well my guppy had 10 little cute little babys and i hve read on many places that she will keep having babys like every week ...should i keep her in the breeding net or should i let her go in the tank...its not the same breeding net as the babys and you can see the eyes in her little tummy...what should i do?
2006-11-29 08:09:58 · 7 answers · asked by Roxy! 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
i do have another tank but my mom if still thinking about letting me set it up i got it for my birthday and it dident come with a filter or heater so what should i do?
2006-11-29 08:22:47 · update #1
She will have babies every 4 weeks, not every week.
You will be getting a lot of babies in the future! Guppies are baby machines :) You should get another tank for the babies. They will not grow very quickly in a breeding net. Get another tank, with a heater and filter, and your babies will grow much more quickly and colourfully. When the biggest ones are big enough to eat the smallest ones, you can bring the big ones to the petstore. They might give you some store credit for them or something.
Also, personally, I hate breeding nets. It's quite stressful for momma. I just let me fish have babies in the tank, and I fish them out a net (it's very easy to catch the babies). That also ensures that you get the fittest babies, not the weak ones. Provides lots of plants for cover for them (real or fake plants) and you should be able to catch 10-30 babies each time she gives birth. Some may grow to adulthood, right in the tank, also.
Although if you can see the little eyes in her tummy, she may not have given birth to all the babies yet. They can have as many as 40 babies (or more...) at a time.
2006-11-29 08:15:39 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to begin with it isn't every week it is every 4 weeks roughly. if you don't put her back in the tank then she will die from malnourishment and i don't mean from no food i mean from no exercise and being trapped. inevitably she will stop eating and die.
as for the babies i would let them out at about 2 weeks of age. by then they will be faster and able to outrun you other fish. the other fish mainly just eat them after birth because of the smell. not to mention they will grow out of the net very fast.
something that i have done is taken the mom out and let her have the babies in an empty cycled tank. i just left her in there with her babies and she dint even acknowledge their presence. they are about 3 weeks old and she is ready for another drop.
TAKE MY ADVICE WHAT I HAVE JUST TOLD YOU IS WHAT HAS WORKED FOR ME IN THE PAST PRESENT AND HOPEFULLY FUTURE!! GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
2006-11-29 16:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would leave her in the breeding net so that all of the babies are safe from the other fish when she has them. just make sure you put enough food in the breeding net for her.
2006-11-29 16:14:02 · answer #3 · answered by Courtney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
guppies are know for having babies like crazy. if you don't have other fish int he tank, you should seperate the mother from the babies, because there is a chance she will eath them. the male guppies will have a noticbley more colorful tail and are shorter in lenght. if you can, seperate the males and the females when they are distinguishable from eachother. this will help prevent the occurance of more babies.
2006-11-29 16:19:09 · answer #4 · answered by Carolyn M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SEPERATE THE FISH.
My friend kept guppies. Mama fish had babies, and BOOM. She found herself with three tanks full of em within a month.
Ended up putting them in her koi pond. :)
2006-11-29 16:13:16 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Aunt had alot of fish and she put them in seperate nets.
2006-11-29 16:13:02 · answer #6 · answered by crashqueen_77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its just guppy i wasnt plan to breed them and one day there babys.
2006-11-29 16:16:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