September 2021

I have found some of the best foods for baby guppies include newly hatched brine shrimp, First Bites from Hikari, and crushed quality flake foods. I also feed my baby guppies frozen cyclops, microworms, and frozen daphnia. Guppies are said to be one of the world’s most popular tropical fish. It is easy to see […]

Guppies are incredibly popular in the freshwater fishkeeping hobby. Their popularity hasn’t really dropped since the 1960s when they were first introduced into the hobby. One of the things that make guppies so popular is the ease with which we can breed them at home. I have been keeping and breeding guppies for nearly 30

Guppies are easily one of the most popular fish in the hobby today. To be fair, their popularity hasn’t really dropped since the late 1960s. One of the things that makes them so popular is the ease with which they breed. Guppies are baby-producing machines. However, producing all those babies can sometimes lead to female

One of the major attractions to keeping guppies is the fact they are a live-bearing species of fish. This means the female guppies give birth to live, free-swimming baby fish. Get yourself a pair of guppies and within 3 to 6 months you can have hundreds of baby fish swimming around your aquarium. If you

I got my first guppy over 30 years ago. Since then I have kept, bred, and enjoyed almost every color strain on the market. One thing I have learned is, for bright, healthy guppies, what you feed them is really important. So you want to make some homemade food for your guppies? Below I have

A 5-gallon aquarium is suitable for a group of 4 or 5 MALE guppies. Guppies are live-bearing fish, meaning the females give birth to live, free-swimming baby fish. By keeping only male guppies in a 5-gallon aquarium there is no chance of the number of fish in the tank increasing accidentally. Guppies are so popular

If you are planning to go on vacation, and you have an aquarium with guppies living in it, you may be wondering How long can guppies live without food? Guppies are very hardy. Healthy adult guppies can easily survive for up to 2 weeks without food whilst you are on vacation. Younger guppies would be able

Guppies are ‘tropical’ fish. They need to be kept in warm water to grow and thrive. The ideal temperature for a guppy aquarium is between 75°F and 80°F (23°C and 26°C). For short periods of maybe 1 or 2 days guppies can be kept as low as 65°F (18°C). For longer periods, the minimum temperature

Whilst you wouldn’t want to keep your guppies in permanent darkness, they don’t need an aquarium light as such. Providing the aquarium they live in receives some light, either natural light from a window or ambient light from the room the aquarium is in, the guppies will be fine. Guppies are colorful, easy-going, and hardy.