For guppy fish, you need a simple aquarium with water at room temperature, which is located in a lighted place. Each fish should have several liters of water. Guppies need to be fed twice a day.
Guppy fish have gained popularity among novice aquarists due to their unpretentiousness. Their maintenance does not require specific equipment, such as filters and thermostats. Guppies and a large aquarium are not needed, and if you do not have too many fish in it, then you can refuse the aerator. Even a child can take care of a guppy.
What should be a guppy aquarium
The capacity of the aquarium should be calculated on the basis that the male needs one liter of water for comfort, and the female needs two. But it is better if about three liters of water are allocated for each fish. The water in the aquarium should be at room temperature and 24 ° C. Variations from 18 to 30 ° C are permissible.
Lighting is not very important to guppy life, but if you want your fish to have a bright color, you need to put their aquarium in a lit place. Do not put predatory fish in a guppy aquarium. Guppies are completely defenseless in front of them.
What water and food do guppies need?
Guppies are very picky fish. Both live and dry food, which is sold in specialized stores, are suitable for them. Young fish can be fed with egg yolk, cheese and milk powder. With sufficient lighting in the aquarium, filamentous algae will form, which will diversify the menu of your fish.
You need to feed the guppies twice a day. When doing this, make sure that there is no excess food left in order not to contaminate the aquarium. If not all food is eaten after five minutes, it must be removed from the aquarium.
The water in the aquarium should be changed gradually every day, but it is allowed to change it once a week by about a third.
What does a guppy need to reproduce
Guppies are viviparous fish. Instead of spawning, they give birth to mature fry, which from the first moments of their lives can swim and feed.
For guppies to start breeding, you need to slightly increase the temperature of the water in the aquarium and reduce its hardness. But fish can reproduce without additional stimulation.
The female's pregnancy lasts approximately twenty-five days. At this time, her abdomen becomes angular, a dark spot appears near the anus. The female can produce fry up to seven times after one mating.
Guppies can eat their offspring, so the fry, until they grow up, need to be removed in a separate container or dense algae should be placed in a common aquarium, in which the young can hide.
