How Many Fry Will Survive?

[mreyeball]

i have a 60 litre tank that contains 4 pregnant guppies, and 2 cory's
1 of the pregnant guppies looks fairly close to dropping (maybe a week)
i have 2 fairly large artificial plants at one end of the tank for the fry to hide in when they arrive, i don't want to loose a great deal of my fry to them being eaten by their tank inmates,am i likely to keep atleast 50% of the fry that are born?
thanks

FYI i want large numbers to survive to populate my 4 foot tank that only has 2 male guppies and a soon to be moving out gibbicep plec
also just bought a floating breeder trap from ebay

 

[daleboy]

In my experience Guppie fry tend to like to swim near the top of the tank which makes them kind of vulnerable.
I always move the pregnant fish to a seperate tank and then move her back once she has given birth.
If a seperate tank is not available I would add as many tall plants and places to hide as I could to give them some chance of escaping the other fish but I wouldnt bank on too many surviving.
I wouldnt like to comment on using breeding traps as I have never used one as it can really stress the fish due to the small size.
Hope this helps.

 

[Dutsey]

I used a breeding trap for my pregnant guppies and have moved the fry within 48 hrs to a seperate tank.

They are now thriving and getting bigger each day.

My fry are in a p@h first tank that was brought for my daughter and they appear to be doing ok.

 

[mreyeball]

thanks guys,
if i can catch the female close to labour i'll attempt the breeder, if she aborts through stress its a lesson learnt.
if i dont catch her and she gives birth in the tank i'll catch as many fry as i can and put them in the breeder for a week or so

 

[SchottayB]

I'd leave them as they are, they will breed again in a week

 

[Duck and Dive]

If you can get hold of any floating plants that would give them some amount of cover. Or just float say a bunch of elodia near the surface (not the nicest looking thing to have floating in your tank ). Otherwise as stated, a breeding trap would better, as it will give you a larger amount of fry as less will be eaten and also help rear them in the early stages until the are able to be re-introduced into the tank when they are large enough, so the adults will not have an urge to munch on them.

 

[lilfishie]

as said floating plants will give guppy fry the best possible start, atleast until you spot them

 

[mreyeball]

as said floating plants will give guppy fry the best possible start, atleast until you spot them

think i'll go with the breeder.afer a lot of reading i think its more like 2 weeks till my guppies drop, nice dark gravid spot but their bellies are not as big as pictures i have seen,although this will only be their 1st or maybe 2nd drop.