guppy with an identity issue

[chunksofpoooo]

I have a few pregnant female (redundant, i know) guppies, im trying to establish a food source for the African Butterfly im going to get (tomorrow hopefully). At any rate one of the more pregnant guppies seems to like to school with the group of neons i have in the tank, she follows them around and everything. I know when guppies are about to birth they hide out on the bottom, and look for areas. Im worried that the neons will devour the guppy fry as they are being born. I dont want to go through the problem of buying and using one of those fry boxes.

I actually like the neons more anyways, the guppies were more of an experiment, i wanted to see how well the Butterfly would manage "population control"

anything i should worry about (or anything i can do), or should i just let it take its course?

 

[N8DOGG]

I'd say if you have a "few" female guppies then you will have NO problem getting fry, and lots of them. I would just wait and see what happens. Do you have another tank to put the fry in? I would be more worried that the mother would eat her own babies.

 

[chunksofpoooo]

Are neon tetras apt to hide if they have the chance (in a pot, rock, or something)? If so do you think they'd have a better chance if tanked with an african butterfly if i put a bunch of plants and large rocks?

i realize that they're schooling fish, that might rule out "hiding" perhaps, but would they have a better chance anyways?