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Guppy Fry :-D

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#1 ·
I woke up this morning to some guppy fry, they are in there own little tank and since this was unexpected, I have no food for them. This morning i crushed some tetramin tropical flakes (which is what i feed my other fish) and i put that in there and some of them ate it, but others didnt... is this normal, should i go and get specific food for the fry, or are they fine with the crushed flake food.
:-D

P.S. They are the cutest things!!!
 
#3 ·
I just feed mine crushed flake. I feed them a tiny pinch (just enough for each of them to get a bite) about 3 times a day. They'll also pick at any algae growing on your plants or side of the tank.
 
#4 ·
thanx, so much and is it normal for the female to still be fat, because when she was pregnant she was HUGE, and then she gave birth to 18 fry and even after giving birth she's still big, is that normal???
 
#5 ·
That is quite normal for most of the common livebearers GuppyLuver. Each of the females will be carrying some sperm packets from previous matings and will start bringing along some fresh eggs to use by the time they actually drop the previous batch. It is not unusual to see a halfway heavy female right after she drops her fry.

I had a molly that I documented heavily. This is her right after a drop.



She was a fair size right after that drop but got a bit bigger by the time she was ready to drop again.

 
#7 ·
Oh wait, some more questions! Sorry....

1. The tank the fry are in is 78 Degrees Fahrenheit, is that ok?
2. Since the tank is 78 Degrees, when will i see color?
And Last:
3. Will the temperature make them grow faster, slower or at a good pace?
 
#9 ·
The warmer than necessary temperature will cause all metabolic processes to go faster. A fish cannot regulate its body temperature the way we can so it is greatly affected by the water that it lives in. Guppies are fine at about 72F but the higher temperature will grow them slightly faster. Much more important to growth rate is the quantity and quality of the food and the quality of the water that they are living in. With lots of high quality food and lots of significant water changes to maintain water quality the fish can grow much faster than with a subsistence diet and a less active water change schedule. Guppies are among the fastest to start showing their eventual coloring but it takes significant time to get the real adult coloring of the fish. They will show splashes of faint colors at 4 to 6 weeks under good conditions but may well be over 6 months old before you can judge properly what your breeding has given you.
 
#10 ·
my guppies have dropped about 20 times and I have always fed the fry the same food as the adults but crushed the flakes into nearly a powder. Also, they seem to do better and mature faster if they are in the main tank as opposed to putting them into their own tank. My adult guppies have never bothered the fry. They chased them at first when they thought they were food, but once the fry moved, they were left alone. Hope that helps!
 
#12 ·
I feed my guppy fry crushed flake food and liquifry (which you can buy online or in pet stores). My oldest fry are almost 3 months and have yellow tails, one is starting to get black spots on its tail like the mother. I also have some younger fry that are very dark, almost black, I am assuming these came from one of my mainly black males. I would be careful if you put your fry in with the adult guppies; almost all of my adult guppies eat the fry with relish but my females are massive, you might be ok if your adults are still quite small. My friend also keeps the fry with the adults with no problems as someone has already said. I keep mine in a large tank with minnows, tetras and barbs with no problems. A lot of my fry have died over the months for no apparent reason, I don't know if there is something wrong with them or if guppy fry have a high death rate? I still have more than enough left though!
 
#13 ·
yes same i have had a few deaths as well not sure what caused it.
i have loads of fry so i decided to separate the females and males but soon after that i had to separate the big fry from the small fry.
my adult females are only 7, 8 or 9 months old
yesterday i bought another female and 2 female swordtails
i'm not sure how old the female guppy is but she is not any bigger than my others are
i also put the 2 female swords in and they don't mind the baby's
the baby's i put in anyway are about 3 to 4 months old
my male sword is in my 100 L tank
i had to move the female swords in with the females because my male guppies were not leaving them alone
what colours of guppies have you got ? mine are mostly orange and black but i have some unusual male with an orange tail, half black body and a white dorsal fin
i also have blue, white with black body and black body with yellow with black spots on it's tail
i have a couple of guppies that have colour on their body's but plain tails i'm not sure what they are?
kristina
 
#14 ·
i have had a few deaths aswell
my adult females are only 7 to 8 or 9 months old
yesterday i got another female and 2 female swordtails
their not even bothering them
the baby's are about 3 to 4 months old
i had to move the female swords in with the female guppies because my male guppies won't stop chasing and bothering them
my male sword is now on his own
what fish and colours of guppies have you got?
kristina
 
#15 ·
Oooh I am hopefully getting some swords tomorrow :D
How big are your biggest guppy fry? I thought mine were doing okay at almost 3 months but my friend gave me his 5 similarly aged fry yesterday and they're like double the size of mine! Am I doing something wrong or do you think it's just genes? One of the 'fry' he gave me even had one baby during the night!
Have you had any swordtail fry before?
I have a black tuxedo male guppy (black tail and half black body), one half black male with a flame coloured spotted tail and dorsal fin, one male which is like 'oil' rainbow colours and orange spotted flame tail and dorsal. My females are silver bodied with a blue tail, a yellow spotted tail, blue spotted tail, and 3 of them have orange/yellow spotted tails. By spotted I mean black spotted.
 
