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I just came back from my 1 month holiday to Hong Kong and Japan, and guess what I found in my tanks? My fry tank had grown up guppies and many fry. Same as my 2ft display! My dad has been taking care of them for me while I was away and I have to come home to see my tanks gathered with lots of guppies. Big ones and small ones, you name it...

Hi there,

Should i congrat u or not? Didn't have to do nothing and 'voila' free guppies!!

Gee

Gee

!!I think I just learned somthing new!!

Mango....Mango....Mango....I've been there, done that...would like like some more guppies? I have the same problem for now...and until someone comes up with birthcontrol for livebearers, you will be among friends of the same problem....:%)

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Lol, birth control for guppies. If it works on mollies too, I'll be at the start of that line.

Maybe not birth control, but population control is easy. Get a catfish whose mouth is too small to eat the full size guppies, but large enought to eat the babies. Try one of the Rapheals. You will have no problems controling the population this way. Or get a small cichlid, like a shell dweller, or an Apisto, these will also do the trick.

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There is always a bigger fish...

Well I once had a massive female guppy. Her first brood was 60 babies, she then grew to 4 inches, she then had 70 babies, and finally 80 babies. That was about six years ago and I had no room left. Then in a more recent event ( that I am still recovering from ) I had at least one female a day give birth and as a result I had over 200 fry. Then the tanks couldn't handle it. The females I had caught all the babies caused a disease in the tank and the babies that were in the main tank caused a skyrocket in ammonia. I saved about 20 in total. Now I am in the stages of rebuilding a colony.

Wow Mr that's so sad! I practice population controll by keeping the males and females separate until I am ready for more fry then I practice selective breeding. I love watching the little fry grow and get their colors.

Well to raise your spirits my colony is doing well. I have about 20 adults and about 100 offspring. There was a second burst of babies and now they are everywhere. Today I just moved them up to a 15 gal from a 10 gal and all are doing well. I have bought 4 males and 4 females to add colour variation.