My Guppy had Babies!

[BigLou]

My one female guppy just had some babies last night. It's really cool watching them. This is my first batch of babies from any of my fish that have lived to be seen. (My platies used to be with my angels and the angels would polish them off before I could see them.) I just figured I'd put the good news up. And if anybody has any tips for caring for the little guys, please fill me in. I know I have to powder the food, I'm just a little worried about them actually getting to it.

 

[Shark_Lover]

pics?

 

[Fire fish]

are they in a breeders net?

 

[BigLou]

I'm sorry but I probably won't be able to get any pics up anytime soon. I wish I could but I only have an old dig. cam. that I can't seem to get working...if I do get it working I will try to post some pics though. And as for the breeder...no, they are free swimming in the tank. They have plenty of anacharis for cover, and so far so good.

 

[Fire fish]

i must warn you, guppys eat there babys. what i think you should do is get a cavelike rock and put the food under it.the babys will instintively hide under it

 

[BigLou]

Is that males, females, or both? The reason I ask is because my males are in a different tank. Plus it's been about three days and so far I haven't had any cannibalistic acts.

 

[kitty falol]

I find that the females are greedier than the males - and some females are greedier than others!

Some aren't remotely interested in eating them, while others will actively hunt them out. You might get lucky. I've just got one female that hunts them. If it wasn't for her, I'm sure I'd be overrun.

 

[BigLou]

I must've gotten lucky then. I also really don't mind if the any of them get eaten because I know in a couple months I'll probably have way too many.

 

[BigLou]

I just found out I'm getting a video camera for Christmas, so I will be able to get pictures of my next batch up.

 

[kitty falol]

I just found out I'm getting a video camera for Christmas, so I will be able to get pictures of my next batch up.

Ooh lucky you!

 

[BigLou]

Yeah...I am lucky, I've got the awesomest (I know it's not a word!) girlfriend in the world. It's her way of saying "thank you" for the ring she's getting soon.

 

[BigLou]

pictures of baby guppies!

close up of babies

They're about a month old now.

 

[newfishies]

any way to lighten the pic? it's very hard to see them...

 

[BigLou]

You could save it and edit it in photoshop or something, but I can't do it from here, sorry. Maybe it's your computer settings too because it's not that dark for me.

 

[Whiskerz]

I can see the pic fine, it's a little dark... but I can still see them

they're cute How many fry did your fish have?