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"What is the problem when the gills are red in guppies"

This is not a guppy problem, but a health condition any fish could get, related to water quality or disease.
You should make a post in the fish hospital so the pros in here can help you better.

To allow them to help you best, test your water, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, ph etc.. And any environmental factor you can think of such as temp, size of tank, how many fish, # of times you water change and how much, how many times you feed etc.. Have you added any new fish recently, any recent losses of fish and symptoms ?

I hope your guppies get well soon.

The Amazon Nut...

What is the problem when the gills are red in guppies.

Sry about your own mix of gup.I'm trying to make a fuseion of my snake skin and my "red" tilaed guppie,don't know the name of the red one.
-NewBreeder16

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

j_smith2003

"I have 4 mollies 7 guppies and 4 sordtails in a 30 gal. tank is that too many" - not yet but it will be soon as they start breeding.. Swordtails and mollys can grow over 2 inches. Mollys also appreciate a little aquarium salt, extra tip.

"how do i get my guppies in the mood so to speak"
You need 2 ingredients here.
1. Guppys of the opposite sex in the same tank.
2. water.



Guppy Master,
"I'm sry if i sounded rude in the last message," - didn't sound rude, no worries.

"wasn't feeling all that great at the time."
hope you're feeling better soon

"My ph is usually 7 maby 8" - perfect for guppies.

Snakeskin guppys are really nice.
Piece of advice, there are already long fin/short fin and color variations on this guppy. You need to throw in a trait that makes it unique from all the rest of the snakeskin guppys. What is it ?

I clean my filters with a toothbrush too LOL.

"Thanks for pointers, and have you considered chat?"
WE could talk more then." - Glad to help, and Thanks for the invite, I very rarely chat online anymore thru msn and such. Haven't in months actually.. Although you WILL catch me in FP chat once in awhile.



Guppy Master,

"and i believe the state of waste in my tank caussed it"

Successful breeders have good water quality and well maintained tanks. This leads to healthy fish. If you seek success, take care of that before anything else.

Overfeeding also contributes to the problem. I only feed my adults one pinch of food per day, not more then they can eat in about 5 minutes. Keep the diet varied for good health.

The fry get a few pinches a day of powdered dried foods of various types.. Kinda make my own blend so they get a varied diet.



The Amazon Nut...

Bit of bad news, I remember telling you about my own selective bred guppy. He was killed by my german blue rams, who may be preparing for a little breeding of their own. Found him tonight. I'm not pleased, there are 5 fry and 2 females still, not sure if they have a spawn or 2 left. Not sure yet how the color will turn out for the fry.

The pic I promised.

'Samurai', my 'Zen Guppy', half psychadelic guppy, and fancy guppy bloodlines, chosen for color and long fins. This pic doesn't do him justice as his tail got way longer as did his fins.




Last edited by DaFishMan at 30-Sep-2005 21:55[/font]

The Amazon Nut...

Oh yeah the disease was a fungus, if the provider was right, and i believe the state of waste in my tank caussed it.
-NewBreeder16

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

Oh ok, I'm sry if i sounded rude in the last message, wasn't feeling all that great at the time. My ph is usually 7 maby 8, my fish are mainly snakeskin try'en to get the right mix, I have done quite a bit of cullen lately now that i know what it is, and i do most of my grandmothers tank work for her since i am pretty much a master at the tooth brush cleaniing treatment for her filter. Thanks for pointers, and have you considered chat?
WE could talk more then.
Later
-NewBreeder16


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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

I have 4 mollies 7 guppies and 4 sordtails in a 30 gal. tank is that too many and how do i get my guppies in the mood so to speak


i am a bigginer

Heya guppy master, welcome back

I know the answers to 99% of those questions I asked you.
Just wanted you to realize you have YEARS to go before declaring yourself as a 'Master'. I've been in this hobby for over 20 years.. And BY FAR, I am still no master, nor do i feel CLOSE.

It's a great thing you want to help others.
You have come to the right place for that, as well as to learn more yourself, as I still do. Welcome to FP !!
Time to help you,

"i have been trying to breed my own strain"
Great ! What strains of guppys are you mixing, or are they hybrids already ? What traits do you want in your fish ? I have somewhat come up with my own strain, but do not have the tanks/resources required to get them to breed true. Wished I did. And for a helper at that lol. Will post a pic of it later.

"i haven't bought fish personnally grandmother gets'em and gives em to me" - you have a very nice grandmother! Make sure to get her something nice as well, or even make her a thank you card. She is spoiling ya and you know it.

"I have six tanks disease struck" - probably originated when you added new fish into one of your tanks, or in the fishstore water in the bag.. From there, chain reaction.

"guppies don't like terribly accidic water" - I've had some problems in more alkaline water between the 7.8 to 8.1 range but was still able to breed them. What is your ph exactly ?


"and i have only had genetic back deformities and it is easy to tell because they are like that at berth" - sometimes not until later also.

"and what the heck is "culling" - culling is the process of eliminating any fish undesired in your breeding project.
You may cull for a few reasons. You might even re-home those fish or give some away or sell as is.

