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Our two guppies produced fry this morning, about 30 babies (is that a lot??). I took the danios out of the tank, as I needed them to cycle another tank (plus they were eating the fry). Right now there is one male and two female guppies, and one small pleco, with about 30 guppy babies in a ten gallon tank. There is a plastic plant floating on the water and a lot of the babies are hiding there.
The pleco is still hugging the heater, he/she seems completely obliviously to the party that is going on..

Water parameters are fine (ph 6.8 amonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate trace temp 80), and I just did a routine water change this morning. Also, I treated this tank with malachite green for ich, for 4 days, and will finish the treatment with salt in the water (added that yesterday). Will any of this hurt the fry?

Of course I don't really need 30 extra guppies, so I plan to leave them with dad and moms. How many can I expect to survive?

L.
 
don't expect much.. i did the same thing and STILL ended up with a large amount of guppies (50+) out of an original population of 5, after only 6 months.
 
50+ ?? Oh my gosh.
The moms and dad haven't eaten any of them yet (they are about 7 hours old now)...And actually only one of the females has spawned (about 25 babies). The other seems ready to go (she is trying to find a quiet spot).
So with a bit of bad luck we will have 50+ guppies even quicker!

My daughter, who thinks this is absolutely the cutest thing that has ever happened to her wants to know: "How old do the babes have to be before they will not get eaten anymore"?

I have spend hours today not doing any work, just staring at the tank. Complete Zen. How wonderful!

L.
 
Yeah, they can multiply fast. I had one give birth to 50+ on a Thursday and the other give birth to 74 two days later. My adult guppies never ate their young. It was my danios that kept them under control. If you want to lessen the population, put the danios back in there.

However, I found that if you have hiding spots - even behind the heater, many (probably too many) will avoid the danios. After a few days, the danios don't seem to be all that interested any more - they'd eat one if one was near them but didn't seem that interested in chasing after them. If I waited 2 weeks, the fry were almost too large for the zebra danios to eat... so if you want to reduce that population, timing is of the essence.

If you also find that there are too many fry left and the danios don't want to chase them, take as many of the fry out as you can and put them in a smaller container. Then put the danios in. Come back in an hour and they'll be gone.

But, you might want to save a few (I always did). Was a kick to see them grow.
 
Haha, if you want to get rid of them, you can ship me some... I'd be willing to take them... PM if you'd like to pay for shipping.. =]
 
Yes, this is a good question. How does one ship fish?
I don't mind sharing them (IF they survive)

L.
 
Well, whichever ones do survive I'd take... but I'm not sure about shipping them, I've never shipped fish before, but I hear that a lot of people do. I'm sure someone can help with that!
 
It will cost more to ship them then they are worth. if you want baby guppies go to your lfs and pick a few females out of the mixed guppy tank most likely they have already did their business and will drop soon. TIP pick the biggest fat ones
 
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