Well guppies can take anywhere from 2-4 months to sexually mature. There are different factors involved that will impact the rate which they mature. Temperature, food, tank mates, etc. The temperature combined with food will have the greatest impact of all. The higher the temperature is at the faster the guppies metabolism is running. So if you give adequate food for the rate that the guppy can eat it, the faster the guppy will grow.
The tank mates also play a huge roll, if the young guppy is scared to get the food it will eat less, no matter what amount of food it's offered. The temperature will have no impact on the young guppy other then it will feel very hungry. Now you may be saying well I bought a guppy that was younger then 2 months of age and without a male it gave birth. The guppy has a really neat way of making sure that no matter what its kind will continue to swim for eons to come. What the female does is she will store sperm for up to seven months inside of her. What she does it that when she feels it's a good time to give birth she will use the stored sperm to fertilize her eggs. This way she will have readily available amounts of sperm for almost half her life span. To me that's pretty incredible.
If you want to learn even more about the guppy in general or have more questions about guppy sexual maturity I recommend checking this site mentioned at the end of this article.
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