How to Breed Guppies STEP by STEP 

I realize that this is an old vid. But it was a good vid, and has aged well. Solid stuff

Very informative! I used to have hundreds of guppies in a 120 gallon tank. They all interbred and produced all colors. Luckily my local fish store took them and gave me a credit to buy whatever I needed.

Step 1: have a male and female you got from the store and they told you they were both female Step 2: *what happened*

Guppies are a hardy and beautiful fish. Very easy to breed. Due to all the questions I get on breeding I thought I’d put a video together answering them. I hope you enjoy!

I experimented with guppies in a half gallon tank for a year,result was 100 guppies ,downside of the breeding was that their size was restricted,otherwise they all were healthy , there was a riversand substrate and a dense java moss in such a small plastic container without any artificial light. BTW nice guppies ,nice tanks.

“Why do you want to breed guppies?” Me: i’m really craving some fried guppies so uh yeah

Another very informative video. You always do your best to cover everything. Thanks for that! 👍🎄🎅

Great information! Ty for sharing your knowledge! 🤝

If I were to get guppies, they would be from you guys--I love the specimens you have!

Super beginner video, I love it, and I have shared it with fish groups on Facebook 👌🙂💚

nice video! breeding starts 9:50

Amen. This is so awesome. Tank you

Haha I remember when I first started “breeding” guppies, I bought a female and and male which later I was told was both males

Fantastic video! Thank you!

I’m doing really well right now on eBay last few months I had my first shipping and it didn’t go well, then I sold a couple more and found a way to ship properly and I started a new account and I’m doing really well with all the purchase, thank you for this video, I’m making a lot of profit

great comprehensive video.

Thank you! I ended up buying 2 pairs and mine came pregnant. I got them in the morning and that night she was giving birth to babies! I had no idea how to care for them and that they breed so often!! This is gonna be an interesting endeavor for sure. I was warned against breeder boxes but I have one 10 gal tank so I'm glad to see it's an option for a small amount of time. It's better than survival of the fittest in my mind as only 2 fry have lived from my initial female. The other is pregnant now so learning this is invaluable! I also think I need to get a bigger tank and keep the 10 gallon for the growing babies. Idk what I'm doing in this, at all!

love this. I love guppies. New friend Ruthie

Guppies are notorious breeders. I had 3 guppies, 2 female fancies, 1 cobra guppy. It's about 2 months later. I now have over 80 baby guppies in my 10 gallon, most of which I need to sell so my tank does not get overloaded. It's difficult to get them NOT to breed tbh. In 2 months this is my 4th generation of guppies.

super cool!!!

I’ve breed a few species of Cichlids and it was extremely fun and exciting. Rewarding even! After my wife and I move early next year I plan to start a fish room and a more serious breeding set up. I plan on breeding several different species of tropical fish. Some guppies for sure, maybe some Corydoras, Molly’s, Plecos and a few others. What would be a good commercial air pump that could easily run somewhere around 20 sponge filters?

I bought 3 females guppies back in august 2018 (really female no males XD) and they gave me babies up to january 2019, 5 months after they left the store x_x I don't know how long it could go, they died from bloating while I was raising their babies in a breeder net. Now my tank is full with 11 of their babies ! I kept all males and gave the females to my local fish store. They will be 1 year old really soon. Time flies

Great vid. I have a question maybe you can give some tip. I got 2 trios but the males I think are old. They are not very motivated to make the family bigger. Any tip ? Thank you!

Hi I have a 90gallon aquarium with tetras and guppys should I breed guppies in a spare aquarium or can I breed them in this one

Question, do you know what the breed of the guppy is at 0:00? I want to buy some but I'm not sure what they're called.

congratulations for the video! I wanted to ask you if using a Dumbo male with a non-Dumbo female can be a departure for a new line or if I have to use male and female Dumbo to carry on the gene. Thank you

Thanks a lot!!! Very useful. My fish are just about to give birth!

Can any other fish be in the same tank ? If I want the guppies to procreate? Or only guppies are allowed

Where do I find those plants you mentioned???

I was wondering if you had a 40 gallon tank will they lint mate as they can spread out? I want to make a guppy only tank but not seller just private

How do you control inbreeding?

Thanks 👍😍✔️

Hello lady plz tell me what's the maximum TDs reading suitable for guppy fish tank Nd lower also I used to made fish feed powder by grinding Nd give it two time in 24hrs

How did you make the Repashy Community Plus stick to the tank like that? ❤️

I may have missed it, but what are the food pellets that you stick to the side of the tank that they see to love so much? It appears the adults and frye can eat it equally well.

