I don't really want any of the fry I know my guppies will produce, if I leave them in the tank with the parents will they all be eatten eventually?
2007-05-03 16:08:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
Yes I know it's cruel and it even bothers me a little but it's better than having an overstocked tank and no where to put the babies. If I can find a place to take them I'd be more than happy to give them away.
2007-05-03 16:21:28 · update #1
It depends. If they have lots of hiding places a few might make it. It's not cruel, it's just nature.
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2007-05-03 16:19:05 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not necessarily. I used to have a 20 gallon tank of guppies with lots of plants. I never used a breder, but with plenty of hiding places and well fed parents, I was always giving fry away so they didn't overpopulate the tank.
2007-05-03 16:34:21 · answer #2 · answered by copperhead 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That is very barberic, but if that is what you want, than yes, they will eat the fry IF they can find them. If there are too may plants and hiding spots, the parents won't bother trying to find them.
I would want to keep the guppies. They are beautiful fish and sell for higher prices. WID (when in doubt) just give 'em to me1
2007-05-03 16:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by DiRtAlLtHeWaY 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you don't have to separate them necessarily. The mother and father won't eat them. The tank should be big enough, however. The birthing nets are pointless. The fries can damage themselves, due to lack of space, they can also have deformities due to lack of space. Chances are, they parents will be conceiving more offspring in the meantime, they won't even notice the fry.
2007-05-03 16:15:53 · answer #4 · answered by lonajfk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yep. It's best to buy one of those birthing nets. Once the fry are born you place them in the net and they can swim around in there protected from a hungry mammy and daddy.
2007-05-03 16:11:55 · answer #5 · answered by paddylopez2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they will be eaten eventually. But that is a cruel thing to do to your fry:(
2007-05-03 16:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by ZooTycoonMaster 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes they will be eaten, the parents may leave the fast ones or good hiders alone. It's kinda mean to just let them eat their babies though, don't you think?
2007-05-03 16:13:52 · answer #7 · answered by ouch 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fish are carnivores and don't distinguish their young from a tasty bit of shrimp orother fish food, YES you must separate them.
2007-05-03 16:12:21 · answer #8 · answered by iamaustralian 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Defenetly you need to seperate them no matter what type of fish it is no other fish can be with the babies. you need to put them in a net breeder.
2007-05-03 16:13:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
you should leave them in the same tank. they won't be eaten, because the parents are not carnivores.
2007-05-03 16:11:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