Tropical Fish Breeding for Beginners - Guppies and Swordtails

"Tropical Fish Breeding for Beginners - Guppies and Swordtails"," Try your luck at breeding livebearers such as guppies or swordtails.
A pair - 1 female and 1 male, 2 females to 1 male works even better
Two of the more popular tropical fish for beginners has to be Guppies and Swordtails.
 Like most livebearers, there is not much to getting your guppies or swordtails to breed.
 The gestation period for livebearers is usually 28 days but can range from 20 to 40 days.
 You are probably asking, how can I tell when the female is pregnant? When a female guppy is pregnant she will develop a dark triangular shaped gravid spot near her anal vent.
 While you are waiting on the female to develop the babies it's time to make sure you are prepared for the delivery.
 A breeder box is a small box plastic box about 4 inches long by 3 inches wide and 4 inches deep.
 When the mother fish has babies they fall through the slot in the ""V"" into the bottom of the box.
 Some people have had bad experiences with breeder boxes and now only use a breeder net.
 The breeding grass is just in case the mother gives birth before you have a chance to put her in the breeder box.
To feed your new arrivals you can use finely crushed flake food.
 Some only feed live foods such as baby brine shrimp.
 Crushed or powdered flake food will suffice.
 You will invariably feed too much and the excess food will drop to the bottom of the tank or breeder box.
 length of aquarium tubing and a small bucket.
 Be careful not to siphon any baby fish.
 This will aid in the optimal growth of your baby tropical fish.
 By 8 weeks old your baby fish will most likely be able to return to the main tank without a divider.
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