spark740 Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 My Guppies live in a 21 gallon tank. I have 4 females, and 2 males and 7 juveniles. The tank is 25degrees celsius and is clean. Nitrate and nitrite levels are safe. my females do not have much colour, and the tank does not recieve much light. For 3 months now my guppies have not been pregnant! I feed them well, but the males only chase the females for a minute or so at a time. I do not know what to do! My other guppies before always bred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMumba Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 My Guppies live in a 21 gallon tank. I have 4 females, and 2 males and 7 juveniles. The tank is 25degrees celsius and is clean. Nitrate and nitrite levels are safe. my females do not have much colour, and the tank does not recieve much light. For 3 months now my guppies have not been pregnant! I feed them well, but the males only chase the females for a minute or so at a time. I do not know what to do! My other guppies before always bred. Hum..... maybe you should try adding a little salt in the water, and up the temp to 27 degrees.. see if that helps :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobies et al Posted July 31, 2008 Report Share Posted July 31, 2008 Can you post some pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark740 Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 Can you post some pictures? I am sorry! my camera is 7mp and this site does not accept files like that. what can I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 upload the pictures to a hosting site like www.photobucket.com and them post the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted August 2, 2008 Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 I used to breed guppies. Mine seemed to prefer water about 21-22 degrees. My ph was 7.5. As for the lights, do you have a hood with lights? They would accept that. A few tricks to get them to mate: Weekly water change of 25%, replace with cooler water (mine was 19-20). or try slightly warmer water. You don't mention if you have plants. Guppies ussually don't care, but it helps the females relax and stay stressfree when pregnant. Rearrange the tank ornaments and plants. Supplement feeding, flake is what mine basically got. But they love fozen daphnia and brine shrimp - avoid blood worms though, I have had friends who had guppies die after feeding guppies dried bloodworms. If you are feeling adventurous (or desperate) go to the lfs and get a guppy of different coloration. (I had some red fancy longtail crosses that wouldn't stop chasing the females even to eat - I had to stock seven females to one male). Good luck! I live in Athabasca, and if you want I still have a few of my red fancy cross males, if you want some just pm me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spark740 Posted August 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2008 hmmmmm................. that might work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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