I have outdoor, tiled tank, about 2m X .5m X .8m deep. I have carp (about 20 cm), fancy goldfish (about 10 cm) and guppies. I get some guppy fry but not as many as I'd expect. I have plastic intricate fern-like plants in one area I'd hoped they would use as a nursery. Also some sucker fish (look like a 747 and shark mix) which have grown huge!
Do guppy fry stand a chance? Will goldfish breed in these conditions? I am in the tropics, not too far from the Equator.
I usually feed the fish all they will eat in 5 minutes, about 3 times a day.
2007-03-28 15:29:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
no, and no.
firstly, goldish are very hard to breed at home. this is because they actually breed when water temperature conditions change and it needs to get quite cold quite steadily to start this behaviour (in a tropical area you will have no chance) - they also need running water and a million other things. forget it.
secondly, the guppy fry dont stand a chance. Firstly, female and male guppys will eat their babys as soon as they are born if they dont get away fast enough or if you dont have them in a breeding pen. secondly, all the other fish will eat them too.
you could add a heap of plants for the babys to hide in, however, given that it takes them a long time to grow big enough to not be eaten, it is highly unlikely they will survive.
If you want to breed the guppies, bring a pregnant female into an inside tank, put her in a breeding box so the babies can escape her... then bring up the babies in the inside tank before you release them into the pond. It might take 3 or four months before they are big enough to do this.
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2007-03-28 15:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by raspberryswirrrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably need some live weed/fern that floats so that the guppy fry can hide in therefore increasing their chance of survival. Some say that adding small amounts of non-iodised salt can improve the conditions for breeding. I'm not sure of the amount but a good book on keeping goldfish might tell you something like 1 tablespoon per 2feet sq of tank. Look up Axelrod as an author.
Feeding program is good as long as there's never any leftovers. Leftovers settle and can produce gases that are insafe for fish if left to build up.
2007-03-28 15:39:08 · answer #2 · answered by Laydy! 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an algea eater which also looked like a shark mix, and i had neon tetras and they were always being chased by the shark. The tetra was "mysteriously" dead the next day. So yeah it will probably eat your guppies.
I do think the goldfish will breed in these conditions, and the guppies MIGHT stand a chance if they can hide well enough.
2007-03-28 15:39:59 · answer #3 · answered by Beth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not always. Big fish do eat smaller ones sometimes but not always. The guppies will eat their babies though and they might look like brine shrimp to your bigger fish. The baby guppies dont have a good chance at all. As for the goldfish breeding, I have heard it's quite dificult. I havent done my homework on that subject though. Sorry. Good Luck.
2007-03-28 15:41:33 · answer #4 · answered by Kitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reason why you dont have as many guppie fry as you would like is because the goldfish are eating them
Gold fish eat their babies and anyone elses they can suck up.
The general answer to your question is YES!! If the fish can eat the other fish they will.
2007-03-28 16:15:06 · answer #5 · answered by Giraffe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best answer to this question is: If a fish can open its mouth big enough to swallow another fish it will. Even if by mistake.
2007-03-28 15:32:19 · answer #6 · answered by Helen Scott 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the law of the sea...only the strong (big fish) survive.
Fish, by nature are....in a word, cannibalistic.
Oh, btw...you're overfeeding your fish.
2007-03-28 15:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cool
2007-03-28 15:34:05 · answer #8 · answered by Vicki j 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