I bought 2 male and 2 female guppies from the local petsmart last satudray. One male died in 24hr but the 2 females must have been pregnant because I now have over 20 fry hanging out at the top of my tank!
Welcome to the world of livebearers! The females are pretty much ALWAYS gravid when you buy them. Even if they are in separate tanks at the LFS, they were probably shipped all together.
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Yep. I've ended up with sometimes more than 60 platy fry. They are quite a pain when you realize that you have no idea how your going to keep like fifty adult platys.
Lol. Yeppers. Hope you have some fishkeeping pals to give them too!
You can also leave the fry in the main tank with no box or net and the adults will get them. It's sad, but has to be done sometimes.
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