Hey this is a very well done video! I am still watching as I type this. I remember getting guppies in 1966, I had never seen them before and I was just amazed at the colours in the males. I think our first ones were Fancy grade, there were not a lot of different varieties available to us back then. So I started back into the hobby after 40 years away and the first thing I bought was Fancy grade Guppies. I needed something to help get my tank going and everybody stayed happy and healthy until the tank was cycled. I gotta tell you the nostalgia is unreal! I love the zest that Guppies show for life and reproduction! 😂🤣 The males I got are beautiful! One of the females just gave birth to nine babies, I had forgotten how tiny they were. I upped the feeding schedule and used finely ground flakes of several types of food. It has been a few weeks, they are just starting to show a little colour, none were eaten, I suspect because they are well fed. I hope my local fish shop will take a few to keep the numbers down Once I get my second aquarium running I can control the breeding a little. I appreciate your video, enjoyed it immensely!
Great and informative video! Thouroughly love the set-up. I have always wondered about going with all fake plants because it can be so much easier and it looks like it’s working well. Like the hang on boxes for the fry too. Definitely of the best fishkeeping videos I’ve seen! Thank you!
I have a mail endler in with a female red tail and a female phantom delta and 2 African dwarf frogs. Im just letting it go and see what i can get out of it
From one hobbyist to another. Those African "dwarf" frogs you have will definitely eat your fish. As soon as they can, they will lol. I learned the hard way years ago. Just my own experience. Best of luck ✌
@@brandonwachter2264 im hoping they will eat most of the fri and the best will survive and breed on. They dont seem to go after them once they get about a month old.
I Love watching your videos cause you know just how to talk about how your doing things & how it's working for you & I LOVE your set up just wish I had a big enough space to do mine.
@@pittsburghpets3759 since I watched this video I've changed things around a bit where I can have 2-55 gal tanks a 30 gal & a 20 gal & that's all the space I can work with on what I'm doing with mine as a colony breeding OH & the 110 gal stock tank I have too. no certain breeds no certain colors & have some pretty cool looking guppies coming up.
@@pittsburghpets3759 Do you need to process the yarn before putting them into the tank? I am worried if any chemicals from the yarn manufacturing process may spoil the tank water conditions.
I am just beginning to learn so much about guppies and I have successfully grew the four babies I started with and now I have a female in a breeder box. This is her third time in the box and this time she actually didn't slim back down so I hope I'm doing things right. My question is, if I sent you pictures, could you tell me what kind they are? And also, do you have a walk in store or just online because I live about 20 mins out of Pittsburgh so I was happy when I found someone who is local that I can learn from.
I have a 20 gallon long I love my guppies I'm new here and I really like your videos very much the problem I'm having and I'm doing my water changes I cannot seem to get my nitrates down.... my water is hard I know they like that but it's very acid also can they handle that? My problems are the nitrates... I am interested in these sponge filters you have in your aquarium I got the hang on whisper I've had quite a few for many years and still using...... looking forward to your other videos.
Thank you for watching. Don't mess with the water chemistry much, the fish just want consistency. As for the nitrates yeah try adding additional to hang on filter a sponge filter, or a sponge filter over the filter intake.
Will my 60ltr tank over populate if I introduce females to my male guppies or will it naturally take care of itself? I can't have two tanks at the moment.
@@pittsburghpets3759 thank you for responding, I'll have a think as I'm not sure I can bear the thought of the fry getting eaten so I may just wait a few years before I can move and have a secondary tank set up.
One thing about the circulation fan. The corner fan will help maintain room temperature and reduce stratification if it is stationary and pointed down to the center of the room. Imagine smoke at the top layer and the fan pushing the warm ceiling air straight to the center floor and cold air. Believe me, you will see a big change by just aiming the fans. Place another fan on the floor somewhere and aim it toward the ceiling. Now, imagine, with your minds eye, the smoke is now evenly distributed, top to bottom. So goes the temperature. Trust me. This is also why the home ceiling fans are so smart. Reverse flow on ceiling fans, during the winter and push the warm air down the walls while sucking the cold air up to the fan. It works. It works well.
