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[babybetta]

One of my female guppies inbreed with her brother.
Two days ago she had three fry & yesterday she had another one.
I'd like to stop them inbreeding. So could I have all-female in one tank & all-male in another one? Or would that cause problems?
& yes, she's the only pregnant one.

 

[Fish_mouth]

Yes you can do that as that is how I used to keep my guppies because they were having too much fry and it also depends on how many of each sex is going to be housed together.

 

[helterskelter]

yes u can and a 100% male tank stop then from fighting as much as they mainly fight for the females.

 

[merry78]

seperate tanks is a good idea, i breed guppies (not sure why!), and i keep them in seperate tanks, and only have the male in for 48 hours with the girls when i want them mated (this is more than enough time).
i also keep records of which male has been in there, and make an effort to source breeders from different stores and stock.
although i am trying to breed for certain traits (a lot of people inbreed deliberately to speed this up), i would prefer all my lines to be kept straight!

 

[babybetta]

Thank you all.

Yes you can do that as that is how I used to keep my guppies because they were having too much fry and it also depends on how many of each sex is going to be housed together.

I don't know exactly how many of each sex I have. I will have to check. How many would be okay in a 10 gallon tank?

yes u can and a 100% male tank stop then from fighting as much as they mainly fight for the females.

Oh good. Two of my males keep following the pregnant one. I'm afraid they'll go at it.

seperate tanks is a good idea, i breed guppies (not sure why!), and i keep them in seperate tanks, and only have the male in for 48 hours with the girls when i want them mated (this is more than enough time).
i also keep records of which male has been in there, and make an effort to source breeders from different stores and stock.
although i am trying to breed for certain traits (a lot of people inbreed deliberately to speed this up), i would prefer all my lines to be kept straight!

That is a very good idea. Thanks.