They eat everything from store-bought fish flakes and veggie pellets to live or freeze-dried foods, insect larvae, vegetables, and meat. They also graze on algae and spirulina. However, the best diet for guppies to grow and flourish is a protein-rich plant and animal-based nutrition from multiple sources.
So, let us find out all about the right type of diet and other aspects of guppy food to keep your pet fish healthy and happy. To identify the right type of food for this species of fish, we must look at the feeding habits of guppies in the wild.
Guppies belong to the tropical areas of South and North-East America, where they are abundantly seen in small streams and freshwater pools.
Guppies are non-fussy eaters. In the wild, they will eat anything they find in the water that fits into their tiny mouths. Being omnivores, they will eat both plants and meat. Wild guppies enjoy a rich and varied diet of plant and animal matter. Soft algae form a greater part of the guppy diet. They also have access to aquatic insect larvae, brine shrimp, invertebrates, and diatoms. This constitutes the non-vegetarian part of their diet.
Guppies look hungry most of the time and will happily eat almost anything that you offer them. Although they have small stomachs, this fish tends to eat large quantities of food if available. Unfortunately, overfeeding is bad for their health. Guppies thrive on a varied diet of healthy food. You can feed them both home-made and commercially available fish food. When choosing commercially available fish food, flake foods for tropical fish with high protein content are the best.
Most guppy breeders exclusively use this to feed their guppies. Another good addition to their diet is veggie pellets. These contain marine and vegetable proteins like plankton, algae, and spirulina. Spirulina improves their resistance to infections. The carotenoids in vegetarian food enhance the colors in the tails, making guppies appear brighter. Give them brine shrimp, daphnia, bloodworms and mosquito larvae. Guppies, even juveniles, can go a week or two without being fed and do just fine.
Guppies are at risk of overfeeding, which can foul their water and cause them to get sick and die. Types of Fish. The first step is to choose which guppies to breed. You can choose any adults with the features that you want to breed, such as colour, shape or size. However if you would like to have more control, you can take things to a breeding tank. Once the female has conceived you will notice a small patch just above her fin, called the gravid spot, will be a little darker, this is where the eggs are kept.
Then you wait. It takes about 30 days for gestation and you will notice your guppy getting a little larger and boxier in the stomach area. Close to the time of delivery, you will want to move your fish into a breeding trap to make sure the fry stay safe.
They will be fully independent and you will be able to move them to their own tank or area right away. Once the fry are born you want to provide them with plenty of places to hide and plenty of foliage. Live plants are best. With proper cover they can be introduced right away to the main tank, or you can keep them in a smaller tank until they are a little larger. When caring for the fry you will have to monitor the tank conditions closely as they are very sensitive to change, so to give them the best chance of survival you will have to make sure the conditions are just right.
You should also think about supplementing with brine shrimp or bloodworms to make sure they are getting all of the nutrients they need and give them a better chance at growing into adults. If you are serious about breeding it might be a good idea to keep the fry in a separate tank until they are older and have developed their immune system better. Finally, watch the growth of your fry closely. You can tell by their growth if they are getting the nutrients they need and if they are becoming healthy adult guppies.
If they are too small or growing too fast you will know how you should alter their diet to ensure they stay healthy, grow strong and become an interesting addition to any tank. Once they have reached the age of between weeks they should have no problems being introduced in to the main tank with the rest of the population. I created this website to help fellow fishkeepers get accurate and helpful information at the click of a few buttons.
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Its exquisite natural beauty says it all. Feed fry and adult the amount that they can finish within minutes. If there is any leftover food in the tank, then reduce the amount accordingly in the next feeding. Guppies have a very small stomach. So, overfeeding them may affect their intestine badly and give permanent illness to your little fishes. As Guppies are omnivorous, you can give them any type of food.
Crumbled fish food flakes, baby brine shrimp, and boiled egg yolk is the perfect food for a baby guppy. For adult guppy, you can choose fish food flakes. It is suggestible to give live food to adult guppy once or twice a week. The live food is available at any pet store, or you can raise them also at your home. You can also opt for wholly frozen food for your guppies. But, honestly, you can feed them any fish food very comfortably without any specific choice to the adult as well as a baby guppy.
It is a little surprising, but you can also feed vegetables to your guppies.
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