When The babies start dropping should I remove the male .So they dwon,t eat them ??
2006-10-29 12:54:36 · 8 answers · asked by TT Bomb 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
So do the babies all come in a few mins> or a couple days?
2006-10-31 03:06:57 · update #1
You should usually isolate the pregnant females in a hospital/breeding tank (10 gal.), but add the breeding grass and you should be fine. The male should be removed yes, in fact all other fish should be removed from the tank since they'll eat the fry.
They usually drop about 30 fry at a time, and quite a few times at that. In a single insemination they'll drop about 4 times.
2006-10-29 13:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love Guppies! They are my fave tropical fish.
You should isolate the female in a floating breeding box, it has two compartments so the baby fry can swim down away from the mother who will eat them if she can. Thay are canabelistic creatures, it's not just the male you have to watch out for.
they give birth roughly every 6 weeks and they can have up to 60 or more fry at a time. With out a breeding box you will have to provide lots of cover so the fry can hide and not get eaten, lots of plants etc. If I was slow in getting the female into the box and she gave birth in the tank I usually only ended up with 1 or 2 that survived. If you don't have a lot of plants then you might want to fish the baby fry out of the tank and keep them in another one.
You will also need to buy some fry food, it comes in a tube and you squirt a little into the water. It looks a little muddy but it's perfect for the small fry.
What do you feed your Guppies? I used to feed mine grated chicken livers and blood worms, they love the stuff and it keeps them really healthy with good colour and form.
Good luck with your little babies.
2006-10-29 13:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by Curious1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep them well fed and you shouldn't lose too many to the parents.
A guppy's gestation period is about 28-30 days and depending on the size of the female, you should get anywhere from 10 to 60 babies (fish babies are called fry).
2006-10-29 13:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 or 3 times a day
2016-03-17 05:56:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often sometimes up to 30 at a time
Few weeks gestation period
My wife removed the males when hers had babies since a lot were gone from what the normal output would be
2006-10-29 13:03:25 · answer #5 · answered by molex77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guppies Babies
2016-10-17 22:37:59 · answer #6 · answered by raymundo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all other fish should be taken out or a thick planting of leafy plants so the babies can drop and swim into it for safety,,
you will see the babies come out of the mother and swim into the plants one at a time can be up to 35-40 every 1-2 months
2006-10-29 18:04:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
get a breeding net to sepparat the tank.
2006-10-30 00:05:10 · answer #8 · answered by jemaple 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