Fish

If you are keeping guppies in your home aquarium, you must be aware by now at how often the females breed. Since a female guppy could get pregnant as often as every 30 days, there is a need for controlled breeding if you do not have the tanks to accommodate a large number of fry. If breeding is properly spaced, you could better manage and care for your guppy fry. When you notice your pregnant female guppy drops her youngsters, it would take a little work for you to help them grow and develop well. Fry tend to be eaten by the mature guppies when they’re kept in the same tank, it is then advised to separate them or utilize a breeder box, net breeder and a larger tank of about 5 to 10 gallons in size. If the adults are well fed, there is lesser chance for the fry to be eaten. However, providing the safe zones for the young ones is always advised.

Caring for your fry involves determining their genders to do controlled breeding at the earliest time. Generally, guppies have a tendency to have more female offspring. Though you can’t sex guppies unless they are adults, there are a few identifiable differences between a male and a female guppy to be able to tell which is which while they’re young. Only males develop colors on their bodies and their anal fin is somewhat pointed. It is very seldom to see female guppies with bright colors such as their male counterparts. They tend to be more active than the females too and are found to chase around a lot. Females usually have grayish shade on their body, and they have rounded anal fin. In about 2 to 3 weeks, female guppies develop a gray spot (gravid spot) a little above their anal fin area. This can be better seen when you place them on a clear glass. Expert aquarists could be able to identify the spot earlier than that. A guppy does not have to be pregnant to see that dark spot on their body.

Waiting for the gonopodium in males is said to be the most reliable way to identify a guppy’s gender. It is a somewhat modified fin that appears gray and horizontal. It is said to be the determining factor in the gender of guppies and other livebearer fishes as well. However, it takes a while to see that, and by that time, your female guppies may have become pregnant already and setting up a proper breeding strain may be too late already. Breeders who wish to sex them earlier develop many ways to be able to do that. They usually give the fry a good feed, some use spirulina or any brand would do, and take a close look at them when they are full. Prominent pot bellies could be observed from female guppies and males will show pot chests. Proper sex identification would mean effective breeding for your guppy. Learning how to tell the gender of a guppy fry is important if you are keeping these fishes in your tank. With a little experience, you would be able to enjoy your fishkeeping experience much better with your guppies.

Tropical fish keeping is fast becoming a hobby for many people. They find these creatures spectacular and very appealing. Some do it as a hobby while others keep them to add beauty in their homes. Breeders do this for profits. The demand for tropical aquatics has resulted in tropical fish hatcheries.

These hatcheries breed mainly tropical fishes in a controlled fashion. The breeds are raised in aquariums or special ponds without needing to pursue the wild population. Good hatcheries provide optimum environment for the eggs to develop and hatch. There are so many processes involved in this such as maintenance of proper water temperature and oxygen levels, adequate food supply and safety. The tropical fishes are bred in captivity and are then shipped to different parts of the world.

Compared to the past, modern tropical fish hatcheries are more developed and efficient. Their hatchery processes are less damaging to offsprings and even helps preserve the threatened fish stocks.

If you wish to contact a fish hatchery, you can look up the yellow pages for quite a number of listings. However, nowadays, tropical fish hatcheries are better reached online and here are a few hatcheries I have looked up:

Pondsidetropicalfish.com – located in Minneapolis. It is a home-based hatchery with a whole range of interesting and unusual breeds of tropical freshwater fishes. They take pride in their very convenient terms of shipping to any parts of the country and outside the country as well.

Rfitropicalfish.com – (Rainforest Farms International) operates hundreds of huge aquariums and is known for breeding Discus fish and other breeds of tropical fishes for over twenty years.

Angelsplus.com – based in Upstate, New York. They have a wide supply of show-quality tropical fish of different breeds as well as hatchery-proven aquarium supplies.

Ornamentalfish.com.tw – A Taiwan based breeder and exporter of tropical fishes and are known to be efficient exporters of such.

Waynesworldangelfish.com – pride themselves in producing healthy and excellent breeds of angelfish as well as a wide selection of freshwater tropical fishes.

Livefishdirect.com – based in Utah. They are a known breeder of freshwater aquarium fishes and boasts of their modern processes and facilities. Though African Cichlids are the main focus of their hatchery, they breed a great number of species as well and ship them across untied States.

If you want to do the hunt for yourself, it might interest you to look up www.Aquafind.com and explore the long list of tropical fish hatcheries from different parts of the world. You can find the information you need on these tropical fish havens and have any ornamental fish that will satisfy your aesthetic pleasure.