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I just finished seperating out my first set of guppy fry from the 2nd set and moved them to the 20g with the sparkling gouramis. 2 of them are starting to get color and there's a lyretail in the 2nd set which would be eaten in 2 seconds if I moved them. I also moved the female back to the 5g because she should have her 3rd set of fry in the next 2 days. I was planning to stop after this batch but this is kinda fun. I'm wondering if I breed that lyretail back to the female or to the male with the 2 colored tail what I'll get. The only problem I'm kind of ignoring is what to do with these guppy fry By the time they get color they are too big for anything I have to eat them and they aren't really show quality so I doubt anyone wants them. It's not too bad so long as I control who's pregnant and what batch of fry survives but if I get too many pregnant females my sparkling gouramis aren't going to keep up with fry management of the ones I don't want to give birth. I better come up with a plan soon. The yellow snakeskin female is giving birth to slightly over 1 dozen each time so in 2-3days guppies will number around 3-4dozen and I'd rather turn that 20g into a saltwater tank instead of a guppy tank.

Sham,

There is a simple equation that will help you:

[font color="#C00000"](More Guppies – Nobody Takes Them) / Too Big To Be Eaten = Many Tanks[/font]



Have fun, and BTW – the older the mothers get the more fry they have at once.

Ingo

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On the filp side I have some guppys and no fry.......I want feeders for my warmouth! GRRR!!! What am I doing wrong??

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so far, i am getting a new batch every week, or every other week

nobody eats them, and i spotted new fry last night, some are getting color, others r well, newborns i also got some yellow pigment newbornsadds a spash of color to the mob of gey fry, there is about 6X more fry than adults in the 10 gallon, but they r doing so good about not eating only selected few will go into the 55 gallon

I'm not having much luck with my guppies either. I make sure their well-fed, and the tank has a big jungle of hornwort for fry to hide in...I just can't figure it out

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

give them time, they will eventually forget they can eat them

Well I guess the female decided there are enough guppies sharing her tanks now and ate all but 5 of the new fry. That leaves me with around 30fry, 3 adult males, 1 adult female. All the known males have been moved to the 90g and the females will be left in the 20g with the sparkling gouramis until they are no longer pregnant. Later I might decide to breed the lyretail if I can find homes for the current guppies. If only there was a fish that selectively ate guppies....

Last edited by sham at 26-Oct-2005 21:29

I have about 35 blk molly and guppy fry now and have another preg gup and blk molly. Although I am wondering if the blk molly will ever deliver. Shes been boxy for a week!