dying baby guppies

[Wren]

Try a smaller food. Some kind of fry food powder. If you use flake, crush it to a powder. Micro type worms are good, too. I use several types of fry food powder with eggs, liver, and freeze-dried Grindal worms that I make myself. BTW Don't look for these at the LFS because I prepare the egg and liver powder. And I freeze-dry the Grindals. Remember, these small fry need to eat a lot more that you think. They need to fill their little bellies with food and not pick at large pieces.

When I was breeding lots of fish, I also did 20% water changes twice a day in the fry tanks making sure the water was the same temperature as the tank.

The fry all died within about 12 hours (or were born dead - I wasn't home to see). The tank is full of java moss and some java fern. I figured there would be enough for them to eat in the first few hours...
I did intend to change more water and more frequently once I actually had live fry. I've raised Rift Lake cichlids of various types before, so I'm familiar with how much they need to eat and how messy the water can get.
Thanks for the ideas on food for the little guys. There really isn't a lot available around here, so ideas are always good.

 

[Wren]

I don't remember the species cause I've read so much tonight, but a couple of the fish that I was reading about said that too high a pH can cause sterility. ?

I only got baby guppy's once, they were eaten, except for the last one that I found dead, and all the adult/juvie guppy's died too (didn't buy them all at the same time or have them all at the same time). Don't know why, they just don't like something.

(I had platies for a year, but they only had the babies they were bursting with when I bought them.)

I wish you luck!
I too know what it feels like not to be able to breed the most breedable fish in the world LOL!

I've heard that there can be problems with high pH and egg laying fish. Due to my crazy water, I don't even bother!

It's nice to meet another hobbiest who can't breed the fish that everyone else won't keep because they can't stop them from breeding! LOL! (Although I actually only keep male rift lake cichlids for exactly that reason!)