My female guppy had to fry yesterday, only seen one miscarried fry. I thought they were supposed to have more than that. I let her out of the breeding tank after a couple hours of rest. This morning she was hiding down at the bottom of the tank under some leaves from one of the plants and she was acting like she was yesterday before she gave birth, so I put her back into the breeding tank. She has been in there for about 30 minutes now and there has been nothing. She still looks very pregnant, thought maybe she just wasn't done. Any suggestions?
2007-02-21 01:13:00 · 7 answers · asked by HK 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
How big is the breeding tank? If it's at least 1 or 2 gallons I'd leave the female in the tank for 3 days or so. I have a couple of females that take 24 hours to have their fry. There can even be an hour or more between delivery of fry.
But you are right there should be more fry. If she was in the big tank acting like she was having more fry I'd leave her in there.
My breeding tank for guppies right now is a 10 gallon with 5 adult females in it along with female fry of varying ages and a few very tiny fry. Also in my main community tank I have around 10 female guppies as well as male guppies and a few other species of fish (75 gallon tank). It is well planted and even with all the other fish who like to eat baby guppies I still have about 30 or more baby guppies floating around in my big tank.
If the breeding tank you're using is a plastic box that floats in the big tank or hangs on the side PLEASE let your female out of it. If that is what you are using your female is feeling stressed out and is delaying the birth of her fry. The misscarried/stillborn fry is eidence that she's not feeling quite right. Those little plastic boxes are most likely responsible for plenty of deaths of female fish during fry delivery.
If you are concerned about having fry survive you can make a temporary breeding tank out of a large plastic bowl or even a large "goldfish" bowl. Just add a bit of gravel from your main tank, a couple plastic plants to make "Momma" feel secure, an airstone for water circulation, and water from the big tank. Oh and of course the Momma fish.
Good luck on the fry :)
2007-02-21 01:45:47 · answer #1 · answered by Heather R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One thing that worked really well for us was to put a very small planting pot at the bottom of the breeding tank. Maybe 2 inches tall, and 2 inches in diameter. Also, raise the temperature of the breeding tank just a little bit higher than normal.
2007-02-21 01:27:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
she probably want to give birth, but is afraid of the young being lost or eaten by other fish. that's why she was at the bottom of the tank, to give the young a place to hide. The breeding tank I assume, does not have anyplace for the young to hide, and she is trying to give them the best possible chance to survive.
2007-02-21 01:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by michael o 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When she's ready she'll pop out the baby guppies. I would just keep her in the breeding tank until then.
2007-02-21 01:16:46 · answer #4 · answered by lisateric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
give it about 12 or so hours after the first birth to make sure shes all done
2007-02-21 01:27:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-29 10:13:04 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-21 01:15:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