I have a 10 gallon tank with 6 fancy gupies in it and 2 corys. I thought I got all males so I wouldnt have this problem but I do. I have a pregnant guppie and I was wondering what I need to do to get the fry to survive . I was thining of going and getting one of thoese like .5 gallon aguariums for betes and putting her in it untill she has them and then raising them untill they are old enough to go back into the tank. or can I just keep her in the tank and see what happens. the tank is planted with about 6 fake plants and some rocks but not a lot of protection imo. thanks for the help.
Help Guppie Pregnant
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I'm new to this hobby, but I can say that a friend of mine bought a pregnant guppy one time and she didn't seperate them from the mother. Oddly enough, the babies ate a hole in the poor thing's side. She tried to save her but was unsuccesful. I, myself would either buy one of those baby nets that fit right on the side of the tank to seperate them or use the 5-gal like you said, but only for the babies until they're big enough. Just my opinion.
I have baby guppies right now. Put them in a small plastic container for a month of so. change the water every day of every other. Feed them and they should be fine. Guppies are like goldfish....Hard to kill....
I just sold off 80 guppy adults to drive my 100g tank population down to 70, but now it's back up to 90 already (it's only been a week). 40 adults and 50 fry, with more every day.
I'm not using any sort of net breeder (or any breeder for that matter) on my big tank. These things just won't stop dropping fry. Got to sell more to my LFS this week.
The wife has 4 Mickey Mouse Platies in her planted 38g tank, and one just dropped 22 (oops, 23 at last count) fry last week. Mrs. Burns has the right idea...the net breeder (it hangs on the rim of the tank). Never have to worry about a water change, and they're safe from being devoured.
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I'm not using any sort of net breeder (or any breeder for that matter) on my big tank. These things just won't stop dropping fry. Got to sell more to my LFS this week.
The wife has 4 Mickey Mouse Platies in her planted 38g tank, and one just dropped 22 (oops, 23 at last count) fry last week. Mrs. Burns has the right idea...the net breeder (it hangs on the rim of the tank). Never have to worry about a water change, and they're safe from being devoured.
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Well you mentioned that you did not want the problem of fry. If that is really the case, maybe you shouldn't do anything about the fry. If you provide some hiding places in your tank set up then there is a good chance that a few of the babies will make it (if not from this batch then maybe her next couple of batches).
If you do want to keep the fry you have a lot of options. A small flittered and heated tank (or at least a warm and often cleaned) should be fine for a small group of fry as they grow. You could also go will a plastic or netted breeding box. That saves you from setting up another tank. However, that many not be a good idea if you end up with a whole bunch of fry.
Either way be prepared to house the guppies as they grow. If you get one batch of fry you are almost guaranteed a few (or many) more. Letting your population boom unchecked can quickly cause overcrowding, stress and inbreeding. Ofcourse you could save the first batch and then let any future batch fend for them selves. You may still get population growth, but it will at least be slower.
90 guppies in a 100 gal just sound crazy! They did the right thing by selling off so many.
If you do want to keep the fry you have a lot of options. A small flittered and heated tank (or at least a warm and often cleaned) should be fine for a small group of fry as they grow. You could also go will a plastic or netted breeding box. That saves you from setting up another tank. However, that many not be a good idea if you end up with a whole bunch of fry.
Either way be prepared to house the guppies as they grow. If you get one batch of fry you are almost guaranteed a few (or many) more. Letting your population boom unchecked can quickly cause overcrowding, stress and inbreeding. Ofcourse you could save the first batch and then let any future batch fend for them selves. You may still get population growth, but it will at least be slower.
90 guppies in a 100 gal just sound crazy! They did the right thing by selling off so many.
When i had guppies, 1male 3 females. Some of the fry got eaten but if you feed your guppys good enough i think there should be enough fry that survived.
Mrs. Burns said:
Yes, ma'am...and they keep making more. Guppies galore!
The MM Platies are in a net breeder, and your suggestion is a fine one. They're safe, they share the same water supply as the rest of the tank, and they are thriving.
I only wish I had the same luck in spawning ghost shrimp.
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