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05-18-2003, 02:18 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Texas
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|  Ive got guppy fry! I cam home today from a wedding shower and looked in my 10gallon tank and saw a tiny little fishie swimming right above the thermometer! I knew my guppy was pregnant but I did not know when she would poop them out. I just bought 2 more male guppies (now i have a total of 4 male guppies) and 1 male mollie and 1 female mollie. So, I turned my back and then my son says, "Frankenstein (one of my male guppies) just ate that baby fishie!" So, I saw some more swimming around but then I turned around and they were gone too! So, I got my 1 gallon tank and put some of hte water from my 10 gallon in there and was able to save 2 of the fry! I put them in the 1 gallon.. Was this a good idea? Will they do ok in the 1 gallon? Or what should i have done? The mama still looks kinda fat but i dont know how long they poop those babies out. She was hiding under this rock i have in the tank but she is not in there anymore and all my males are harassing the crap outa her!
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05-18-2003, 03:17 AM
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| Large Fish  Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Massachusetts
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|  I'm gaining experience with my prolific molly. On my second batch of fry and just got about 45! I keep them in a fry net that hangs on the side of the tank, costs about $5 at the pet store. Feed them tiny flakes or live bearer fry liquid drops. Keep them in a spot with some water flow. I try to net as many as I can find so the fishes don't eat them. My molly popped two to four out every other day for about a week. I did a water change, added a tch of salt and the next morning there was a TON of fry. Info boards will say to keep up with the water changes to promote birthing. Hope that helps.
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05-18-2003, 08:07 AM
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| Teenie Weenie Fish  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: NC
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| I have too many baby gups (about 70) at last count. The first batch are about 2 1/2-3 months old. Every weekend it seems I have new babies in one tank or another. Oh!, you might want to think about getting a few more female gups, or your males might harrass her too much. Shawn |
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05-21-2003, 02:59 PM
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| Medium Fish  Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Milk Carton
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| that good to remove the babies from the 10 gallon, unless u dont want any fry. how many males females do u have? u should have at least 3 females for every male, otherwise the females will be harrassed, which seems to be your case.
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