How to care for guppy fingerlings

The guppy are very beautiful and colorful fish that have become one of the most requested species to have in aquariums at home. And, is that these fish stand out for being easy to care for and maintain as well as for their great capacity for reproduction. The baby guppy are also very easy to take care of, but they require specific attention that you must take into account. In we explain how to take care of the guppy fry .

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The guppy fingerlings are easy prey for the rest of the fish, even for their own parents. That is why we advise you to keep them separate and enable a specific aquarium to take care of them . Make sure that the aquarium is spacious and contains vegetation for the guppy to protect themselves, besides this is a method that females use to protect themselves when they are harassed by the males.

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Water quality is a key factor for guppy fingerlings to grow healthy and strong. They need high quality water, so it is preferable to control the levels of ammonia, nitrite and nitrate it contains. Anyway, change 50% of the aquarium water every three days, always taking care not to damage and extract any breeding.

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To care for guppy pups, it is also necessary to keep the aquarium water at a temperature of 24ºC . In particular, the permitted limits are between 23 and 26ºC.

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The use of a filter with a protective sponge is the best way to keep the water in the aquarium always clean and at the same time ensure that no guppy fingerling is sucked.

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Feeding. Guppy fry are much more carnivorous than their progenitors, since they need to increase their body mass. The best way to achieve this is animal proteins, some of the live foods that we can provide them are: artemia nauplii or small water fleas, also called daphnias. For its part, food such as ground flakes can also serve to complete your diet.

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Do a thorough monitoring of the growth of the fry to see that they do so uniformly, and pass them to another aquarium when they are large enough.