Do you need a heater to breed them?

Tank, male & female guppies, sponge filter, cover for babies. Most livebearers aren't difficult.

I am sitting on guppies as shops dont take them from private people here. I would love to breed and explore the colors of guppies, but I have no idea how to handle the hundred of babies. From initially only 6 guppies, I am now overwhelmed by over 50 in my 120L tank. They suddenly also created colors which I had not before. Super interesting.

I am about to start my own breeding with guppies and I don’t know how to sell them I enjoy them but I wanna make it a hobby where I can profit off of it as well how would I go about making a website and getting people to buy them eBay , pet stores etc??

Random question but are you from Liverpool?

Thank you

Man those guppies are pretty😍

Very good ❤️

You have such a cute accent!

Could you tell me what kind of plants these are?

what you feed the newborns and how is there any special method ??

I am just getting back into breeding them but for every reason you mentioned and one additional reason not mentioned. As bad as it sounds, guppies are the only tropical fish out there that predatorial amphibious aquatic reptiles can consume that do not have slight traces of toxins as every other tropical fish with a toxity level build up will shorten the life span of these other animals. These animals can eat mosquito minnows some people can catch, but many can't and in cases where a person could get fresh water bass that they sell for human consumption, that could be cut up and be used but I do not live in a area that fresh water fish for human consumption actually is. People don't seem to realize, that pet turtles will periodically snip any tropical fish at their fins even if the fish are big in çomparison to the turtle and periodically they will eat other fish. Not even feeder fish are healthy for them and have toxins and to many bones making it unsafe. Since I breed very very rare albino and snow turtles that run anywhere from $350 to $400 dollars ( so about £275 to £325 ) up to $2,000 (£1,500) a baby and later this year I will have some ranging $4,000 ( £3,250) each baby, there is no way that I will risk the baby rare turtles I produce. I also breed the same blue and pink snails you keep also. Now don't think I am mean as all my baby rare turtles that hatched last year, only one of them will steadily eat guppies out of 22 baby turtles from my last clutch. The reason for it, I have a species diet mixture that I mastered that is not live that after 3 months of feeding them this, it discourages the rare turtles from eating guppies. So yes, I rarely lose any guppies at all but periodically, I enjoy going on holidays more than the regular person as I can work on the road and have a employee who I can call to ship baby turtles for me but he is a on call employee only and is not around my animals constantly so having guppies and snails during holidays rest assure that the turtles eat while away from home. They won't hardly touch them otherwise. I keep live certain aquatic plants that are safe for them to eat also and of course guppy grass for all. It works well. At the end of the day, I have both pet shops buying a couple hundred guppies from me a month ( several hundred) and established some retail customers as I just started breeding (not for food) the most expensive high quality show guppies like you prefer also though I never bred the more expensive ones at all. I do want to thank you for two things, first is covering the pretty specific number of fry that they have. See I use larger tanks of 40 to 75 gallons for every day fancy tail guppies and I put on a average 40 to 45 adult guppies in each tank this size, one per gallon basically (1 male to every 4 females) sometimes 1.3) of course with alot of hiding place for the fry until I can remove them monthly to raise separate. People are saying do 1.2 or one point 1.3 and against any more but I never understood why. You being a professional guppy breeder, just verified you could do even up to a 1.5 group so thank you. I just never understood on why. Another thing you taught me was the number of fry could be as little as 5 but up to 15. I seen reports of way bigger numbers but have not seen it. Having a bare minimum number is what I go by as a rule of thumb so I don't over populate and produce the minimum monthly. You helped educating me in that area. Now on my expensive bloodlines, show quality bloodlines, I am doing 1.4 groups bred seperated for record purposes on the fry and with aiming for new colour strains. I have a few picked out just for this reason alone and I am not bothered what they cost inniatially. I am buying on average starting out with high end Guppies groups of 4 groups of 1 male to 3 females) starting out in high end to do this so with you estimates, I should be able to produce at least 60 fry approximately give or take for the show bloodlines every month which is perfect in my opinion as I have 5 of 6 show quality high end that I will be working with of course in the near future. Being that I sell mostly wholesale on my extra guppies, the outlet is not that difficult. They do make great overall display pets indeed.

Nice guppies 😍

Wow, amazing tank. -#fishhobbytat

This was so helpful i just bought 3 guppies today 1 female and 2 males but the female came pregnant so i didnt know what to do but this helped me a lot

a female guppy can store sperm from one encounter with a male, and use it for a very long time. She can most likely use one encounter 2 or 3 times. :) this is why guppies breed so quickly, even right ever she births her first batch, she can be pregnant again right after.

