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Yesterday I noticed in my tall 10 gallon tank a single guppy fry. There are 2 male guppies and a female guppy. The female guppy isnt very old. So were all of the rest of the fry eaten or did the female not have too many fry because she is not very old. Also, in my 55 gallon i noticed a platy fry, how many fry do platies have at a time? My 55 gallon is heavily planted but has 9 danios, 6 platies, 4 zebra loaches and the two male guppys I took out of the 10 gallon. Id like to get some more surviving fry. Is there anything I can do to make sure they have a better chance of surviving? Thanks.
-Ryan

a trick i picked up from here, is to get a calander and every 20 days or so the female should be ready to drop her next batch of babys, and than when the time comes around place her in that 10 gallon alone, with lot of plants or a breeding traps, this should increase the rate by alot.

The guppies were probubly eaten. Also, a good rule of thumb is 3 females to 1 male for live bearers. Sometimes you can get away with a 2:1 ratio if the tank is heavely planted.

Inky

I think you got it correct I would say all the fry were eaten very quickly. Plenty of floating plant helps it gives them a litle bit of protection for the first few days. A small keeper net also comes in handy put the FM in there ans as soon as the fry are born remove the mother.


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I also think that the fry got eaten.
Try to make a breeder 10 gal. tank & remove her when she drop the fry & raise the fry on Microworms & crushed Flakes yourself.



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Yea, they were probably eaten, anyways, 1 of em survived and may get big enough to survive on his own. He seems to be eating small flakes as well as some of the wisteria.
-Ryan