strains they make are beautiful. This is NOT a bad thing, breeding like mad better than not breeding at all! Plus in 6 months your first guppies Great-great-great-great-great-great grand guppies could be winning prizes for there beautiful new patterns. Every single strain you make will be completely unique, literally no one will have the same. It’s the special thing about guppies.🐠
You're right about the frequent water changes. I have to do approximately 5 gallons every three days in a 10 gallon aquarium.
In Puerto Rico, you can easily find them in the wild, it's quite beautiful
There's that ONE guppy that I have.
So so aggressive you don't even know
Mine too😭 he literally nipped at the prettier females so aggressively I put him in a breeder by himself 🙂
This is exactly what I was looking for…god love ya’s
Hi I'm new to having fish I'm waiting for my tank to be delivered it's a 24 litre one i don't have a lot of room for a large one so i don't want them to breed could i put just male guppies in with no females would they be happy like that
Yes no females means no need to fight to mate.
I have 2 males, they chase each other around, follow each other, swim next to each other. They're like little fish brothers. My daughter named them Tommy and Marley.
Just got some guppies for my kids today, this is very helpful, thanks
I'm making the switch.
I’ve been keeping guppies for close to ten years now and I like to come back to this video every now and then just for self reminders
Sheesh, they aren’t just for making money, greaseballs. They’re adorable and smart too. My guppies get really excited when they see me approach their tank. Yeah they’re excited to eat, but they also observe me and greet me when they aren’t feeling ravenous.
r/wooosh
Thank you for your comment. I am a newcomer to the fish hobby and considering starting with Guppies. I have no fish yet but doing research. I am seeking to enter the fish keeping hobby as both educational and most importantly companionship . It is good to know guppies may be friendly pet fish.
@@analogkid4957 Guppies are definitely beginner friendly fish and friendly in general. I have one and I can say they are amazing fish to have. I'm even thinking of getting one or two more to keep mine company so he doesnt get lonely. :))
I have to agree on the personality part. I was given a few fry and put them in quarantine tank....and they are watching when I am near the tank...very animated.
that's what she said 🤣 I luv guppies. I bought 2 sets of trios for too much money off craigslist lol but I'm hoping they make beautiful babies for our family to enjoy
I've kept them for a couple years they breed like rabbits
Great video John & Lisa Marie.. im not big on guppies but Wifey wanted some so we got 6, 3 m 3 f...
Needless to say, im up to my elbows in guppies...
God bless yous... 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I was told it's about a 1gal per 1 inch of per fish ratio. What are your thoughts on this?
Let me emphasize that I DO NOT have guppies at the moment.
Edit: meaning 1 gal = one 1 inch sized fish.
Shel D it honestly depends on the fish
This "rule" works well with small species, ie anything under 3 inches. However when you try to use it with fish that grow beyond that size it gets a little silly. For instance, 10 ember tetras could happily live their lives out in a 10 gallon tank, but change this to a 10 inch goldfish (which is still 1 inch of fish per gallon) and it obviously wouldn't work.
🐠🐟 Hi I’m new to the hobby and just bought guppy’s for my tank and a couple of cats my tank is 36 L I am just wondering can or should I put a little bit of fish salt in my water .thank you very much for this video I have learnt a lot from you and your wife and still got much more to learn seen quite a lot of videos on here and you are the main ones I seem to prefer . And didn’t you say you have been fish keeping since you were 19 years old thank God there are people like you and your wife that really care One of my friends fishes had died and they said to me what are you getting upset for it’s just a fish it’s not just a fish to me don’t like their attitude anyway thank you again Kim from 🇬🇧
What do you do when the guppies keep breeding though? I am raising some fry, and I know that they are getting to an age that they will start breed too. What the heck do I do then?!
You could sell them
I live on the Tropical Island of Guam - I get my guppies from my lilly pond outside my house. I never feed the outside fish but the guppies do just fine in the dark muddy water (I suspect they eat bugs, rotten leaves and each other). Just today I got a 10 gal tank for inside and this is the first time in the life of about 20 of them to live in clean, clear water that is deeper than anything they ever experience in the "wild". They even dined on fish flakes for the first time in their lives. They seem very happy with the change.
My guppies keep dieing on me.
I plan on rescuing some feeder guppies that are meant for food for other fish and animals! So they can live in my 6.5 gallon tank happily! I appreciate your video on them!
Incase you didn’t know, guppies while breeding have the ability to save the sperm of the male, so just from 1 mating session, they can have up too 8 broods. :)
HA... I can't believe I forgot that little tidbit! Thanks!
I just started up my 20 gallon show tank again (been a few years),
and the first thing I got was some Fancy Guppies. then some Goldfish, a Pleco, couple Corys,
a shebunkin (need 2 more of those) and some Ghost shrimp... I think the Pleco ate those though. oops! lol :-)
Ha... that’s funny. Currently in my ten gallon I have 3 shrimp, 3 tetras, & 14 guppies (my female guppy recently gave birth) so my tanks a bit over stocked haha 😅
@@perlebabin7115 I got 2 more Shebunkin, but I've lost a Goldfish and a Cory.
Am I saddened by the losses... yeah, a little, but I also believe in what adapts to my tank,
Nature picking out what should survive... that's why I get young fish... I know nature will
select the strong, what adapts... they were kind of iffy anyway, & there's two more Golds that
I'm watching... they might not make it!
@Mello Kitty When I decided to get my tank going again, I had decided (before then) to get what we had way back when, when we had the family tank, Zebra Danios, Cardinal and Neon Tetras, and a few scavengers... so, I get my 20G tank set up, got a new filter, and I'm online now, so I'm looking at everything I can... for about 30 years, (off and on) I've been doing Goldfish and Guppies, easy to take care of... not too expensive... and most of all, they get along! I've added a few things, a Dojo, Chinese Algae Eaters... I've been thinking about maybe getting a 40G or 50G tank lately... something a little bigger so that there's lots of room for growth, and the Hang-On-Back filter I got is for up to a 75G tank, or maybe I'll just fix up my box pond or get a tub pond going... you know, to thin out the Goldfish a bit... the possibilities are endless! :-)
@Mello Kitty There shouldn't be a problem, they're both passive fish! I considered getting a Moor, but if I get a fantail, it will probably be a Calico... I have regular Goldfish , and a few Shebunkins... I like a mix of color! :-)
We love our guppies my grandson showed them this video they loved it. We had their parents when I put my grandson to bed I feed them and I turn to feed them and they are all at one end of the tank looking at me and I let them nibble on my finger. So cute and
2:05 I thought this was for kids.