Guppy Fry Died

[robertherrington]

I Had My Guppy And Platy Fry In A Breeder Net Last Night And Woke Up Today To Find 5 Of Them Dead. Could This Be Caused By My Water Temp Dropping 4Dergrees Between Last Night And This Morning? My Platy Fry All Survived

 

[tropicalgirl2007]

You have had the same problem I had.

Two guppies gave birth the 28 babies, the next morning I only had two live ones. I have no idea what happened.

Sorry I dont have an answer though.

 

[theotheragentm]

Are we talking four degrees F or C? Either way, you don't want temperature swings. Do you have a heater in the tank? That is a must, even if it is summer. The temperature in areas that these fish are not native too have wider swings in temperature between night and day.

 

[robertherrington]

Are we talking four degrees F or C? Either way, you don't want temperature swings. Do you have a heater in the tank? That is a must, even if it is summer. The temperature in areas that these fish are not native too have wider swings in temperature between night and day.

Yes i have a heater in there but it was turned down because it was so hot in my house it go cold out last night though. and were talking 4d F

 

[archamfr]

4 degrees F aint alot...

could be cause by bad water.. possibly not enough food.

 

[orange shark]

maybe weak genes

 

[crazysilverwolf]

i lost alot of fry and that was because of water condition going bad. i was unprepared for constant water changes and almost continuous feeding. good luck with the platy's

 

[kpintheshed]

most fry die from swim bladder disease and theres not much you can do

 

[lilfishie]

most fry die from swim bladder disease and theres not much you can do

not true its rare for me to loose a fry let alone to swimbladder, i keep my fry in an unheated 3 gal tank and have had no problems raising them. did you notice any difference about them before they died? were they always on the bottom of the breeder?

 

[kribensis12]

Well, in my experience, losing fry is going to happen at some point. The reason the mom has so many is becasue she knows in the wild only 1 or 2 will make it to adult hood. Now, if they are a month old and 5 die, then i investigate. Congrats on the fry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, you might want to buy some AmQuel + to get rid of nitrites, ammonia, nitrates.

 

[community begginer]

i agree with orang shark. weak genes could be a possability. ive had many problems such as this. to prevent it i went out and baught more females from a different store to were i got the males. whole new colours and new genes. cant go wrong. watch them if this happens again trade the females in with new ones.
regards, community