Enjoyed the content thanks for sharing, great tip on the flow hitting the moss, now I know why some of my moss hasn't been growing nicely while others have. Awesomeee
i like your setup. what type of guppies are those females with the yellow highlights in the tail? i have a lot of them when i got them from a breeder with lyre tail male guppies.
Hello first time here great looking fish and set-ups I’ve got a couple tanks I recently purchased two female guppies for our planted 55 community tank fancy guppies they are half black a hint of olive green the fins are tipped with dark blue metallic and the dorsal fin is a light yellow my black painted black ground and finnex 24 seven digital light and black sand make these fish pop like I’ve never seen before I woke up to feed them, and there was fry swimming so they were obviously pregnant from the pet store because I didn’t have any guppies before. the fry are starting to color one is 3/4 black with a yellow and black tail and a hint of blue on the entire body a couple look like that and one is clear no color six total. They are all females. My eyes are bad so I use the special magnifying glasses to see up close. Is it normal for females to be this colored? One is almost full black with the blue, the olive and very light yellow 100% females I think I got lucky? Lol any opinions would be appreciated. Thank you.
@@pittsburghpets3759 hello third batch of fry now only two bright, yellow and black males I think snake skin endlers I don’t have the male parent, so I guess I’ll cross a bright male with the mother? line breeding? I don’t want to cross sister to brother I think that’s inbreeding. Well, it’s all inbreeding just have to cross them out I think. Lol I’m trying definitely educational and now my super red platys are dropping fry I’m gonna need more tanks lol
We also use to hatch our own brine shrimp to feed our fish. They loved it. We had to make a Hatcher to hatch the shrimp eggs. We had 2 or 3 of them going at a time.
i understand the mum will eat the baby guppies... but lets say i have other females in the same tank, but they're not the mum, will they eat the babies too....?
So you dont need live plants i see.. im starting my guppy journey tomorrow in a 30 gal square tank thats kept outside.. If anyone has any pointers, plz feel free to chime in
5 gallon tank for a trio of breeders. 1 male, 2 females. 10 gallon tanks for the females to drop young into, need seperate tanks for A,B,C+ lines. once the young are big enough to sex, split them into segregated 10 gallon tanks for males and females, for each line. If you follow Stan Shubels method on this, that means for 1 color of fish, 2 lines, you need about 7 tanks. 1-5g and 6-10g. My method was.... 5 males of the line you want, 15-25 females. place them into a 20 gallon tall tank. take hit females out, place them into breeder nets to drop young fish into 40 breeder. segregate males from females ASAP. Take the best 5 males and best 15-25 females out of each drop, repeat. CAVEAT......always toss out the first drop of a female fish. Make sure she gets hits 7 days after she drops. Keep only her 2nd drop. Send those breeder males and females to show. Raise the young, take the best 5m and 15-25F. Repeat. CULL HARD AND WITHOUT REMORSE. Other fish get hungry and need to eat, feed them feeder guppies or sell to LFS. After about 5 generations, you should have a really nice looking line of fish. Make sure to follow guidelines on show fish if thats your gig. Otherwise, look for healthy fish with good color, fins, and correct body shape. NEVER keep deformed fish.
Me and my dad use to bread show quality guppy’s. We developed our own colors. We also use to bread catfish and angel fish. We developed different colors when breading. Catfish and angel fish lay eggs unlike guppies have live fish. Anyway you need a few slabs of slate for them to lay the eggs on. Catfish usually have a few hundred eggs hatch at a time. We use to sell off our extra guppies and catfish and angel fish. We use to ask the fish store what sizes they liked the bigger the more we charged. The fish stores use to call us all the time for fish. Our fish are way better quality than they get from wholesalers. We had 3 or 4 fish stores we use to supply. Some stores would give us cash and some would give us store credit for supplies. In the long run we made a profit. We use to send our show quality guppy’s all over the country for shows. It was a lot of fun and learned a lot about breading.
Hey this is a very well done video! I am still watching as I type this.
I remember getting guppies in 1966, I had never seen them before and I was just amazed at the colours in the males. I think our first ones were Fancy grade, there were not a lot of different varieties available to us back then.
So I started back into the hobby after 40 years away and the first thing I bought was Fancy grade Guppies. I needed something to help get my tank going and everybody stayed happy and healthy until the tank was cycled.
