My First Guppies

[benthyer]

So I picked up my first guppies today and selected 2 male's to 4 female's for the intention of hoping to see some babies in the future.
 
However after getting them home and settled in my tank I realised that they had given me 4 pregnant female's even thought they had been seperated!!
 
What should I do form here? What do I need? I don't have another breeding tank that I can use yet and haven't even got around to investing in a breeding trap/hatch as I was anticipating anything this soon. Should I just let nature take it's course and see how many are lucky enough to survive?
 
 

 

[fluttermoth]

All you need to do is leave them to it.
 
If you want fry to survive (although some usually do; guppies aren't big fry eaters) then add plenty of live plants for hiding places.

 

[benthyer]

That's alright then, panic over haha! I have a few plants, nice bit of mopani wood and a couple places they could seek refuge so will see what the outcome is.
 
Would I need to get a certain type of food for them? Or could they feed from the scraps of flakes?

 

[sandyroz]

For the food, I got my guppy fry the Hikary Tropical First Bites which is a really fine powder and you can find multiple brands of these but my fry don't really seem to like it as it's really tiny. I usually just crush my tropical flakes as finely as I can (which is a bit larger then the first bites) and they seem to love that which is good because the adults tend to ignore the finer crushed flakes 

 

[benthyer]

Thanks for the advice.
 
I have Rasboras, Danios, Corys and a Plec in my tank, are they likely to bother with the fry much?

 

[Ch4rlie]

Usually the general rule is, if fry can fit in their mouths they will eat them!
 
Rasboras and Danios WILL eat fry if they see them!

 

[benthyer]

I'm going to attempt to make a breeding net for the fry. However if not and I leave them in the tank should I adjust the flow from my filter?

 

[snork6]

Be careful if you put the mom's in a breeder tank they could get stressed and die that happened to me so be carful!!!!!!

 

[benthyer]

I don't have another tank but was considering making one of those breeding nets which she can give birth in and I then remove her

 

[snork6]

A breeder tank I a thing that floats in your tank not an nother tank is let's the baby's fall in a safe place other than you trying to catch them in the tank

 

[benthyer]

Ahh ok I'll look it up.
 
Still no babies yet but the gravid spot is very dark and almost slightly red on one of them and has a very square belly! Not long left!