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tropicfishkid  Small Fry Posts: 7 Kudos: 7 Votes: 1 Registered: 13-Mar-2005   | hi, ok so my guppy gave birth when i wasnt around and now they are swimming freely in the tank. (55 gallon) i managed to capture 2 babies and i put them into a breeder net. will the babies that are swimming freely in the tank survive? these are there tank mates: 3 giant danios 2 gourmais 3 albino cories 3 ghost shrimp 2 guppies 20+ swordtail fry |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21 |      |
jasonpisani   *Ultimate Fish Guru* Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003  | If you have some floating plants, the fry survival rate will be higher, but if you can catch them, it's better. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.deathbydyeing.org/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com |
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LMuha Mega Fish Posts: 908 Kudos: 1144 Votes: 183 Registered: 17-Mar-2003  | Fry seem to understand instinctively that they need to keep out of the way of bigger fish. How many survive, however, will depend in part on how easy it is for them to find places to hide ... |
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