Funny Story........ Nott!

[Meggie :)]

Okay so I am setting up my new 50 gallon tank in a few weeks or so...maybe two or 3...I bought 3 female guppies so that they could have their babies. I was hoping that the babies would be old enough to put into the new tank by the time it was set up because I want to have what I know to be a healthy stock because I get attached to the fish and hate it when they die so fast...I put one (the other two still haven't had their babies yet) in the breeder net as soon as I saw her start having babies...and I kept a close eye on her, too. So, now, a week later, in a 10 gallon tank with only a few plastic plants, I find SEVEN pairs of eyes staring at me...from the plant. And I still had three in the breeder net (which I just let out by the way)

So now I'm worried that I got into something I shouldn't have gotten into...the mama guppy died, but that leaves me with 10 known babies and however many others are somehow hiding and 2 female preggo guppies about to drop in the next week or two.

So this is where I need help. I will have a 50 gallon, a ten gallon, and my sister might get a 20 or 30 gallon and said she would be willing to take all the males she could from me, without being overstocked. She too wants to own fish that she knows are young and healthy. But she might not be getting the tank until september...What do I do? What is the best way to manage the fish without having any of the tanks be overstocked?

My current set up tank is 10 gallons (18 inches long, 12 inches high, 10.5 inches wide) with 2 female ballon mollies, 2 female guppies, 4 ghost shrimp, and who knows how many babies...

Please help!
Thanks

 

[bristlenoseitplecoman]

because the guppies are small they shouldn't take up to much space yet and if your sister is getting the tank in 2 months it should be in time but take others advice too because I do not know any other options.

 

[Meggie :)]

well idk if she is even getting one yet ...what if i put all the males into the 50 gal and kept all the females in the 10 gal? That way they won't get preggo and I can run them down to a pet store where I know will take them...(I can't do it often because it's like an hour away)...how quickly do I have to separate them? They were born less than a week ago I think

 

[OldMan47]

I manage my guppy population by simply selling off adults at club auctions and waiting for the fry to repopulate my guppy tank. Since I sell off adults every few months, I only get slightly overstocked in my guppy tank. I also end up with a variety of colors in the guppy tank since I sometimes will add a new male back in just to shake things up a bit. This is my tank right before skimming off some adults.

 

[Meggie :)]

Thank you!