How to Feed a Guppy
Guppies are tolerant tropical fish. They are omnivores and will survive on a range of diets, but they do best on high quality algae-based fish food supplemented with occasional live or frozen food. A good diet also intensifies the colors of their fins and tails.
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Things You'll Need
- Algae-based fish food
- Frozen food
- Brine shrimp and micro-food
- Gravel cleaner with tube
Instructions
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Crumble a pinch of the dried food between your fingers and sprinkle the food in the tank two or three times a day. A rough guide is to feed no more than the guppies can eat within three to five minutes. Start with a tiny pinch and add more food as required.
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Insert live food such as daphnia or brine shrimp to the tank once or twice a week. Frozen food is an acceptable alternative. The portion of live food should be slightly larger than the portion of dried food.
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Feed newly hatched brine shrimp or commercial fry food to any guppy fry (babies) three to five times a day. Feed the fry mostly live food for the first few weeks. The fry can also eat finely crumbled dried food.
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Tips & Warnings
Brine shrimp and commercial fry food are available from aquarium suppliers.
If the guppies don't catch and eat nearly all of the live food within a few minutes, you are giving them too much.
If the fish leave any food, feed them much less the next time. Remove the excess with a gravel cleaner to avoid pollution problems.
Some types of live food, like bloodworms, are high in fat. Only feed bloodworms to guppies as an occasional treat once or twice a month. Guppies, especially ones over 6 months old, can develop obesity problems.