Poor health, poor color, traits that you don't want continued in the gene pool as per the selective breeding process.

Culling is killing the guppys that do not fit into your breeding project, in a humane as possible manner. Beheading is the fastest.

For example, you want a longfin blue guppy with a white tail. Any fish that do not have any of those traits would be eliminated.. Perhaps you have a red guppy with a tail you like, save that one and crossbreed to see what happens, eliminate the fry that don't turn out the way you like etc.. Maybe one is too small. Maybe you want a white dot on each side. Anything is possible. Eventually, a pattern you like will emerge on more and more fish... Once they are breeding true for at least a few generations then you are almost there.

Hope this helps
DaFish


The Amazon Nut...

To: blazergirl
It usually takes three to four weeks to show color. it may even take longer.

To: rast
It will take a few minutes for him to begin trying, but it will take around two weeks just to be safe.

Hope i helped you two out.

-NewBreeder16


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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

My gosh every one sent to at once. School has kept me away and i haven't had the extra time lately. Dafishman, i have been trying to breed my own strain, i haven't bought fish personnally grandmother gets'em and gives em to me, plastic breeder is my favorite, i say fifteen minutes of in the bag floating causs most gups in store are of my tuff breed, I have six tanks disease struck and i have only four going know, guppies don't like terribly accidic water,and i have only had genetic back deformities and it is easy to tell because they are like that at berth, and never heard of the difference between singapour guppies or such, and i apologize for not being here to help you guys but defishman seems to have covered it well.

and what the heck is "culling"
-NewBreeder16


Last edited by NewBreeder16 at 28-Sep-2005 12:01

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The Amazon Nut...

Thanks DaFishMan - a great help!

guppy gurl

"where can i sell my show guppies for there value.i've hesrd the internet,but is there any other options?"

Yes there is - fish auctions, fish clubs, fish stores.
Also encourage you to find LOCAL websites for people that will come pickup the fish.. You will never get full retail value for your fish unless you're a registered business, an accredited breeder, offering a guaranty on the fish. And you would need to be breeding strains of fish your fishstore does not carry. You would also need growout tanks to be selling adult fish.

Most often you would be selling average strains for considerably less then the fishstore price and just breeding/selling for fun and to help offset your costs.

Hope this helped

The Amazon Nut...

Since it has been 18 days since guppy master dropped into his thread, I will attempt to help him out..

fishymama - the 'guppy birthing process' explained.
http://aquariumhobbyist.com/guppies/pregnancy.html Saves lots of typing.



guppy gurl - "are bredding traps good if you want to save all of the fry"

Breeding traps will help save fry, for a FEW reasons.
a) the other fish cannot eat the fry, b) the mother guppy cannot eat the fry (she is ESPECIALLY hungry right after giving birth) and c) so male guppys cannot hassle the mother during the birthing process. The mother does not need any stress.

"and if you only keep the female guppy in there for only about 2-3 days?"

You should get the mother in there within a couple days of birth (don't wait until last minute, too much stress on the fish), and give her 2 FULL DAYS recovery time after.
Then get her back into the tank. Example, finishes giving birth monday night, let her recover all of tuesday and wednesday. Thursday, drop her back into main tank..

Keep in mind you will never be able to save ALL of the fry, nor should that be a worry. Focus on keeping good water quality, and providing a healthy varied diet.
As always, the STRONGEST fry will survive, the weak ones won't... This is a good thing.

Hope this helped









Last edited by DaFishMan at 27-Sep-2005 19:34

The Amazon Nut...

where can i sell my show guppies for there value.i've hesrd the internet,but is there any other options?

are bredding traps good if you want to save all of the fry and if you only keep the female guppy in there for only about 2-3 days?

Hello

I couldn't resist buying a couple of new guppies about three weeks ago. One was pregnant - I thought I heard somewhere they it takes about three weeks for the fry to be born. Is this true or does it take a little longer? What are the tell tale signs that she's about to drop?

Thanks

Hi! I have one small male guppy, and three swordtails, one male, two female.But the guppy has to be put into another tank-because it attacks my male swordtail! Is the guppy just aggressive? Or is there somthing wrong? I hope you know the answer.

Are we quizing newbreeder here or can anyone answer??

Ouch

When breeding them would it make a difference to what the male fry look like depending on what the mum looks like?

Fin shape is one of those many traits in guppies which is carried in the genetics of the parents. How many different recognized isolated fin shape types are possible?

A master of guppies, but I do not see you listed as a member of the American Livebearer Association. Why not? It is the recognized authority in the United States where you could share a lot of your knowledge.

Any current strains you are working on and any for sale?

Pics of your breeding setups? Tips for the beginning breeders out there?

Koi

Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.

From:NewBreeder16, no longer new but new name is hard to come by
To: pheonix

to breed liveberrers you need water. that is pretty much true. The males are very readyto breed.
Sea salt will aid their health, the box will tell you how much to put, and the ten gallon will be perfect. You'll have to get rid of some after a while because your population will rise faster than you think. You'll want a
well planted side of the tank and alot of swiming space. To save the most babies you'll want a liveberrer baby catcher(i don;t remember the name of it)just put the female into it and youll be fine.

