please help? i need information on baby guppies?

Question

i have a guppie and didnt know she was pregnet when i got her please give me some information on how to care for the babbies ?
i do have her separated from the othe fish.

Answer 1

First things first: move the babies. The other fish - mom included - will eat the babies (fry). You can either put them in a breeding net (a plastic box that you put over the edge of the tank) and release them when they get big enough to not be eaten (a few weeks). Or you can add lots of plants (silk or real) and some lava rock (lots of holes) to your tank for the fry to hide in. Lastly, you can get up a new tank for the fry - take some of the water and gravel from the main tank to set it up. Make sure it's at least 3 gallons - anything smaller, and the fry will take a long time to grow. A small heater is good to keep the water warm, and if you can, get a power filter (hang off the back) - you can wrap a nylon sock around the intake tube so the babies don't get sucked up.
If you don't have a filter, do small daily water changes using a clean turkey baster or a small syphon tube. If you do have a filter, just do weekly changes.
You can feed the babies crushed flake food. You can also buy frozen baby brine shrimp and powdered or liquid fry food. Feed them a very small amount, several times a day - if you feed them too much at once, they won't eat it, and it'll rot. If you don't feed them often enough, they'll starve, so try to feed them at least 3 times a day.

Basically, you care for the babies the same way as the adults - just on a smaller scale. In a few weeks they'll be big enough that you can put them in with the adult guppies and not be eaten.

Answer 2

well the first thing is that if the mother and the other fish haven't already eaten the fry, you are most likely safe in thinking that they are not going to really try to eat them. If you do decide to move the baby fish make sure the new tank is the same temperature, and pH as the original tank so they do not suffer any shock(the best way is to siphon water from the original tank to the new tank and you can even get some of the babies with the siphoning)The great thing about baby guppies is that they come out as what we would call baby fish and not fry. So they are big enough to start eating flake food and some of your smaller live foods. Just remember if you do leave them in the original tank they are still going to try to stay hidden for a while so make sure there is enough food drifting into the little hidden places among the plants to make sure they are getting enough to eat until they are big enough to feel like they can come out. Oh and don't be surprised if your female drops another load of babies in a month for they have been know to hold sperm and give birth again.

Answer 3

Since guppies eat their young when stressed, and you have her separated, you don't necessarily have to separate her from her young. If you notice that the babies are dissapearing, then you may consider removing the mom to the tank with the other fish, or putting her in a guppy net that you can get from the pet store. Make sure the babies have hiding places like plants.. and I find that mine do really well with just crushed up fish food, though you can buy fry food.

It can take several weeks for your guppies to get large enough to go in with other fish, especially if you have fish other than guppies. Wait till you feel they are too big to be eaten.

By the by, Baby Fish Are Called Fry. Any live born fish is called fry.

Good luck.

Answer 4

The mother will eat her own fry, so you need to seperate the tank or get a new tank. You can buy fry food, fed baby brine shimp, or finly crushed food. Get a sponge finter