Did you know 84.5% of statistics are made up on the spot?
I dont know what sort of guppies you keep, but mine abort 1% or less of the time and if they are placed in there early (usually because my roomie was being lazy and overfed the guppies) they dont spit out tiny fry or absorb them. They get released and birth when they are ready.
Prime example of this is what happened today. Had a female guppy who gave birth in my guppy tank unexpectedly, mostly because she was new and small and we didnt recognize it. Anyways, we thought it was one of our other females who was close to being ready as far as we knew. We stuck her in a box but no fry appeared. We also noticed more fry were poppin up in the tank. We left here in there for another day and a half to make sure those fry were indeed not hers and that she was not going to drop any more and then released her into the tank. Today, that female gave birth, within her expected birthing date range and gave birth to perfectly healthy fry.
It is a shame if you have such bad luck with the boxes because they come in handy.
Also a 10 g alone is just as isolated if not more isolated than a breeding box.
Not arguing since Im assuming you must be speaking from experience, but at least admit it is your personal experience without pretending it is an absolute.
did you know that your guppies are probably aborting but the fry are surviving.
