HOW TO CARE FOR YOUR GUPPIES

 (from 7guppy )

Here are some tips to help you take good care of guppy fish and their habitat.

 1. DIET AND FEEDING METHOD

- For adult guppies: feeding very simple and just be a little careful. Guppies are greedy, they will eat until stomach rounded up, is prominent in females after eating. However, this is not good, the food will not digest and make the fish tired. Especially with some dry food of poor quality can affect the digestive system of the fish later. Therefore, you must know the dose distribution so that reasonable food, just good for the environment is good for both fish swimming around. Feeding twice a day is reasonable with guppies, a time for fresh food and dry food once may interchangeably in 2 breakfasts and afternoon. The amount of food waste should sink to the bottom of the tank is drawn off after 3 hours for food to ensure your fish are always in regular clean environment.

- For newborn guppies: feeding a little bit picky. If your condition should only feed them live food (brine shrimp, daphnia) in the first 2 weeks are the best, adequate nutrition to help them grow faster and healthier. Newborn fish are very small, round mouth can only eat brine shrimp or daphnia after 2 days of age, if there is no second place in the food store, you can buy the dry food and sprinkle on crushed it at and 2 days after birth aquarium. Diet for a new fish can lay from 2-3 times in a day. 

2. ENVIRONMENTAL CARE IN FISH TANKS 

Guppies require water temperatures of 19-29 ° C, so you should minimize sun light directly into the tank, it will do no good water to fish. Arrange additional vegetation in the tank and equally important, it will help stabilize the environment and water supply sufficient oxygen for respiration of fish. Another factor is the pH of the water should be between 7 - 8.5 is best, if you are outside this range must be treated appropriately before the fish into the tank. Water hardness from 12-18 ° N (this is not very important ^ _ ^). Change the water regularly helps fish healthy and fast growing.

 
3. PERSONAL CARE TIPS FOR A PERIOD OF ABSENCE
    If you plan a business trip or vacation, the adult fish will be fine and they do not need food for 2 weeks, but the new-born fish can only exist in one week without food. So before you go, you should move new-born fishes into a bigger tank and prepare a amount sufficient of daphnia to fish eat for 5 days (during this time daphnia can produce more ). One week period of absence will not affect your lovely guppies more. If the time is much longer, you have to think of another solution .

4. WATER FILTER FOR FISH TANKS
    If you are using a water filter for aquarium guppies, you should note the following. Water to wash the aquarium filter must from feeding tank to preserve the beneficial bacteria needed for the aquarium. The filter is recommended as filter foam sponge (sponge filter) filter or waterfall filter, both two types of filter can produce beneficial bacteria to help stabilize the aquarium environment and help fish develop comprehensive.

5. FISH TANK LIGHTING
    To make your guppies more vibrant colors, try using the pink light of fluorescent lamps. It will make your fish more beautiful  in the night scene. Usually, after a day of hard work, if you see the fish came swimming of the scene in the tank will make your brain relax a lot.

The fish caring is simple but takes a lot of time. If you take care of  very well it will be more beautiful  and you will be fun after hours of intense work.