What does owning a fish cost? Buying a fish can cost from 25cents to several dollars ranging from the simple goldfish to the expensive sea aquarium varieties. Below is what the average fish owner spends per year.
Raising Guppies in the Classroom-Guppies make interesting fish to keep in a classroom. One of the type fish including platys and mollies, Guppies hold it's eggs inside it's body until they are ready to hatch, and release their live swimming young. This provides the young children with an education in mating and giving birth. All you need is two or three female guppies and one male guppy, they need to be at least three months old in a tank that is 10 gallons outfitted with a small corner box filter, and water at a 75-degrees Farenhiet. You don't need any gravel, a powered filter, or an air stone. If you see that the female guppy is pregnant remove the male guppy. When the female guppy starts to give birth, seprate it from its young. The young fish can swim when born, but the mother fish or any other fish will eat the young fish Feeding your fish-You need to feed
your fish three times a day. A meal of live brine shrimp to
supplement the flake food will broaden their health and
readiness to
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