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Kelly Hobbyist Posts: 103 Kudos: 48 Votes: 24 Registered: 06-May-2005	My guppies had babies! In my tank I had 3 males, they got along good. Then a few weeks ago I got 3 more guppies for the tank, 1 male and 2 females. The next day I found baby guppies in the tank! I was so glad. Now I have 16 baby guppies in a smaller tank, and I was wondering if you guys had any advice about raising the fry. When should I seperate the males and females? They are about 3 weeks old now. Also, about how long do guppies live?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Kelly Hobbyist Posts: 103 Kudos: 48 Votes: 24 Registered: 06-May-2005	Well? Doesn't anyone have any advice for me? When should I seperate the males and females? How long do they take to get their color? Can the females really get pregnant at 4 weeks of age?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
NewBreeder16 Hobbyist Posts: 149 Kudos: 94 Votes: 16 Registered: 11-Feb-2005	Congrats, you'll need a separate tank for them and crumbled up food. you'll do fine. see ya in chat _______________________________________________ You can call me Newb too, since I'm not nere new any more.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
RAST Big Fish Posts: 437 Kudos: 162 Votes: 236 Registered: 07-Feb-2002	The best thing is to feed them a few times a day. This will help them grow quickly. Once they are about 2cm in length I would then seperate the male from the females or you will have lots more babies coming along and before too long all you tank will be filled with babies. I have just seperated mine and they are doing great now. Once they get all there color you can then look at breeding them again. Chose your best looking male and best looking female and put them together and bob's your uncle the cycle starts all over again. good luck.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	OK I wrote this up awhile back, but think it should help, if you have anymore questions feel free to ask... Ok let's see if I can tell you everything I know about raising guppy fry My favorite plants to use in general are Anacharis, and Java Moss. Both are basically fool proof (I have a brown thumb and they survive wonderfully). I left a small chunk in my 10 gallon at school by accident and it has flourished again...Java Moss though can be quite hard to find. You really just have to look at your LFS's and if you see this green mossy clump that isn't solid, as them for it...it is usually java moss. I also like to have Anacharis in my tanks. Again this is almost impossible to kill...When I first began I would plant one of the front corners of the given tank with this...depending on the size of the tank, for a 10 gallon 1-2 good size bunches will be enough. For a 29 I'd go for 3-5...I'd plant this one corner really well with Anacharis...if the plant is too long don't worry, just snap it in half or thirds (I've been lucky to get really long sections of it ) and plant them too. This is one of those that will grow from snippens of itself. Then after planting this area, I'd leave some of the Anacharis floating. I find that my newborn fry like to hide in the floating bits, they really don't seem to swim too well in my opinion in this first couple of days more of darting at this point. The floating plants are where the food can get caught, the fry can get to, and the adults won't bother. After about 2-3 days you will notice that the fry aren't just hanging out in the floating plant, but are getting a bit gutsy and swimming along the sides and bottom...don't worry they are FINE!!! By the end of the second week they will be swimming out in the open, and from my experience very seldom get eaten OK what to feed these little newborns. You can always go out and spend $4-5 on fry food or make your own from what you have, I tend to make my own, it's easy...Take an empty ziplock bag and put some of the food you feed your other fish in it. I tend to use TetraFlakes (yellow and brown can), and some dried blood worms, and whatever else I have on hand, it's up to you, sometimes it's just the flakes that they get. Anyways take a couple of tbs of flakes, and some of everything else, if you choose, put them in the ziplock, seal the ziplock without air....and grind it between your palms, fingers, hands, whatever floats your boat...it will become a fine powdery substance...then Viola you have fry food...I tend to feed everyone from this. You can keep it in a bag, or put it in an empty fish food container...a little bit will go a long ways, and it tends to float quite well... I'd be willing to say by the end of the first month they will have doubled their size. At about 4-5 months they can start breeding (sometimes it is more 6 months) The males tend to "develop their colors and tails" at about 3-4 months. This will happen quickly...You will go to bed one night, then the next morning they have a bright colorful tail... I think that's it for now...oh make sure you keep up with your water changes, just be careful...the cleaner the water (but don't send it into a cycle!) and the more room, the faster they will grow, and the healthier they will be...Let me know if there is anything else...I'm here to help, and let me know how they are doing.... Heidi michelle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I see a lot of people who Got to have a piece of me I'd give the shirt right off my back If I had the nerve to say Take this job and shove it I ain't working here no more ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Kelly Hobbyist Posts: 103 Kudos: 48 Votes: 24 Registered: 06-May-2005	Thanks. They are 4 weeks old now
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Hooktor Fish Addict Posts: 646 Kudos: 651 Votes: 67 Registered: 22-Mar-2004	How are they doing? You should probably get more females so the males don't pick on them.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
Kelly Hobbyist Posts: 103 Kudos: 48 Votes: 24 Registered: 06-May-2005	They are doing pretty good. Now I have 33 baby guppies. I don't think the males bother the females too much.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21


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