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As you may have guessed I'm fairly new to raising guppies, I have tried two different foods for my gups but none seem to be their fav. any suggestions. I have watch them eat and spit the flakes out ...lol


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The best food for guppies is not a single food. It is a variety of foods. My guppies do great with a flake food that is heavy in vegetable matter and I supplement it with once a week or so feedings of frozen foods like BBS and daphnia.

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Hi Al, as a guppy breeder I’m always trying to improve my guppies. There are three ways this can be done No.1 Feeding No.2 genetics No.3 maintenance. Lets talk about Feeding,. A guppy can digest its food completely in around 45 minutes. I’m not saying you should feed your fish every 45 minutes, if you did that you would have a dirty, polluted tank. I like to feed my fish 3 to 5 times a day.The best food you could feed you guppies is live baby brine shrimp, live grindle worms,live micro worms ,live white worms,and live daphnia. The next best foods are prepared foods,frozen beef heart,frozen liver,etc. The third food is freeze-dried foods, and the last is flakes. I’m listing them in order based on the payback

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Don't base too much on the fish spitting food out - they often mouth their food as a natural ritual.

Variety is crucial and processed commercial foods will only offer so much, especially in the vitamin category. All vitamins in heat-processed foods are synthetic, so I view them as a multi-vitamin supplement.

Guppies grow and thrive with about 30-40% protein in their diet, with fry benefitting from the upper end of the scale.

Carrying fancy finnage takes a solid bone and muscle structure and developing those lovely fins relies on many nutrients, so it's important for both growing fish and adults to receive a full spectrum. The muscular and bone structure especially requires Vitamins A, B1, C, D3 & Biotin, Phosphorus and of course, Calcium & Magnesium, to function at peak levels and support healthy growth.

Small amounts, more often is definitly the ticket. Do watch the amount though, they require very little at each feeding and can only utilize so many nutrients each time. The leftovers will quickly foul the environment and as a Guppy breeder once said, many more fish die from a foul environment than they do from starvation.

Guppies are an awesome Livebearer, have fun with them!

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