Do guppy fry require a filter?

LindaD

LindaD

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I just bought some fancy guppies last week for my 10g and the one female has already gave birth. There are approx. 20-30 fry hiding in the plants.

I'm tempted to remove the fry to my empty 5g aquarium. Just for the heck of it to grow them out and see how they turn out. I do have a heater.. But would they be ok with no filter if I did daily water changes? If not I'll leave them in the main tank to fend for themselves.

Thanks,
Linda
 
A filter is a good idea with any fish. You can get a "mini" power filter (the kind that you hang on the back of the tank) for like 10 bucks. I don't imagine this would produce much current (good for small fish) and it should be easy to maintain. I bought one a month or two ago because they can be set on the bottom of a tank if you have frogs or something and I was going to get some to put in a spare ten gallon I have and figured it would be enough filtration for the two or three gallons of water that would be in the tank. Then I decided I didn't want frogs, so I still have a unused filter and tank sitting around.
 
Nah... I mean a filter is ideal if you have an extra tank, but just like human babies, they don't require much - food, warmth and love (ewwww, so sappy!!).

The first time my guppies ever had fry, I only had my main 29 gallon tank. I put the mother in one of those plastic things to give birth, then removed the guppies and put them in a huge sherry glass (I mean huge, probably 1/2 gallon!!). I put a tiny airstone at the bottom covered with a bit of fry grass, and used a very small air pump. (no heater because it was June and hot, hot, hot).

I fed them 3 times a day, liquid fry food, then after 3 weeks I started using regular flakes because that liquid stuff smells nasty (I crushed up the flakes almost to powder by putting into a sandwich bag and rolling over with a rolling pin). I changed the water every day - 2 turkey baster's worth of water (easiest water changes ever :D).

After about a month and a half, I bought a 3 gallon Eclipse, and they lived in there until they were about 4 months old. I gave most of them to my uncle, and put 4 back into my tank.

:)
~Tara
 
i just hvae a 2 gallon with fry in it, the damned food eventualy falls to the botom and gets all moldy and i cant exaclty do a water change with microscopic fry in there

help
 
those sponge brush thingys that are used to get algea off the tank walls.. try that along the bottom of the fry tank. do it kinda slowly so the babies dont get stuck in it.
 
I ended up finding an old corner filter I had from yeeeears ago. lol. And to my surprise the air pump actually still works. So I hooked it up and stuffed some established filter media in it.

Hans, I used a piece of airline tubing as a mini vac. LOL It works fairly well, although it's a slow process. The suction isn't as strong, so the fry can get out of the way without being sucked up.
 
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