New Guppy Mother...

[pinkspider]

Myself and my husband collected a new 6 foot setup yesterday afternoon, and turned up to be greeted with a tank literally bubbling with the sheer volume of Guppies.

We caught 99% of them and brought them home, along with 3 very large Buenos Aires Tetras, one very old (and sadly now dead) Congo Tetra, a Silver Shark, some very old Lemon Tetras, 2 female and 1 male Cherry Barbs, and a very grumpy 6 inch Plec.

In total, there must be over 100 adult Guppies, and at least that again in babies.

I've never been a Guppy person, but to see so many of them is a wonderful sight!

Like I mentioned above, we had no idea we were bringing home SO many fish - so they've all been lumped into the quarantine tank along with my RTBS and my 6 Gouramis that I ended up with a couple of days ago.

I've just set up a new tank for the Guppies, and they'll move over to that when it's ready.

Alys

 

[zuulan]

Very nice.

 

[pinkspider]

Very nice.

Aha, Very nice is not the term I would use...it's more like..

"And what the hell am I meant to do with all of these then?!?"

 

[OldMan47]

In your place, which I find I often am, I sell all of the adult guppies at a club auction. The end result is the vigorous fry are still in my tank and I have a bit of cash to use for fish food. With over 200 guppies in a 100 gallon tank, you are somewhat overstocked. I do understand that guppies and the related endlers can indeed survive with such a heavy stock level.

Guppies

Endlers

 

[pinkspider]

In your place, which I find I often am, I sell all of the adult guppies at a club auction. The end result is the vigorous fry are still in my tank and I have a bit of cash to use for fish food. With over 200 guppies in a 100 gallon tank, you are somewhat overstocked. I do understand that guppies and the related endlers can indeed survive with such a heavy stock level.

What will shock you more is that currently, said 200 Guppies are in nowhere near a 100 gallon tank... They're in roughly a 20 gallon tank and I'm starting to dish them out between our other tanks (except the Oscar tank...).

I have been speaking to a friend at a local Aquatics Centre and he has agreed to buy them off me per 100 when I've got enough that I would like to sell on.

Lovely Endlers by the way Very fond of them.

Alys

 

[zuulan]

Maybe some Fishforums users near Norwich can take some off you. If that's what you want.

 

[hughessomefish]

If you are trying to lower your guppy's you could try to seperate male from female, I had a problem where I was getting to overstocked with guppys so I gave my three males away to a friend.But it looks like you have more than three Males so, goodluck (by the way pinkspider, those are some nice guppys)

 

[pinkspider]

I'm quite shocked by how many we still have - I've managed to rehome over 100 so far, but still have 100s left.

A lady is coming to collect 20 later on this evening, but that won't even make a dent in the total.

I have seperated as many of the males from the females as I can - although many of the females came to us in a heavily pregnant state.

 

[hughessomefish]

Hey for every home you can find is another 15-30 juvi guppys that you don't have to deal with, though good luck on finding the guppys homes.

 

[OldMan47]

When rehoming adult guppies, don't hesitate to include some free females with each group that you pass along. I sell a bag of guppies labeled as 10 fish and include a few extra females, bringing the count to 14 or 15 each time. It helps reduce the pressure on my own tanks and people think they have gotten a bargain.

 

[ripil]

i have loads of guppies and could always do with more but i'm always too late lol

 

[pezmanw]

wow that's a lot of fish per gallon.

 

[fishy16]

wow that's a lot of fish per gallon.

Good luck with that. Even after you've seperated the males from the females they keep giving birth!! I seperated mine about 8 months ago and they are still giving me babies now, with no males in sight. I was told they can hold on to the eggs for 9 months before they decide to give birth.

 

[pezmanw]

That and they can give birth every 28 days lol I know mine do.

 

[OldMan47]

A very old post that has probably been resolved by now. The original post is now 11 months old.

Where are you ripils_fishes? It is never too late. Near me, there is a fish auction in Peoria about 15 October so I will be there selling surplus guppies as usual. I will also be selling surplus goodeids as I often do. Right now I have a surplus of Ameca splendens and the ever fertile wild type endlers.