Are They All Gone?!?!

[Guppy P]

Four days ago one of my guppies had babies!

I saw about three hiding in the rocks, and the next day two.

Since then, I can't find any!

Are they just hiding deeper??? Or did my other guppies eat them all???

Please let me know if you can!

 

[hihi100202]

Possibly eaten, maybe just hiding. Be on the look-out for awhile and see what comes up.

 

[omega59]

Remove all ornaments and inspect. I hope next time you have fry you seperate them

 

[chilli-spice]

they probably got eaten.
other fish are natural predators to fry.

 

[Mr Morning Glory]

They have most likely been eaten, next time they are due to give birth put them into a seperate breeding trap until they are big enough to not fit into other fishes mouths then release them back into the tank, good luck

 

[chilli-spice]

but make sure you have the space for all the fry first, or somewhere for them to go
otherwise, letting nature take it's course isn't really a bad thing

 

[OldMan47]

If you have decent cover in the tank, the fry may be hiding but if not they have probably been eaten. I find that I have fry survive in almost any tank if I only keep one species in the tank and they are well fed, but I am sure some are lost to predation each time. As Chilli-spice implied, you can have far too many survive predation if you are not ready to care for the fry and raise them to a selling size.

 

[Guppy P]

thank you everyone! and yes!!! I finally found two!!! do you think there might be more??? do you think the other fish left them alone because they are female? its too soon to tell but one of them is a tinted red color... ?

 

[OldMan47]

If you have found two, there are probably 4 or 5 that you might find if you were experienced enough to know where to look. On the other hand, with no prior experience, two survivors are a nice result for you.