help !

[claireroe]

hi , m female is giving birth , will she eat her fry or is it just the other fish that will eat them ? should i seperate her from the fry and if so how do you know when she has finished birthing ?

 

[keane]

female what?

steve

 

[claireroe]

guppy .

 

[claireroe]

i can only count two fry , But she still has her gravid spot , does this mean she will have some more ?

 

[pcam86]

yeah you can either buy a breeding net to keep them in or just buy lots of plants and stuff for them to hide in which has a much lower chance of saving them.

 

[claireroe]

they are already in a seperate tank with her ( the mother ) I put her in there on sunday and she started having them about an hour or two ago , but she's had two and then stopped . Will the fry be ok if i leave her in there or should i move her back to the community tank ?

 

[pcam86]

thing is she Will eat her fry because she'll see them as a tasty live meal!

If you've got anything the fry can hid in for a while that would be good or add lots of plant type things. The onlt other thing i can suggest is a breeding trap where the mom is stuck in the top and the babies can escape through the bottom of the plastic trap.

 

[claireroe]

ok thanks , i did'nt think if she could eat them or not ! well i can count four fry now at least ( i think there are 6 ) so I am moving her back to the community tank and leaving the fry in their tank alone with some ' first bites' i think she is still expecting but i don't want too many fry anyway with it being the first pregnancy i have dealt with . If she does have some more in the community tank they will have to fend for themselves but there are a lot of hiding places for them but 3 tiger barbs to deal with as well ! I'll just wait and see but thanks for your help x

 

[pcam86]

Yeah well all i did was wait until she gave birth to them and then caught them in the main tank and moved them to the breeding net. I found out i had fry after i'd just sucked 20% of the water out in my water change.

One of my guppies are pregnant right now so i'm just waiting for her to have her fry!

 

[claireroe]

well , i've just counted 5 fry in the seperate tank and she's back in the community now , keeping an eye on her to see if she has anymore then i will catch them and put them with the others . Thanks again .

 

[claireroe]

make that 12 fry !

 

[Annastasia]

Wow, Congrats on all the fry!

 

[claireroe]

Thanks ! I know a pregnant guppy is not a big thing but it is when your only starting out . I'm really really pleased and can't stop watching them and counting them to make sure there still all there and ok etc .. ( sad i know )