Proven Strategies to Keep and Breed 1000s of Guppies

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  • Опубліковано 24 січ 2025

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  • @thekingofdiy3647
    @thekingofdiy3647 Рік тому +16

    I’m impressed you managed a 9 minute video on how to breed guppies 😂! I would have been able to mange 20 seconds if that! Add a male and a female, 3 months later u have a billion 😅!

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +4

      🤣 true but many try that and fail or produce some super weak fish over time

    • @RyanStonedonCanadianGaming
      @RyanStonedonCanadianGaming Рік тому

      Seems like 3 out of 4 channels do it quite easily just to have the video 10 minutes for monetization. This is just me going through the UA-cam search which also gives totally unrelated videos to guppies and forces a recommendation to unrelated videos to the search of Breeding guppies.

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому

      @@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming thats an old thing where youd get a third ad after 10 mins. Doesnt apply now because you can choose to put extra ads regardless of how long it is. I just leave mine on auto

    • @ianmilillo8491
      @ianmilillo8491 Рік тому

      We have 2 tanks full of guppies, in the 10 and 29 gallons.

  • @CarolynnMc01
    @CarolynnMc01 Рік тому +1

    Great to see this Blake! I haven't seen a video from you in a while. Best wishes

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому

      Glad to have you back 😄 have still been uploading every Friday

  • @sharonjack8582
    @sharonjack8582 2 місяці тому +2

    Good video, Blake. I actually put one male per 5 females, especially if the male is really persistent. My females seem to do better if they are not over0chased. I like all of your live plants.

  • @Bennys_SC_Aquatics
    @Bennys_SC_Aquatics Рік тому +3

    Thinking of getting a nice guppy strain to throw in with my new (3days ago) L397 colony. Great timing on you vids as always bud 🙏

  • @michaelcapp4597
    @michaelcapp4597 Рік тому

    A very good clear straight forward video thanks for sharing

  • @brandonhk1lljoys
    @brandonhk1lljoys Рік тому +1

    🔥 great vid, great info💪 ✌️♥️

  • @Chris18o0
    @Chris18o0 Рік тому +1

    Love the scape. I’ve found shrimp and Plecos to be great tank mates

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому

      Absolutely!

    • @kempowarrior
      @kempowarrior 4 місяці тому

      @@BlakesAquatics Hi Blake,
      What's that little food tablet you feed the guppies with?

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  4 місяці тому

      @@kempowarrior its a bioscape insectivore tab

    • @buggerlugz6753
      @buggerlugz6753 4 місяці тому

      I've got cardinals and zebra's in with mine, still get hundreds of guppies!

  • @aztex9069
    @aztex9069 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for your video. What plants would you recommend to use in the tank when you are cranking the temperature up to 28 degrees? Also how much does it shorten the life span? Have also heard that shrimp don't do well if you turn the temperature up?

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +1

      shrimp dont do well at high temps no. life expectancy of around 1 to 2 years. valisneria is a very hardy plant that is a good choice

    • @ana-bananainca790
      @ana-bananainca790 Рік тому

      I you live in the US- Petsmart sells a rosette sword that’s been thriving in my heated guppy tanks. I had to heat them to 80-82 degrees f while treating parasites. They’re dong great & so is my Val. And water sprite does well too.

  • @splattered63
    @splattered63 Рік тому +2

    Thanks for the video. I'm having problems with them over breeding. Lol. But wonder what your thoughts on having mixed guppy strains breeding? Instead of keeping seperate lines, what would be the likely outcome of just having a free for all guppy tank with say 5 or 6 lines of guppies interbreeding. Thanks again for your vids

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +3

      Youd end up with some healthy guppies but a mixture of all sorts of things and following generations would breed less and less true. Nothing wrong with it though itd be fun to watch

  • @nedsfishtips
    @nedsfishtips 4 місяці тому

    Very helpful Blake!

  • @RaceSmokie
    @RaceSmokie Рік тому +1

    @BlakesAquatics do you know some factory which makes aquarium filters? I have one idea for outside air aquarium filter (which I have never seen till now) which I would like to see alive.

  • @timeforrice
    @timeforrice 5 місяців тому

    What are those shrimps for?

  • @benplayshq6172
    @benplayshq6172 10 місяців тому +1

    What is the food which sticks to the glass mate

  • @LisaBrady-bc7sm
    @LisaBrady-bc7sm 9 місяців тому

    What do you use to worm guppies?

  • @gordonwho
    @gordonwho Рік тому +1

    What do you feed them?

  • @DG.DG92
    @DG.DG92 Рік тому

    How big a tank would tou suggest to start the breeding process?