Question, Are you licenced with the local EH for selling the fish?

How do you heat your tanks does each tank have its own heater ???

Can i put some wire mesh on my internal filter so the holes are smaller instead of buying a sponge filter

Hi! Great video . Do you sell and ship to Quebec Canada?

I was thinking about putting unsold surplus into a tank with Bluegill so I can breed constantly

What do you have sticked on the glass which fish come and touch?

do i really need bubbler for these guppies?

what tank sizes are those for breeding guppies?

I have a 10 gallon I have cycled it's got water wisteria black sand guppy hiding plants heater sponge filter I plan on getting 3 trios for the. Tank when the babys are bigger they will go to my 29 gallon comunity tank

How do you clean the tank with thout the water shocking them

I was wondering because I want to breed my guppies can I put a female guppie and a male in a tank and will they breed

What food is being used in this video to feed the guppies. Thanks!

If like me you are more familiar with metric tank sizes and temperatures, 50 litres is about 11 imperial gallons. 75 f is about 24 C.

I have a 75 gallon tank with 2 blood cichlids will the fry survive? Edit: I make sure too keep my cichlids full, so they don't attack any other fish

Beautiful and beautiful and very nice 👌😍❤😊💕♥

Newbie here!!! What kind of live plants 🌱 do you put in the tanks for breeding bettas and guppy’s?

Will the filter be ok if its a hang on back but it is really weak

Is it possible for the guppy to still be pregnant a few days after giving birth, I ask this because my guppy still looks very large and square with dark speckled gravid spots (this is 3 days after giving birth). If you have any experience/knowledge regarding this please share !!?! Thankyou and thanks so much for your helpful videos

You was very helpful thank you for your video. I like to breed my guppies for the first time so I can use them for feeders for my Oscars how do I do this please let me know thank you

I have a ten gallon tank. With 1 male and 5 females . I'm getting one more male. Is that a good ratio for them to breed. ?

Hello, what kind of food are you feeding guppies?

Hello i was wondering if we can chat because i am breeding guppies. I have 5 guppies and i have saved there babies...I have a tank for the babies but yeah..

Can someone please link what gravel vac that is???

Can u put a breeding box

What is that food that you’re feeding them?

What is that rainbow colored guppy that’s albino?

Hello this is kinda late but is 1:1 ratio of female to male in breeder tank bad?? :((( I didn't notice that most of the guppies i bought are males

Please send the link to rapashi gell food , thanks

Do you ship to the Caribbean

Hey there, which plant's are those without substrate?

Where can I fine show guppies in cape town

Hey Im thinking about crossbreeding guppies . If I breed a dumbo guppy with a normal female with small pectoral fins, can a get dumbo ear guppy fry ???. I'm a newbie so if anyone can help out that would be great . Thx.

This is hard for many to hear, but guppies make good snacks for omnivorous and carnivorous creatures. Chickens will eat em, garter snakes will eat them, they make good feeders as they lack thiaminase.

What are the guppies eating that is attached to the side of the tank?

I cant find your website, can you include a link?

what kind of guppies are the ones at 7:28

Can guppies breed like in a big fish bowl

wow that is a lot of snails bro

What sand do you use?

Says they breed quick and I have had mine in the tank male and female for 3 months

1:03 which plant is that??

Does a divider not work for fry?

I bread my guppies in a 29 gallon with air stone and hang on back filter and they did fine … a little too fine I have over 50 all together between my 2 tanks

Does the female have to be the same type as the male. Such as... Does a blue Moscow male need a blue Moscow female or will any female guppy do to produce blue Moscow fry.

hi sir, I did not find my guppies breeding in tub,I mean when ever I watch I did not find them,Mean are they breeding when I am absent,I am not understanding,do guppies breed in front of us like mollies???please reply sir

Unfortunately, I will soon only have two small aquariums available. They are a bit too small for "regular" guppies, while Endlers don't have the colors I want. Fortunately, I have some theoretical knowledge, and I'm going to use it to breed my favorite Endler-sized guppy breed. Mid-adult males of my favorite breeds will mate with a colorless Endler female. Sons are double sword, daughters have something color. If you do brother x sister, at f2 you will have big tailed males, but slightly smaller than the bought male. Let this also mate with an Endler queen, f3 x f3. And then the f4sons are the Endler version of my favorite guppy breed. I hope the theory works in practice.

what is that there eating on the glass?

What is the food sticking to the wall of the tank

Which female guppy is that with violet tail