How do you know if your guppy is healthy? What kind of aquatic plants are suitable for raising guppies?

Guppies are slender and have beautiful flower tails. When they swim, they look like a peacock spreading its tail. They are extremely gorgeous, gentle, and adaptable, and are loved by breeders. With hybrid selection, various types of guppies have emerged, which are as beautiful as flowers. The green color of the water plants and the body color of the guppies complement each other and highlight the beauty of the guppies. It is really beautiful.

Contents of this article

1. How do you know if your guppy is healthy?

2. What kind of aquatic plants are suitable for raising guppies?

3. How to make small guppies grow fast

How to know if your guppy is healthy?

To determine whether the guppy is healthy, you can observe it in the following ways:

1. There are no obvious scars or symptoms on the body surface, such as fin rot, body rot, bleeding, eye blindness, or white spot disease. If these symptoms occur, it is abnormal.

2. Whether the eating habits are normal. Not eating for about 2 days or a significant decrease in food intake indicates abnormality.

3. Whether the activity is normal, such as not retracting the fins, swinging the body left and right in the original position, staying still for a long time, and swimming underwater frequently. Guppies are fish that live in the upper waters. If they often swim underwater, they may be unhealthy.

4. Is there any obvious blackening on the body? Blackening is mostly caused by poor water quality, and in severe cases it will affect the life of the fish.

What kind of aquatic plants are suitable for raising guppies?

The aquatic plants suitable for raising guppies include: water hyacinth, iron crown, fine-leaved iron crown, antler iron crown, red chrysanthemum, green chrysanthemum, yellow chrysanthemum, red pine tail, snapdragon, feather grass, green pine tail, centipede grass, Newton grass, green metasequoia, pagoda grass, metasequoia, small red mold, small bamboo joints, large water celery, etc.

The most important thing when pairing water plants for guppies is that the branches and leaves should be soft and delicate and not hurt the guppies. The tender green color of the water plants and the body color of the guppies complement each other and highlight the beauty of the guppies.

How do small guppies grow fast?

There are three ways:

1. Newly hatched peacock seedlings should be fed egg white to increase their physique and protein.

2. After one or two days, you can feed the seedlings with the starter feed for guppy larvae. You can buy it at the fish market or online. Since the starter feed is specially formulated by experts and contains enzymes, it can promote the growth of the seedlings.

3. Take some red worms, soak them in salt water for 15 minutes, take them out, dry them, and crush them, then you can feed the small fish fry.