Guppy Fish Complete Care Guide
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Aquarium Guppy Fish
Aquarium guppies are super popular because you can keep them in a smaller tank and their bio-load is small. They also happen to be filled with bright colors making them beautiful and fun to watch. This site is a resource and community devoted to these awesome fish. hello
1. Bacteria & Filtration
The most important factor to keeping any aquarium fish is having an “established” setup. This means having good bacteria that has grown in your filter and throughout your tank. If your setting up a new aquarium you can jump start the cycle by grabbing some used filter pad from someone else’s established filter. Put that dirty pad in your filter and run it for a couple hours and you should be ready for fish.
Our favorite filters are the “AquaClear” series. They have been the highest rated and top sold on the internet for quite some time. They have a super efficient design that enables the filter to pump tons of water through it while also being super quite. You can check out more reviews and info here on amazon.
2. Tropical Temperatures
Guppies are tropical fish and the water temperatures need to be in the mid 70s at minimum. When buying a heater figure on needing 5 watts of energy to heat 1 gallon of water. All Guppy fish call out for tropical water conditions of 74-82 degrees Fahrenheit. I hear about horror stories of heaters cracking and killing the fish… I always advise buying a descent name brand heater for that reason. Just look for a top rated or best seller.
3. Quality Food
Guppy fish are extremely easy to feed. Basic “tropical flakes” can be found at any pet store. BUT SOME brands of fish food are full of “fillers” and not very nutritional for fish. I highly advise buying one of the best brands of food. It will only be a couple dollars more in cost. I highly recommend Omega One brand.
4. Tankmates & Other Fish
The most common tankmates to keep with guppies are molly fish, platies, Gouramis, and other guppies. I hear of people keeping other fish with them but you just have to watch the fish carefully. The rules can always be bent at times with some fish but its safest to stick with same temperament fish.
5. Water Changes
Remember this fact for all of your fishkeeping **ALL AQUARIUMS need water changes. This means you need to change a descent amount of the water in your aquarium over a certain amount of time. This isn’t going to be an entire article on water changes… but just to state how important they are to your fish’s health. The easiest way to change water in a fish aquarium is to use an “Aqueon Water Changer” They hook up to your faucet and suck the water out while also pushing new water in! Completely awesome technology!
6. Clean the Gravel
When you clean your aquarium you should always clean the gravel. It’s so important because everything sinks to the bottom in fish tanks. By cleaning the bottom your getting rid of 90% of the waste. The most common method to cleaning gravel is to use a gravel vacuum.
7. No Flower Vases
No fish should ever have to live in a space so small. Most flower vases look large enough but they equate to around one gallon of water usually. Even though these fish are small and can be put into “smaller” tanks doesn’t mean a flower vase is going to be enough space. I always advise a 5 gallon minimum.
8. Use a Light
Guppies aren’t too picky on their lighting. I would only suggest that you buy a “plugin timer” for your light so that it can turn on and off at the same time everyday. A person tends to forget here and there to shut the light off and that causes irregularity in their habitat. Were trying to replicate their natural habitat remember and if the sun doesn’t rise that day… that isn’t healthy. The type of lighting isn’t a huge deal but I would definitely use a lighting source to help them and their visibility.
9. Breeder Box
If you plan on keeping the babies your fish have then you should use a breeder box. It’s a small plastic box that you put in the aquarium and it floats. As the babies fall out of the female during birth they fall into a small section of the box that larger fish can’t get into.
10. Rinse and Repeat
When you first buy fish it’s easy to keep your interest in keeping them. Over time you will loose some interest. Make sure that you are at least still properly caring for their water and tank maintenance.
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