-NewBreeder16 if i left something out just say so.

Last edited by NewBreeder16 at 15-Jul-2005 09:15

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question for the orignal poster:

What is required to breed livebearers? What should a tank look like and is ten gallons adequate?

To: bettachris
Its hard to tell what you'll get.Most of the time you get some of your mother and father colors with some combinations here and there. tails will usually be half and half on their shape.
-NewBreeder16


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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

To: Hello Fishy
The only thing aggressive about guppies is thire want to breed. Males will try to"breed" almost anything if no females are pressent.That is most likely what was going on.
-NewBreeder16 hope that helps

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To:jamie
I have only been breeding for a year, but i have read countless books and countless web sites. I also have gatten tips from old prose too.
-NewBreeder16

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

i been doing bettas for 9 years and still dont know everything

i have two HB red deltas, and if i X them to pure pastel, what will i get.

To be truthful i never heard of the liveberror association. But i know about your tail fin question, I have delta tailed and fan tailed at the moment and i hope to get some flag tails.I have snaik skin gups
and a my own (i guess ) variation of red and snaikskin mix.

OH DUDE_DUDE the femail can causs some color in the Fry

off the top of my head theres delta, flag, fan, siccor, and aluviated (this is not corrrect spelling) tail varriants, but i have a book that has the others

-NewBreeder16

Last edited by NewBreeder16 at 18-Jul-2005 09:34

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alrighty then i will edit in a bit with her size

How long have you been breeding guppies?

Nicely done. Drat, and here I wanted to stump you... not that I had any terribly hard questions.

Fishy - I'd like to point out that your ____'s will look a different size on different monitors. Pull out a ruler and take a measurement instead. My screen is set at 1600x1200, which means I can fit four of the normal 800x600 sized screenshots into the same space. It also means that things appear smaller.

My girl was a decent sized, but certainly not of monster proportions. I just don't know what happened, because she showed no signs of illness. *shrugs*

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Ok, they average life span is 4-5 years(if cared for extra extra well) the colors of your first question would be a few mixed colors and a few of each of the original colors*takes a deep breath* and the final question is a toss up.*lets out rest of air*.
That was a harder question than what i thought was coming.
-NewBreeder16

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

kitten, my art teacher has had some females grow to be __________________ (no kidding here) and i think her said they were 3+ years living in a 30 gallon filled with other guppies...strangethe males r tint though ___________ thats about it

If you mix bright orange/yellow females with pastel males (one each baby blue, pink and yellow) what will the resulting fry look like? Cause those are my new guppies, and I wonder what will come of the females, which I assume are pregnant.

As for line breeding... if say, third generation of line breeding throws more wild-color males than fancies, what are the odds of one of those wilds - when bred back to his fancy sisters - will throw fancies? I've only got the one male left from my original spat of breeding, and am pondering letting him loose amongst his sisters. For that matter, why would all the females have been the yellow leopard print while the males were a mix of wild and leopard?

Have I stumped you yet? How about average lifespan? I had my eldest girl for 1.5+ years and all of a sudden, found her dead with no obvious signs of why. And she wasn't even overbred like some guppies... she had maybe four drops her entire life, all early on. She was healthy one day and dead the next.

So... riddle me that!

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

Hardy har har, good one man.
-NewBreeder16

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You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.

What is my guppy thinking right now?

Woo... I can answer those questions. Yay, now I feel useful instead of just full of questions.

Males are generally more colorful and have larger tails. They also have a gonopodium... Look at the anal fin (the fin under the body) will be shaped like a tube on males or fanned out on females.

The saying goes that all you need for guppies to breed is to add water. Seriously. If you have male and female guppies together and they DON'T breed something is wrong. It's what they do. It's the entire reason for their existence (or so one would think). Everything about the guppy is built for a lifetime of breeding. They are ALL about the survival of the species.

To keep your guppy population in control (if you do, indeed wind up with a mixed sex bunch), you need population control. A female betta will do the trick nicely. Danios are also good choices, as well as gouramis or the like. Anything big enough to eat the fry with a propensity towards live food.

You can generally keep female bettas with guppies. Male bettas can be kept with FEMALE guppies and some betta boys are calm enough to keep with MALE guppies, but try that at your own risk. Betta boys have been known to think of guppy boys as potential rivals and can rip them to shreds.

Unless you have a LARGE tank, you really don't want to consider keeping male and female bettas together. It can be a disaster. I wouldn't even keep them together in a large tank, though some have done so.

Of course, many people have problems keeping several female bettas together and I've had no issues. I have two separate betta girl community tanks up and running and have minimal aggression (just the normal heirarchical matters). Must be lucky.

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

OK So I have bought some new males (2 black and 2 red with hot pink in them) and have about 7/9 virgin females as well.

So like I am have them quarentine the males at present and well am going to breed them. I will put 4/5 females to the 2 males or even jsut the better of the 2 males. Now how long do I have to put them together for breeding to take place????

i was wondering when my guppy fry will start to show their color?