what age to seperate guppys?

[Dogsby]

I currently have 7 week old baby gups, 6 week old baby gups, and some I have no idea when they were born (close to 4 weeks i would guess though)
I need to seperate the boys from the girls so I dont have anymore babies anytime soon.
Whats a good age to seperate them? I have heard/read that they can have babies at around 2 months, so its close now i figure.
Also Whats the best way to tell sex on a baby? I can see a small gravid spot on alot of them. Is this foolproof?
Shawn

 

[bigfish]

I would say that you werent fooled i would say that the gavid spots would be females, Males usually colour up alot quicker than females.

If you study your babies close enough you would be able to tell a male by now by looking for the tube between the anal fins (Gonopodium) which is their sexual organ. Where as females have 3 anal fins.

Hope this help ya out abit.

What do you do with all your babies, do you keep them or give them away?

 

[Dogsby]

I'm too blind to see the little guys willys Im lucky if I can see a black spot.
We keep them for now. we are trying to talk neighbors & friends to set up tanks so they can have some. Otherwise I probably will give them to someone who has a fish that has a taste for guppies. After sorting out the best ones of course.
I have a male 10 gal, a female 10 gal, and a 10 gal baby tank, plus the 29 gal which is pretty well stocked now, so I can always find a place to put 1 or 3 of them

Shawn

Some of the 6 week olds are starting to get red. I think they will be beautiful guys in a few months.

 

[bigfish]

I would say that they are male coz males are usually more colourful. Hey glad you enjoy breeding fish.

I have had 4 batches of fry.

 

[Dogsby]

We arent trying to breed them really, just trying to be cheap

Shawn