Guppy Keeping Fails: Learn from These 5 Common Mistakes

[@Angus1966]

I live in Australia and source my guppy from a near by river , great fish to keep

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Nice 👍🏻

[@cadenturnley5772]

I’ve even seen them in the water in texas

[@omnilothar]

I have to use tap water, is it the reason my guppy die one by one? other fish like neon/cardinal tetra are doing fine though

[@meikahidenori]

​@@omnilotharif you use declorniator you should be fine.

[@williamm1981]

@@cadenturnley5772 That's because someone put them there

[@garrettpete]

Great advice-even for fish keeping in general! Thank you! Looking forward to setting up my first aquascape within the next week or so

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hey, thanks for the feedback. Would love to hear how your first aquascape goes 🤞🏻

[@badrhelmy80]

i love how you explain in a very simple and enthusiastic way, a new subscriber here :)

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thank you. Welcome to the channel 🫡

[@jeffereyhopkins750]

Great advice. I had a female that had a deformed back so I separated her from the main tank. She was already pregnant so she had 3 successive broods but made sure her babies were put into a separate tank so the genetics were not passed on. They are in tank where their progeny are eaten at birth but other fish. None fish have shown the defects but I don't Want to take that chance.

[@SumargJ]

If u wait a few months and see that the fishes don't don't deformed back.(few prob will) but u can keep the ones without deformed back in ur normal tank

[@Timsfreshwatertanks]

Another super video Richard. Endlers just gave me about 30-40 more fry this past weekend. started new tank to move some fish around, but they will all be happy with lots more room coming. Left Females with the Cherry Shrimp ( added male to this tank with 3 females ). they will stay here due to Planaria in tank. The male will be removed as I'm sure they are all pregnant at this time.

[@AMJolene]

My guppies are hanging out at the top of my tank. I may have new tank syndrome, as it's a newer tank... it's not too hot , there's a massive air stone, I've tested nitrates and nitrites and ammonia - all good. All my other fish (yoyo loach, algae eater, neon tetras) are fine...

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Sometimes, they just hang out at the top looking for more food. 🤞🏻

[@RodneyGracia]

Good advice. Sadly here in florida my tank is at 82 degrees during the summer (room temp) steady and 76-78deg in the winter.

[@hildaldo]

Love the videos, please keep them coming!

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Thanks! I’ll try 🤞🏻

[@MrsyidiAdzmi]

Thank you for this. I love my guppies!

[@yusra1519]

I found your xhannel today.. And subscribed.. Alhamdulillah❤

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Welcome 🫶🏻

[@blakeanderson1997]

Very helpful! Thank you

[@belindahalleankersen7077]

Hi. First, I love your videos. 😃. I have guppies and shrimps in my tank. I would like my aquarium to have no glass cover. But can I do that, without them jumping up ❓ thx. Sry. my bad english, hope you understand 😂

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Hi! Thanks for taking the time to comment. Your English is excellent. Guppies are not the worst jumpers in the hobby, but it can happen. If you’re completely against using a glass top, you might have to accept that occasionally a guppy will end up on the floor. 😢

[@ashrafzaman550]

Thank you so much..❤❤

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You’re welcome 🫶🏻

[@naegwut]

Perfect advice from a pro

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

You are too kind 🫶🏻

[@Sathwik_poojary]

Thank you for that great advices ❤ and now i am ready like always to keep my guppies healthy and live their life for long long time and one question? Can i feed some vegies to guppies as they eat and be healthy?

[@Sathwik_poojary]

Thank you 💕 can i keep some cories with my guppies

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Definitely. Great combo 👍🏻

[@Sathwik_poojary]

@@FishKeepingAnswers thank you 💕😊 so sweet of you😊

[@debbiebridges6350]

I want to set up a planted all male endler tank. How many can I keep in a 10 gallon, Would shrimp be okay with endlers?

