in my home tank. why? and how can i prevent this or stop this? sunshine is currently in an isolation tank inside of the home tank.
2007-02-19 23:59:06 · 3 answers · asked by aNna 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
no, the fry are in another tank altogether, and female guppies are carnovorious they eat their own young I doubt they'd protect them, or give me a link to prove me wrong. when I placed sunshine in the home tank, she started nipping at the other female's lips and then ramming her in the stomach. the other female is pregnant as well. what's going on?
2007-02-20 00:15:08 · update #1
You are right she will eat the babies if she can.
This happened to me with one of my platties, I put her on the isolation box for a day and when I released her again she was not fighting with the other ones; but you have to keep watching them to make sure everyone is safe.
It is very strange for guppies to fight since their mouths are not that strong but I have seen mine do it (for self-defense with the platy and one day she was the one that started it)
The most I can tell you is to keep her in the isolation box, I am not sure but I think it could be related to the hormone change when they have the babies; I know for sure livebearers (guppies, platies, mollies and swordtails) release a hormone that is supposed to make them loose their appetite for around 48 hours so the babies have time to hide after being born, it could be some variant to that.
Just keep an aye on her and if your guppy is as active as mine (I have a yellow and curios guppy also) check that she is not hurting her mouth trying to escape from the box, and that he is not showing signs of stress for being in an smaller environment.
I hope this helps. Congratulations on the baby guppies and Good Luck
2007-02-20 07:43:20 · answer #1 · answered by K_Gonzalez 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to separate the fishes. Your "Yellow Guppy Sunshine" is protecting her children being by other fishes. Unless your tank is a huge one with rocks in it then the mummy and her children can hide in it.
2007-02-20 00:03:40 · answer #2 · answered by lawrence 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she's trying to protect her babies
2007-02-20 00:08:57 · answer #3 · answered by ladyoutlaw71 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