Guppies

With John’s cat fish eating every cute little fish we put in their tank, we decided to start giving him (the cat fish not John) live feedings. The pet store charges $.20 for a feeder guppy, and I have to go weekly to get them, so we decided to start breeding guppies. I was on-line searching for tips on how to breed Guppies I found that too many people have too much time on their hands and some have taken breeding guppies to a whole new level. Like this GUY…

“Harem Breeding

It is not absolutely necessary to separate the sexes if your fish breed true. Saving virgin females is important if you need to be sure of the father of your drops, however, it does take more tanks in order to do this. You may feel that in your breeding program you want more control over choosing parents; it is a choice you must make.

I like to leave a few females in the male tank for them to chase. This way, there are pre-hit females and virgin females available at the same time. I also feel that it is important for developing males to have females around to "practice" on. Young virile males need to vent their urges and the young females, I find, have no problem coping with their advances.”

I have a few questions for this guy….like how can I tell if my fish is a virgin? Or why do they need to “practice” to get a good stock? Does the “Quality” of the sex make a better guppy? What about those salmon that only get to do it once? Maybe if we gave them a chance to “practice” our runs will be stronger.