[@GuppyMorning]

1 gallon for every inch of fish. I would say 10 endlers. Yes they are okay shrimps as long as shrimps have a lot of hiding places ✔️

[@StacyLongendyke]

I used to raise guppy's and also had goldfish of different sizes after a few to many guppy's without color became goldfish food 😮😊

[@jennytherose]

Hi I was told giving hippy fish garlic that it good for them and help them but will it hurt the shrimp and snails in the tank

[@jennytherose]

Guppy not hippy sorry

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

😂

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

I have never heard of garlic hurting snails or shrimp 👍🏻

[@jennytherose]

Ok thanks

[@lostmangos]

Where abouts in the UK are you RIchard?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

East Anglia 👍🏻

[@lostmangos]

@FishKeepingAnswers I am in Bedfordshire, can you recommend any local shops for fish/plants

[@S2K_World-G]

Hi Sir just subscribed am on my very first guppy tank ...can u check my aquarium and let me know if they any females ...as am not sure they told me they male but not sure not trust ebay that much

[@abdellahadouani1626]

Excuse my lame english, I have 2 questions please : - can i put an airstone stick in my guppies tank? - does shrimps and guppies get along? Thank you

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Yes and yes 👍🏻

[@abdellahadouani1626]

@FishKeepingAnswers thanks alot man

[@beautifulnightmare8092]

Question: in my tank the babies tend to hang out at the bottom of the tank and don't come up for food, so how do I make sure they're eating but not over feed? I admit, I do over feed just for that reason. I can not afford another tank to put the fry in. I don't want to starve a living creature!

[@meikahidenori]

Leave a bit of Mull at the bottom of the tank with some Catapa leaves. Baby fry love eating the bacteria & alge in the tank in the same way shrimp do. The mulm is good for any plants you have too

[@GuppyMorning]

Don't worry fries are eating biofilm. But still make sure that you feed them sinking pellets for added nutrition.

[@BIBLE-UNBUTCHERED]

I bring flakes down to dust and put it in the water, slap the surface of the water with my hand and it sinks. Hope this helps.

[@4ZorseChicOfTheApocalypse]

Mine looove woodlice that stupidly climbed to the top of tank and then fell in they swarmd them like wolves!

[@RoccosVideos]

I just my 55 gallon aquarium up and running again. Having too many fry is a major concern of mine. I'm thinking of getting guppies and I might just get males.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Male only colonies work well. That’s what I do in my 7 gallon tanks 👍🏻

[@BIBLE-UNBUTCHERED]

Ooh you're into guppies too Richard, lucky me

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

I’m a huge guppy fan. Just working on a nice colony of Dragon Guppies 😍

[@mdg6123]

Very good information and entertaining. 😊

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

@@mdg6123 thank you 🙏🏻

[@mintfrost427]

I am currently encountering the overpopulation problem and I was just wondering- where do u sell them? Craigslist?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

google the phrase 'guppies for sale in (insert your loction here)' and see whats popular where you are. Places to sell fish vary all over the world.

[@YourFavoriteBrunetteBook]

I don’t know if I should get 2 guppies from different kinds because I had my heart set on 1 male Japanese blue tail guppy and 1 male neon blue metallic guppy I don’t want to breed I just want 2 males I’ve got lots of plants and a 5 gallon tank what should i do?

[@meikahidenori]

Go for it. You can keep all varieties of guppies together. If they're all male there's no chance of breeding

[@CasperClone]

Where abouts in the UK are you based? From essex myself

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

I am based in Bedfordshire 😎

[@CasperClone]

@@FishKeepingAnswers does that count as midlands? 😂 my geography is terrible Do you have a link to your website as well

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Pretty much, kind of, but I always try and keep it vague. Don’t want people showing up here 😂🤣😂

[@CasperClone]

@@FishKeepingAnswers thats fair and safe 👌😁 do you have a link to a website you sell from? 😀

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

We sell through eBay, but again I haven’t shared the seller name as that gives buyers access to the sellers address. Paranoid or what 😂

[@stxphxniiie]

Do you know why my small group of 4 guppies in my 5g are failing? I have 2 adult & 2 young males, their staying at the top of the tank but their not gasping. 1 of my guppies had died from stress I believe (I had him before I had the other newer guppies he was alone with 2 others before and one died so I had got the other 3 new ones he didn’t seem to pull through though, ever since they haven’t been acting the same. Their tales have clamped together and aren’t spread. I have fancy guppy so it looks crazy that their tales are so tucked. My water conditions are great, i have a heater, live plants, air pump bubbler. Do you think you know why their acting weird? Could it possibly be something parasitic within my tank?

[@GuppyMorning]

If you seemed to have the perfect tank, maybe the guppy is the problem. Maybe, when you purchased them they are already sick. Try adding a little bit of aquarium salt in your tank.

