Help one of my female guppies gave birth to 12 baby guppies....................?

Question

Hi one of my female guppies gave birth to 12 baby guppies what I want to know two things really first is it ok to let them out of the breading tank(they are with there mother) and into my tank witch has 3 Black tetras 2neons and 5male guppies and 1 female guppies (excl the mother)and the secound what do I feed them any help would be helpful thanks

Answer 1

Very simple
First of all you have to take out the mom from the breeder

If you want to put them into the tank, you need lots of real plants where the fry is able to hide from the other fish
or:
you leave them in the breeder until they are bigger then the mouth of the biggest fish (which takes about 4-6 weeks) and you let them out of the breeder then

The best thing to feed them is "First Bites", or if you are not able to get to the store you can feed them in the mean time with crashed up flakes (it should be powdery after crashing it up, the fry has really small mouths)


Hope that helps
Good luck and congrats



EB

Answer 2

this is for you if you need to know when 'she' will give birth. Its a very simple version so that even newbys can understand ok here it goes 1:Is she bigger then normal? 2:Is she less active then normal? 3: is she sulking away/ hiding 4:is the gravid spot dark plack. 5: feed the fish. Is the female guppy eating? (whatch closely to see if she actualy eats it and not spit it out. if you answered yes to 3 of these questions then she will give birth soon. if you answerd yes to ONLY question 5 3 2 then she might be sick Your simple explanation is very good. However, you must note that individual differences may apply. In other words, one pregnant female about to give birth may not display the same symptoms as another. However, a good idea is to keep a close eye on her. Other signs that have been noted are: 1. Brighter colouration than usual 2. A tendency to hide near the heater 3. The gravid spot will become darker and larger than usual 4. Some people claim to see the eyes of the fry (I believe this means the fry are getting quite large and matured so birth should be reasonably close by) 5. The belly of the fish is slightly squared off and she looks like she is about to burst Naturally, the more experience you have the better at recognising when your female is going to give birth and Guppies will not give birth until the conditions are just right. Keep your lights on a rigid schedule (a timer helps) of about 9 hours of light a day. Make sure the tank temp is about 78-80 F and provide lots of hiding places. They should give birth in several days here all the links to the info i found and theres more info on the sites maybe theyll help you out

Answer 3

Take the female out just now, And you have 5 males to 1 female? She is been seriously harased, It should be 1 male to every 2-3 females, She will die soon if you dont put her in her own tank, Or get atleast another 8 females, And you can feed the babies crushed flakes or you can buy fry food, And you can let them out when there big anough not to fit in the other fishes mouths,

Answer 4

depends on your tank...
is it big enough? and does it have lots of hiding spots for the fries?
if it is, then you can let 'em free, but be careful not to let the other fish notice.

fries aren't picky about food, if you had natural plants, maybe they'll nibble or peck at the algae sticking on the plants. prepare rocks with some algae growing on it so your fries can peck freely, but be sure to put the rocks in secure place near their hiding spot.

supposedly if you kept the fries in a separate tank, you can feed 'em artemias or brine shrimp... or just crush some pellets and let it sink so the fries will eat..

oh and one more thing, you need more female guppy than male... but i guess it's okay if you liked it this way

Answer 5

if it fits in their mouth it will be eaten
move the mother into the original tank and keep the babies in the breeder untill they are big enought to not be eaten
feed them fine (small) food crushed up or liquid fish food
good luck
by the way ur lucky if the female isnt being bullied by the males with that ratio of m to f not that it matters if u dont want heaps of fry

Answer 6

dont worry its normal for the guppies to just keep on breeding forever,my daughters guppies tank started with 4 and I cant count any more how many are there,they just are a lose character things,they dont belive in family planingat all,one day you see nothing new,next day there are a lot of newborns all over.its normal

Answer 7

To the other fish (mom included) they are food. Make sure they stay in the breeding tank and get mom out!

Feed them the same food you have only grind it VERY fine.

Answer 8

if you leave them in with the mother, she'll eat them. they need to be segregated from all adult fish until they're old enough to find for themselves.