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +2

      You could start with a 20L or 40L but may as well just start with 60 i reckon 😄

    • @DG.DG92
      @DG.DG92 Рік тому

      @@BlakesAquatics haha may aswell huh

  • @lucielu4532
    @lucielu4532 3 місяці тому +1

    How i had sucsess with my baby guppies and platies is i feed small amounts of crushed flakes 3 times a day, i always keep a small piece of cooked carot i use caned carots and once or twice a day i feed my homade fish food paste the ingredients is carots, green beans, egg shells, turtle sticks, one pinch of fish flakes and brine shrimp if on hand and add a little water make sure not to add to much water or wont work i blend evrything in a blender till looks like thick goop i let sit in frige for a couple hours then i feed a small amount once a day this recipe makes a lot so if your not breeding a lot of fish i recomend reducing evrything i mesured most in 1/4cups and ended up with to much for my fish so i freeze the rest for my adult fish and snails. Note i always have a small about of food in the tank laying around because baby fish eat all day long to kill ypur baby fish is not feeding enough thats why i always provide a pice of carot so if they get hungry they dont have to wait for me to feed they will always have food to munch on. I clean my breeder box once a week and do water changes once or twice a week in my 20 gallon tank empty half the water with 6 adult fish, 10 baby fish and 14 mystery snails and i rinse off my filter once or twice a month but i never clean the filter the same day as my weekly water changes because the filter is whats running your tank with beneficial bacteria and keeping your fish alive. If anyone hss any other question feel free to ask me this is just my personal exsperiance with raiding guppies plattys and mystery snails

    • @Fucknows_lad
      @Fucknows_lad Місяць тому

      currently have 13 guppies in my small 20 litre tank that i got off my mate so there home bred aswell im trying to breed for to feed my oscar fish, are live plants cruicial? i have some fake plastic ones they can semi hide in but im scared the fry are just getting eaten because i have had a few little ones over the past month iv had them but defienetely not 20-30 per batch. (havent seen them breed yet) please gimme some tips :)

  • @uncommonaquatics
    @uncommonaquatics 5 місяців тому

    Good video

  • @Edward..de..lanndo
    @Edward..de..lanndo Рік тому +1

    Morning legend from Inverness

  • @gladiatormechs5574
    @gladiatormechs5574 Рік тому

    is it recommended to have some CRAYFISH with your 55 gal guppy tank... to eat the dead ones.

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +1

      Nah theyll cause more dramas than benefits

    • @trevorbergstrom00
      @trevorbergstrom00 2 місяці тому

      @BlakesAquatics what do you think of a singular dwarf crayfish? Just spitballing for a good way to take care of a stray dead guppy or two in a 100+ gallon scenario

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  2 місяці тому +1

      Probably still will cut up any love plants and do a bit of that sort of stuff. Dwarf is a better option that a normal crayfish/ yabbie

  • @RobertJester
    @RobertJester 2 місяці тому

    How long have you been breeding guppies?

  • @chrisrenee7438
    @chrisrenee7438 Рік тому

    Great! Now what to do with them all!?

  • @Fish-Addict
    @Fish-Addict Рік тому +3

    IMO most guppy keepers fail because they do not know how genetics work or how to maintain traits/lines. They assume they need as many mixed genetics as possible to have a "good" fish. Inbreeding is not the issue, that's how we got specific strains, it's breeding genetically weak fish(set and forget) that becomes the issue.

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому

      Very good call! Agreed

    • @hummingbird3771
      @hummingbird3771 Рік тому +1

      That's why I bought Brian Chins book and the blue-green Moscows he uses throughout. I am going to walk the path of a master, compete at a few shows and then start getting creative on my own. There are several traits I want to select for in my endlers, like the huge dorsal fin and pastel metallics. Thankfully liquid rock flows from my taps already.😊

    • @Fish-Addict
      @Fish-Addict Рік тому

      @@hummingbird3771awesome, a highly recommended source for good info. Wish he's channel was more active though.

  • @gordonwho
    @gordonwho Рік тому

    What type of guppies are you showing here?

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +1

      The ones at the start? Its a line developed by a subscriber of mine so it doesnt have a retail name. I call them apricot guppies 👍

  • @Doktracy
    @Doktracy 3 місяці тому

    I feel bad for the guppies stuck in a bachelor tank chasing each other.

    • @sharonjack8582
      @sharonjack8582 2 місяці тому +1

      Actually, I find that the boy guppies in my bachelor tank actually LOVE to play/chase each other. It keeps them physically fit and
      they don't get depressed. They are very playful.

  • @Flury94
    @Flury94 11 місяців тому

    Put a male and a female in the tank, always worked for me 😂

  • @gavinpowell8538
    @gavinpowell8538 Рік тому

    Mine bread like crazy, but I'd get 95% females to 5% males. Why?

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому +2

      Temperature does affect the m:f ratio. Try bumping up a few degrees

  • @Edward..de..lanndo
    @Edward..de..lanndo Рік тому

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  • @blue4993
    @blue4993 Рік тому

    guppys and endler are different species.

  • @noneyabizz8337
    @noneyabizz8337 Рік тому +1

    Feed them, clean the aquarium when needed.
    They overbreed on their own

    • @kernalbert4939
      @kernalbert4939 Рік тому +1

      It's fine to make content for people who are more novice fish keepers.

    • @BlakesAquatics
      @BlakesAquatics  Рік тому

      People that are successful are unlikely to search out a video for some help.