Fancy Guppy Hunt :)

Good evening all, new here, ty for having me.
Wondering if there are any fancy guppy breeders around, preferably Cpt, would love to get some (post lockdown ofcourse)

Enjoy the rest of your evening

 

Hi there, @ A new day

You would think so huh , thank you ))

 

Hi there, sent you a pm

 

at the start of summer last year I put 5 guppies in my pond. I now have more than 300. these things breed like crazy.

This morning I sold 20 pairs to a petshop, made more than double what I paid for the original 5. seem like a win.

Most of the females are either brown or yellow, but some of the males came out quite nice.
Will post some pictures tomorrow

 

@RABUBI . Would winter temps kill the guppies ?

 

you have to have a Heater

 

Awesome ty

 

Guppies survive (not ideal) up to 10 degrees then Die off.
I took all of them out of my bigger (4500L) pond and put them in a smaller one I am heating with a 150W heater to keep water temp between 15-20 Degrees.

Not ideal, I know, so I am now selling them (cannot post here as I have not reached the bureaucracy 50 post limit yet...)

 

Some of them

 

We are very fortunate that if you want you can get some seriously beautiful trios from a few LFS shops - well before 2020 happened - they are not cheap - but if it is your thing, nothing should stand in your way from getting a tank full of them via a good breading program.

I am more a pick a mix kinda guy, so I like to add females that are pre-hit from the LFS to my stock when I think things are getting a bit familiar. A QT setup is a must - esp if you are not very familiar with the LFS's stock source and own processes in handling livestock. If nothing goes pear shaped I seldom find dead fish ... and always like seeing a tank grow to its own stocking levels.

Fry that are born in my tanks seem to be more hardy than bringing new stock in on mass - hence the pre-hit females, all they need to do is give me that single drop and I am more than pleased - somehow if she is pre-hit and at the certain stage, the other males in the tank tend to leave her alone abit also so that helps in reducing stress I would think. So I have never bought a trio ...

Since I am back to a pepper grinder for feeding fish food, I have seen better growth of fry in the tanks ... I suspect they are getting more access to food. Yeah guppies get slow below 15 and hit a point of no return around 12 or so degrees for me. I now bring them back in for winter.


Later Ferdie

 

Awesome, whereabouts are you?

 

Damn Corona causing all sorts of distress, all the LFS I have been to recently have zero good stock, and shipping from other provinces is a no no

 

Lets get the fish and chips flowing first then we can ask for the rest ;-)

You have some of the best Guppy breeders in CT (Well that is if they are still in the hobby).

@Hendre - you still have contact with Dirk, is he still around ?

Later Ferdie

 

He is, don't know if he's still breeding guppies.

 

Centurion

 

Oooh, OK let's see after Lockdown / when couriers etc are about

 

Kind sir, could you enquire?
I would appreciate it

 

Hope he is - probably the only real endlers left in SA ...