I gotta tell you the nostalgia is unreal! I love the zest that Guppies show for life and reproduction! 😂🤣
The males I got are beautiful! One of the females just gave birth to nine babies, I had forgotten how tiny they were. I upped the feeding schedule and used finely ground flakes of several types of food. It has been a few weeks, they are just starting to show a little colour, none were eaten, I suspect because they are well fed.
I hope my local fish shop will take a few to keep the numbers down
Once I get my second aquarium running I can control the breeding a little.
I appreciate your video, enjoyed it immensely!
That is a perfect Livebearer tank on the first tank! I am impressed on your tanks for sure.
Great and informative video! Thouroughly love the set-up. I have always wondered about going with all fake plants because it can be so much easier and it looks like it’s working well. Like the hang on boxes for the fry too. Definitely of the best fishkeeping videos I’ve seen! Thank you!
Nice breeding setup mate, easy maintenance of the tank and care for fry
I have a mail endler in with a female red tail and a female phantom delta and 2 African dwarf frogs. Im just letting it go and see what i can get out of it
From one hobbyist to another. Those African "dwarf" frogs you have will definitely eat your fish. As soon as they can, they will lol. I learned the hard way years ago. Just my own experience. Best of luck ✌
@@brandonwachter2264 im hoping they will eat most of the fri and the best will survive and breed on. They dont seem to go after them once they get about a month old.
I have tried your half dark half lit method of guppies, it is very interesting to notice the difference in their behavior.
I Love watching your videos cause you know just how to talk about how your doing things &
how it's working for you & I LOVE your set up just wish I had a big enough space to do mine.
Thank you, always appreciate your nice comments!
@@pittsburghpets3759 since I watched this video I've changed things around a bit where
I can have 2-55 gal tanks a 30 gal & a 20 gal & that's all the space I can work with on
what I'm doing with mine as a colony breeding OH & the 110 gal stock tank I have too.
no certain breeds no certain colors & have some pretty cool looking guppies coming up.
Thanks for the sharing..just wanna know,it normal to had many little snail at aquarium?just thinking where actually they come from..tq
Thanks very good video Hoping you can explain what you are doing with the yarn? Do you just throw a handful in ? tia
Yes, gives babies hiding places and grows beneficial bacteria to keep tank cycled and healthy
@@pittsburghpets3759 tyvm!
@@pittsburghpets3759 Do you need to process the yarn before putting them into the tank? I am worried if any chemicals from the yarn manufacturing process may spoil the tank water conditions.
I’m trying to breed my guppies, how long should I keep a pair of female guppies with a male guppy in the breeding tank to mate?
are your tanks on automatic water changes?
I am just beginning to learn so much about guppies and I have successfully grew the four babies I started with and now I have a female in a breeder box. This is her third time in the box and this time she actually didn't slim back down so I hope I'm doing things right. My question is, if I sent you pictures, could you tell me what kind they are? And also, do you have a walk in store or just online because I live about 20 mins out of Pittsburgh so I was happy when I found someone who is local that I can learn from.
That's exciting! I don't have a store but do sell fish locally
email -- biancosfish@gmail.com
I have a 20 gallon long I love my guppies I'm new here and I really like your videos very much the problem I'm having and I'm doing my water changes I cannot seem to get my nitrates down.... my water is hard I know they like that but it's very acid also can they handle that? My problems are the nitrates... I am interested in these sponge filters you have in your aquarium I got the hang on whisper I've had quite a few for many years and still using...... looking forward to your other videos.
Thank you for watching. Don't mess with the water chemistry much, the fish just want consistency. As for the nitrates yeah try adding additional to hang on filter a sponge filter, or a sponge filter over the filter intake.
Wow! what a set up. And so much information.
Will my 60ltr tank over populate if I introduce females to my male guppies or will it naturally take care of itself? I can't have two tanks at the moment.
It will naturally balance itself out. You can help by not overfeeding
@@pittsburghpets3759 thank you for responding, I'll have a think as I'm not sure I can bear the thought of the fry getting eaten so I may just wait a few years before I can move and have a secondary tank set up.
