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hey can anyone help me plz???? my platy have given birth to bout 45 baby fry i was so happy it was amazing!!! but i gave about 5 to a mate of mine as i never had the room in my tank, so after taking a couple of platy round my mates house when i got home i looked into my tank and low and behold there were about 7 guppy fry!!! so i took the female guppy and put her in my breeding net to keep the fry safe from predation, so now i got 16 guppy fry lol, what i need to know is is it safe for me to let the female bk in the main tank or shall i leave her in the breeding net incase she has more to come on the way??? how many fry can guppys have?????? or is that all of them???? 15 help me plz?????? ashley

1 oscar 1 c,a,e 2 plecos
48" x 24" x 18" filtration= 1 fluva2+ 1 fluval 3 and a aqua pro 3 heating= 2 300w superfish heater with thermo

I think you should the fry in the trap... and the mother in the main tank. As cruel as it sounds.... I would just let all teh fry you don't plan on keeping into the main tank, to be eaten. It's natural, don't worry. About a month from now, you can expect some more babies.. Congrats, Grandma.

A guppy can have LOTS of fry, but it depends on the size of the guppy. A smaller, younger guppy will produce less fry than an older one. You can leave the mother guppy in the breeding trap for a couple days to make sure they're all out, but to warn you she may eat some of her own young. After that it'll be all right to put her back in the main tank.

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cheers , thanks for the reply! check out my problem with green wate rand smell plz?????? ash

1 oscar 1 c,a,e 2 plecos
48" x 24" x 18" filtration= 1 fluva2+ 1 fluval 3 and a aqua pro 3 heating= 2 300w superfish heater with thermo

I also think that the higher the water temperature is, the faster you'll have fry. If it's 25 deg.cel. you'll have them in 4 weeks & tif the temp. is 28 deg.cel. the Guppy & Molly, can give birth at 3 weeks. At least that what happened to me.

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