#16 ·
Also, some of the much smaller fry my friend gave me, and one of the larger ones, are like a really weird pale gold colour - anyone had any guppies/fry like this? What did they turn out like? They are the same sort of colour as my golden white cloud mountain minnows, but all over and with blue / light eyes.
 
#17 ·
my guppy fry are half the size of my guppy females
i have never had swordtails before i'm just glad they fit in well with the guppy's
they sure stand out next to the female guppies because they are much brighter than them
i have a 100L tank with the male swordtail in it my mum suggests getting a couple more male swords
does anyone know if this is ok?
your pale gold coloured fry i have seen on trade me the guy who was selling them said the father of the fry was a golden lyretail guppy no idea what that was??

when my swordtails have fry it will be an new experience for me cause i have never had swordtail fry
my male guppies are all chasing each other due to the lack of females who were separated

my fish tank was cloudy so
we took all the fish out and emptied nearly all the water out and within 2 days it was cloudy again my mum thought it was the carbon in the filter so we changed it but it made it even cloudyer
do you know what is wrong?
kristina
 
#18 ·
Oh my friend had that problem, I think he said it was the nitrates but I'm not sure, you could google it or ask on here with more info about your tank included.
I didn't even know you could get lyretail guppies!
I really want to get swordtails from a proper breeder rather than a fish store but can't seem to find any around here :(
 
#19 ·
my baby guppys started to show colour at around one month old .....and they are now 3 month old and 2 are identical to there yellow rounded tailed mom and the others are what i call tiger tails ....black/brown bodys and yello tails with black spots on them :):):).....i had in total 18 babys from 2 females and 4 died...2 of the babys were joined together....they died........out of the babys i have now at 3 month old there around 1cm long and one of the babys is around 2 ....she is huge compared to the others.........in length and belly size....i wundered does anyone know what age young female guppys are mature at .....because i have an adult male that iv had for awhile and think the biggest baby may be prednant...:):):).....hope this may help you
 
#20 ·
yesterday i put all my 3 1/2 month old baby in the tank their all doing just fine there all in with the females because my males are aggressive to them the male baby's aren't mature yet so i guess that's ok for them to stay with my adult females???
i heard that guppy fry get their colour at 2 months some of mine don't even have their colour yet but some of the female fry have nice orange, silver and black all mixed in their tail.
why is this???
kristina
 
#21 ·
I'm not sure exactly what age the guppy fry mature sexually, but my friend gave me 5 female fry aged around 3 months and one of them has had just one baby already!!! I knew they were pregnant, and they give birth after around 1 month. My friend says the fry are possibly 4 months absolute maximum as that's how long he has had his tank, and may just not have noticed them for a while.
What, and how often do you feed your fry? What temp do you keep them at? I want to encourage mine to grow faster and would love to know any tips anyone may have! They are in a pretty big tank (for them) and have plenty room to swim and hide, live plants, liquifry and crushed flake food, and good water parameters.
 
#22 ·
i keep them in isolation tanks but main tank temp is 77 F but now i have moved the isolation tank in to the females tank which is 82 F
i usually feed them 2-3 times daily i add 2 drops of liquifry and some flake
that's all i do and they grow fast
i am just waiting for all my big baby guppies to show all their colour so i can pic my favourites and sell the others.
do you know the best way to sell baby guppies?
 
#23 ·
Hmm that's the same way I care for them, must be just different genetics. I have just noticed that some of my own bigger fry are pregnant now! :/ lol
I don't think LFSs will give you much, if anything, for guppy fry. If you are waiting til they get quite big, you might get a bit of money for them. My LFSs don't buy fish, 1 trades for them but the staff are so rude I don't think I will go there again. Most take in fish though.
 
#26 ·
hi yesterday i put my young male gupies in with my adult males
their all doing great
all of them have orange tails with a bit of black and silver
and the other day i got 2 more male guppies ones pure white ( not an albino) and i thought the other was black but i noticed it is either dark blue or purple
im not too sure what colour it is
 
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