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Guppy Help

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#1 ·
Hi! My brother had recently given me some Guppies and I believe that two may be pregnant. Their stomachs are sort of boxy and they area really big. I was wondering if i should separate them from the males?
i know about how they can be cannibals and will eat the fry my problem is they are all currently in a 5 gallon tank and two of the males seem to chase them and nip at them will they be able to give birth to the fry if the males keep bothering them?

EDIT:
should i take the males out and put them in a separate tank?
 
#6 ·
ok ill look into that, should i avoid stuff like Cycle or waste control or the aqua plus water conditioner while the fry are in the tank?

i have this algae ball that the fry seem to stay near there are also plenty of plans and a coconut that is normally used as a place to hide for snakes

i figured the fry would hide in the coconut
they also seem to rest op of it and ontop of my air pump thing

EDIT:
a marimo algae ball! thats what i ment :p
 
#10 · (Edited)
how much was it if you remember? currently im unemployed so i cant really buy a lot of extras which is sad because im so addicted to fish!

also i looked at your thread you have a really nice aquarium! i left a little post for you :)

EDIT:

well my fry seem to be focused at the top of the coconut so i dropped a nutrafin staple food tablet on top its all dissolved and yummy on top of the coconut so im hoping possibly they'll eat some

i just counted like four times and i counted 12 baby guppies. i counted 13 earlier but i may have miscounted or is hiding lol
my camera is taking blurry pics so i cant get any pics up :( you cant see the babies!
 
#18 ·
floating plants are a big life saver for tiny guppy fry. I put plastic or real. To bad you do not have a breeder net to put the males in. I have a 6 gal. tank just for all the males and a 5 gal. just for all the females. If not the males chase the females everywhere. Sometimes it is best just to have all male guppies as the females have babies every month. 2-3 females to 1 male is the right ratio. I have a community 55 gal. that has 1 lg. angelfish, 2 bosesmani rainbows to take care of excess baby guppy fry. Some will survive in your plants also don't forget to cover your intake filter with pantyhose or somekind of netting or sponge as the babies will get sucked up in the filter.
Here is a good web-site for Guppy help:
Guppy Information
 
#19 ·
maybe they got sucked up my filter then D:
hmmm
i dont have any floating plants but i have other plants and stuff [pics in my aquarium log]
how would I get the panty hose to stay there? elastic or just the suction from the filter?
i do have three males and i think four females which isnt good
two of the females arent matured either i dont think
they are really tiny
not like fry tiny but still tiny
maybe less than half the size of my other two females
i saw a female go into the coconut today so thats good shows she knows where to hide [lol i just looked up and saw her come out of the coconut :) cutey]
ill have to take all this into account for the next time they have babies
i have a little betta aquarium its like 1g probably
i was going to put her in that but i was just to amazed at the fact she has having babies that i didnt think about it
then the two females look so much alike i didnt know which was which :(
i figured it would be bad to move her if she had already started dropping anyway
i wish the males would leave them alone for a bit

thanks for the help Eileen :)
 
#20 ·
I use plastic tie wraps from the electrical section on the hardware store. Most people just use a rubberband. Any netting like a fish net with small holes is fine. Or a sponge to go over the opening to the intake filter. You don't want to block the intake to much. I used a hose that was not that fine and had small holes. sometimes you can get netting at a fabric store with small holes or just buy a cheap fish net and use that over the intake.
 
#22 ·
This is also great if you ever what Dwarf shrimp in your tank. I have Yellow shrimp, Red cherry shrimp, Indian Tiger shrimp all in different tanks with a netting so the tiny babies do not get sucked up. Dwarf shrimps do not require a big tank also they can be in a 3 gal. with a good filter and water changes as they are senstive to Nitrate,nitrite,ammonia. I like them as they clean up any bits of food that goes to the bottom.certain species have to be with their own kind as they will interbreed and produce a ugly brown color with you do not want. They eat algae also.
 
#24 ·
OK!
so last night i was gandering at my guppies and i noticed one wasnt om nom noming when i put in their noms
SO i gandered harder! her tum tum looked FLAT like very flat so as a precaution i took her out of her 5gal tank and put her into a 1 gal betta tank
normally id like to watch them drop the babies but it was 3am so ii couldnt stay up n watch her
i woke up this morning to [one sec ill go count] 11-13 babies in my 1gal tank
i just randomly looked down when my mommy called to tell me about my doctors appointment tomorrow and i was like "ONE MINUTE!" and i THREW the phone onto my bed and grabbed my net as quick as i can
i moved the female back into the 5 gallon tank and now im worried about my precious fry D:

im hoping these survive but what do i do?!
what should i feed them?
the water is unfiltered so how do i handle that? a cup n do 50% water changes each day?
im so worried right now D: i dont want my babies to die again :(

*SADFACE!* :(

EDIT:
i just noticed im a linking member *squee* i feel so proud :)
thank you ;D
any help would be amazing
 
#25 ·
The betta will eat the fry that she had. put the betta in a small bowl and keep the babies in the 5 gal. tank to grow up in. If the tank does not have a filter you need to do water changes a couple of times a week. Add plactic plants or real plants at all levels for the babies to hide in. feed finely crushed flake food . I put this in a small container with a toothpick and dip the toothpick in water then in the food and back in the tank. I feed the babies twice a day. You should invest in a small filter for that tank. remember to put a netting or sponge over the intake so the baby fish do not get sucked up in it.
 
#26 ·
nono i dont have a betta :p
its a betta tank
ill post some pics at the bottom of this post
my 5gal does have a filter
its an Elite Hush 10 for 5-15 gallon tanks
i do need to get netting for it if i do end up putting the babies in there
but last time i did they all died so im sketchy
would it be bad to keep them in the little tank?
i dont have a lot of plants and no job so i cant buy more :(
i dont feel like theyd be safe in the 5 gallon D:
ive also got nutrafin staple food pellets
they dissolve and break apart
could i drop one of those in or no?

here are the photos i just took to show you what the little tank looks like
[the floating things are fish flakes i tried my hardest to break up tiny tiny]






 
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