One thing about the circulation fan. The corner fan will help maintain room temperature and reduce stratification if it is stationary and pointed down to the center of the room. Imagine smoke at the top layer and the fan pushing the warm ceiling air straight to the center floor and cold air. Believe me, you will see a big change by just aiming the fans. Place another fan on the floor somewhere and aim it toward the ceiling. Now, imagine, with your minds eye, the smoke is now evenly distributed, top to bottom. So goes the temperature. Trust me. This is also why the home ceiling fans are so smart. Reverse flow on ceiling fans, during the winter and push the warm air down the walls while sucking the cold air up to the fan. It works. It works well.
Hello i from indo,
I'm breeder guppy, I like your channel 😁😁
That's awesome and thank you!
Thanks man, you are really pleasant to listen to and great content..
Where did you get those long floating plants from? I love the look!
michaels craft store
does acrylic yarn float or sink?
Very clean set up. I breed African cichlids and try my best to keep everything nice and tidy
Enjoyed the content thanks for sharing, great tip on the flow hitting the moss, now I know why some of my moss hasn't been growing nicely while others have. Awesomeee
Whats with the acrylic threads in tank?
It's to give the fry a place to hide from their parents so they don't all get eaten.
i like your setup. what type of guppies are those females with the yellow highlights in the tail? i have a lot of them when i got them from a breeder with lyre tail male guppies.
Thank you! They are from my yellow half black guppies
Can't wait to get my set up going hope to reach your level man amazing
Kyle Cheatham Thank you!!! I enjoy it and love sharing the fish room
@@pittsburghpets3759 love seeing it and the fish. Also enjoy all the tips and info
How come you don't have the tanks fully covered?
What do you do if you get a fry with a bent back? Mine is a female.
remove from group so doesnt breed when mature
What is your culling process?
Hello first time here great looking fish and set-ups I’ve got a couple tanks I recently purchased two female guppies for our planted 55 community tank fancy guppies they are half black a hint of olive green the fins are tipped with dark blue metallic and the dorsal fin is a light yellow my black painted black ground and finnex 24 seven digital light and black sand make these fish pop like I’ve never seen before I woke up to feed them, and there was fry swimming so they were obviously pregnant from the pet store because I didn’t have any guppies before. the fry are starting to color one is 3/4 black with a yellow and black tail and a hint of blue on the entire body a couple look like that and one is clear no color six total. They are all females. My eyes are bad so I use the special magnifying glasses to see up close. Is it normal for females to be this colored? One is almost full black with the blue, the olive and very light yellow 100% females I think I got lucky? Lol any opinions would be appreciated. Thank you.
nice! how'd they turn out!? could be young males
@@pittsburghpets3759 hello third batch of fry now only two bright, yellow and black males I think snake skin endlers I don’t have the male parent, so I guess I’ll cross a bright male with the mother? line breeding? I don’t want to cross sister to brother I think that’s inbreeding. Well, it’s all inbreeding just have to cross them out I think. Lol I’m trying definitely educational and now my super red platys are dropping fry I’m gonna need more tanks lol
We also use to hatch our own brine shrimp to feed our fish. They loved it. We had to make a Hatcher to hatch the shrimp eggs. We had 2 or 3 of them going at a time.
How do you find someone to sell them to? Last time I tried breeding guppies I was advertising with zero interest, nobody even wanted them for free.
being consistent, fish sales come in waves for me. Just keep trying :)
Where did you get your breeding stock?
some local and some from angels plus
What is the yarn for
hiding places and helps grow more beneficial bacteria in the tank to keep balanced
Do you not use lift tubes on sponge filters have heard they are not needed
I do not. They have their purpose but aren't a must
Hello mitch. The guppy project is looking good.will see you march 3rd. Approx. 1 pm. Ron. Z.
How does a person get into contact with you to buy some of your guppies.
biancosfish@gmail.com
will be updating website with more photos and new stock of fish but can check it out at www.biancosfish.com
I try going into your website but didn't bring it up.
Do know what would cause a female to hold fry? Some of my females that are heavily pregnant are just not giving birth, whereas others are.
What are your water parameters? I want to start breeding rams
whats the name of the hood at 6:39
Hey man do you sale guppy’s and do you ship?
Nice setup ❤
Glad you like it! Thank you
Wow my guppy very healthy and beauty
Is this your house or your own shop
Why not drill the tanks and run one motor with heater
Lovely setup thanks for sharing will implement on my guppy tank 😁
so any acrylic yarn is safe for my tank??
yes
The content was good thanks.beautifull fish
thank you!