[@GuppyMorning]

If your tank had guppies that died due to unknown reasons, it is best to reset the tank

[@FishFanatic_1]

I got the omega one freeze-dried blood worms and my guppys go crazy for them

[@Nigelaquaticsfish]

Bro some chick let me buy ten and I honestly didn’t know a single thing about em so I’m learning before the water go bad or whatever Yano

[@elipatton9625]

Some chick did her job ur the person who bought em without doin research 😂

[@Nigelaquaticsfish]

@@elipatton9625 yea I’m pretty good at this stuff to be honest I sell 60 a month now

[@GuppyMorning]

Man of culture 😂

[@brent3611]

Can two guppies be content in a community tank? Is one male and one female better then two males?

[@meikahidenori]

Two males will be fine. Only get females if you want babies

[@GuppyMorning]

The ratio should always be 2 females to 1 male. So in my opinion 2 males are okay.

[@mr.octopus6972]

Little tip : The perfect amount of food is if no food has time to reach the bottom.

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

Maybe. But what if you are feeding Repashy gel food or Bug Bites sinking formula. Also, what about if you keep Corydoras or Plecos in the same tank. 🤔

[@mr.octopus6972]

@@FishKeepingAnswers of course it comes to the understanding of your own tank but no food should be allowed to get struck somewhere where fish cannot get it and just rot at the bottom. That is what I meant. That is why I like to take my time while feeding instead of shoving a big chunk of food. I'm trying to keep a planted tank with minimum to no filtration and (hopefully) no water changes so I have to take extra care with overfeeding.

[@kaden.slone04_biology]

​@@mr.octopus6972This is why I use sand as the substrate in my tanks (other than my soon-to-be shrimp tank, which has the little soil balls).

[@KCannaQueen]

@@FishKeepingAnswersalso if you grind down your food in an electric spice grinder since you breed fish and like to keep the flakes at multiple sizes, it sinks literally RIGHT AWAY lol

[@YoshiPerner666]

I feel like I could overfeed a bit if I really wanted to. I'm running over 1600 gph filtration on a 55 gallon tank. 27.5 total water volume turning per hour.

[@miltona891]

Hey in a 29 gallon tank how many can I put in one tank. I have different types of guppies too.

[@jeevajames8232]

My guppies are dying 😢 I don’t know what to do

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

That’s a hard one to diagnose over comments. Do you have a local store you can call into to ask their help/advice?

[@Scaperoot79]

Thank you for another great video. We currently have a 20 gallon (long) tank with guppies, white cloud minnows, corydoras, nerites, mystery snails, and shrimp. We had 3 male guppies and added 6 females nearly 2 months ago. The guppies have produced over 50 fry since then. Everything is breeding except the Nerites. We decided to remove the males and cull some of the fry. We lost one female last week to what appeared to be a swim bladder issue, and yesterday I found a female floating under some plant leaves, barely moving. I test the water twice a week, but everything seemed fine. No nitrites or ammonia, low (

[@PatriciaSullivan-o1m]

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[@FishKeepingAnswers]

@@PatriciaSullivan-o1m huh 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@isaacdempster1315]

The first time we see a baby? My pregnant guppy gave birth last night and I didn’t find a single one 😭 had 4 guppies in the tank and 2 ghost shrimp

[@GuppyMorning]

They have already munched on the babies since guppies are fry eaters. Lack of hiding places is also one factor.

[@electronlibre8027]

Breakfast ! You need a lot of plants for them to hide

[@raulcano7216]

U didn't separate them from momma???

[@xSpaceInvader]

Pay attention to their belly. If it looks bloated hes had enough lol

[@GeerGeer259]

My tank is 5litre, and a male and a female, but the female is like a shark, continuously attack my poor male 😢 shall I really seperat them

[@nadishkah]

I don't think your female likes the male 😂 try a different colored male. Or try adding another female to give her a break from the D 😏 females aren't as horny as males which can stress them out while pregnant. I made that mistake myself and am still learning.

[@ImzJustAGuy]

growing the beard out?

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

😂 just need my weekly shave 😂

[@Freedom_Fighter72]

I didn't want children in life, and I don't want baby fish..that's why my guppies are all males

[@xkebgaming7770]

I bought 3 guppies, 2 fem and 1 male and after a few months I have hundreds of them and within 6 months I have a lot of them and I cant control their population so I decided to buy an angelfish to control them and now I only have 2 male 1 female. 😂

[@FishKeepingAnswers]

😂

[@mt_0712]

Pro child of Thanos