Couple Of Guppy Questions

[B C M]

Ok, I got rid of some severums from my tank and wanted to try something new, so had these guppies for about 6 weeks and it looks like 2 of them are pregnant - typically the 2 with the least colouring.

I've added some pics, sorry about the quality, camera phone and fast fish.

Yeh I know the one at the back has a nip out the fin, I had a lobster before.

 

[OldMan47]

Your guppies are indeed heavy. It is hard to tell how far along they may be with such poor quality pictures.

 

[helterskelter]

I'll say their not to far gone, but ye defo your on the road to having a few babies.
Give them 2 weeks and your be very close.

 

[B C M]

So best steps to take?
I was gonna use one of those breeding traps, should I keep the fry in there for a bit of just let them fend for themselves?

 

[helterskelter]

What fish do u keep with them?

I rear most of my guppies in the same tanks as the adults, never stressing the females to trap them.

 

[OldMan47]

Like HelterSkelter, my guppy fry do just fine in a tank full of guppy adults. With nothing else in their tank, the fry do just fine without using a trap.

 

[B C M]

There's pink kissers, bolivian rams.

 

[helterskelter]

There's pink kissers, bolivian rams.

sadily their happilt eat on any fry their produce in the main tank

 

[B C M]

An 18x12x12 tank would be enough for them to spawn along with the rest of the group, 3M and 3F?

 

[OldMan47]

That roughly 10 gallon tank will indeed be space enough for a small group of guppies BCM. I keep a breeding colony of guppies in a tank that size myself. The issue that I see with the pink kissers is that they will eat every fry that is produced and they will eventually grow to over 6 inches in length. The kissing gouramis have no place in a small 10 gallon tank.

 

[helterskelter]

I have 10 18x12x12 myself with guppies in them, all happy.
But as said already the gouramie would not be truly happy in that setup. Is that what your keeping them in?

 

[B C M]

No, no, there in a 4ft x 18 x 12 tank just now, so they should be fine.
I was thinking of buying a smaller tank just for breeding the guppies.

 

[OldMan47]

The smaller tank would be plenty for a simple guppy breeding colony.