Hi you haven't done any videos for ages would like to hear from you again.
New video out today :)
Awesome , I've always loved guppies my fav. I enjoyed watching
i understand the mum will eat the baby guppies... but lets say i have other females in the same tank, but they're not the mum, will they eat the babies too....?
Ghost yes bro
@@animator5077 thank you bro..
Yes any adult fish or larger fish will prey on the smaller fish (babies)
@@pittsburghpets3759 got it thanks man
Are your guppies mix type?
some are but I also have some pure strains
I love seeing "clean" water.
Your tanks look awesome! Great information!
Thank you!
I really did enjoy & learned a little something from this video 👍👍
I like your set up. But we use to turn our tanks long ways. Side ways like you have are nice but take up to much room. Lol
Looks like your just mainly focust on breeding mainly guppy’s. Would love too get some nice breeders from you. If it’s possible
Sounds great. Can email me at biancosfish@gmail.com
Great video
Great video!
Why are the babies called 'fry'?
Because they are small and tasty!
Haha jk, I'm not sure
I use plastic plants in my aquarium, for some fry and baby ghost shrimp 😊
Wow nice guppies.. Anyways newbie here.. I wish I can reacieve a guppy gift... Hahaha
Thank you
So you dont need live plants i see.. im starting my guppy journey tomorrow in a 30 gal square tank thats kept outside..
If anyone has any pointers, plz feel free to chime in
This was not a good video... it was a Awesome video 👍👍.
Like your tanks I Have guppy fry !!!
5 gallon tank for a trio of breeders. 1 male, 2 females.
10 gallon tanks for the females to drop young into, need seperate tanks for A,B,C+ lines.
once the young are big enough to sex, split them into segregated 10 gallon tanks for males and females, for each line.
If you follow Stan Shubels method on this, that means for 1 color of fish, 2 lines, you need about 7 tanks. 1-5g and 6-10g.
My method was....
5 males of the line you want, 15-25 females.
place them into a 20 gallon tall tank.
take hit females out, place them into breeder nets to drop young fish into 40 breeder.
segregate males from females ASAP.
Take the best 5 males and best 15-25 females out of each drop, repeat.
CAVEAT......always toss out the first drop of a female fish. Make sure she gets hits 7 days after she drops. Keep only her 2nd drop. Send those breeder males and females to show. Raise the young, take the best 5m and 15-25F. Repeat.
CULL HARD AND WITHOUT REMORSE. Other fish get hungry and need to eat, feed them feeder guppies or sell to LFS.
After about 5 generations, you should have a really nice looking line of fish. Make sure to follow guidelines on show fish if thats your gig. Otherwise, look for healthy fish with good color, fins, and correct body shape. NEVER keep deformed fish.
14:47 and snails 🐌
you and I have similar breeding setups.
Me and my dad use to bread show quality guppy’s. We developed our own colors. We also use to bread catfish and angel fish. We developed different colors when breading. Catfish and angel fish lay eggs unlike guppies have live fish. Anyway you need a few slabs of slate for them to lay the eggs on. Catfish usually have a few hundred eggs hatch at a time. We use to sell off our extra guppies and catfish and angel fish. We use to ask the fish store what sizes they liked the bigger the more we charged. The fish stores use to call us all the time for fish. Our fish are way better quality than they get from wholesalers. We had 3 or 4 fish stores we use to supply. Some stores would give us cash and some would give us store credit for supplies. In the long run we made a profit. We use to send our show quality guppy’s all over the country for shows. It was a lot of fun and learned a lot about breading.
You eat bread. You breed fish.
those 2 floor heaters must cost alot to heat that room :(
Less than buying 40 some heaters and having enough plugs haha but yes it an expense to the fish room for sure
@@pittsburghpets3759 I guess I never thought of that , glad it working for you then. :)
We never used snails
It's Bam Magera
8-12-23
why fake plastic plants tho?everything is nice except that...sry
Fishroom nice, camerawork bad, too much moving arround
Thank you. No argument there haha
ALL PLASTIC PLANTS !!!!🥲 you can’t breed them to spec in a huge tank like that. It’s a free for all. Hope you don’t sell them .
fake plastic plants
blah blah blah