gto_cowgirl
Fish Fanatic
So yesterday I got my first big batch of guppy fry from one of the big females which i think comes up to about 15-20. I thought she had another week but i went ahead and moved her 2 days before she had delivery in a small 1 gallon tank. I was so happy that i moved her in time to save that many fry!!
Anyway I decided from now on i wanted the birthing mother to always give birth in a seperate tank so i can save that many fry again because before then i had only gotton about 1-5 fry each batch in the main tank. Note: The mothers were in the main 10 gallon (and only 2 batches) with no divider, i was planning on using the divider this birth but because of the empty 1 gallon i went ahead and moved the pregnant mother. I did try using a breeder box at one time but it only stresses out the mothers to give miscarriages so i decided against it.
Well I have another big female due to drop any day now therefore I bought a 5 gallon Hex Aquarium yesterday. Before yesterday i kept the 15-20 fry in the breeding box but i realized that the box is way way to small the fry wouldn't even swim around. I took the divider out of the main 10 gallon tank that i was using as a birthing area and put it in the 5 gallon to give the birthing mother 1 gallon of space while i give the fry the rest of the tank so i can keep many many fry at once. In the 5 gallon Hex now the fry swim around and pick at things =D
I haven't noticed any of the fry swimming over to the 1 gallon birthing area but i put a big bushy plant in there. Also I put several bushy plants in the main part of the 5 gallon tank. I plan on feeding the mother several times a day just smaller meals so she isn't very hungry all day in case any of the fry do swim over there.
Does anyone see any problems with this setup? Also, i read that a good way to get fry is to suck them out like when you do a water change? Well some of the fry are pretty powerful swimmers and would keep swimming down and not getting sucked up when i tried that. Any suggestions?
Edit: Nevermind about the sucking fry out part, i just remember about the turkey bastor (spelling) which I think will work great.
Anyway I decided from now on i wanted the birthing mother to always give birth in a seperate tank so i can save that many fry again because before then i had only gotton about 1-5 fry each batch in the main tank. Note: The mothers were in the main 10 gallon (and only 2 batches) with no divider, i was planning on using the divider this birth but because of the empty 1 gallon i went ahead and moved the pregnant mother. I did try using a breeder box at one time but it only stresses out the mothers to give miscarriages so i decided against it.
Well I have another big female due to drop any day now therefore I bought a 5 gallon Hex Aquarium yesterday. Before yesterday i kept the 15-20 fry in the breeding box but i realized that the box is way way to small the fry wouldn't even swim around. I took the divider out of the main 10 gallon tank that i was using as a birthing area and put it in the 5 gallon to give the birthing mother 1 gallon of space while i give the fry the rest of the tank so i can keep many many fry at once. In the 5 gallon Hex now the fry swim around and pick at things =D
I haven't noticed any of the fry swimming over to the 1 gallon birthing area but i put a big bushy plant in there. Also I put several bushy plants in the main part of the 5 gallon tank. I plan on feeding the mother several times a day just smaller meals so she isn't very hungry all day in case any of the fry do swim over there.
Does anyone see any problems with this setup? Also, i read that a good way to get fry is to suck them out like when you do a water change? Well some of the fry are pretty powerful swimmers and would keep swimming down and not getting sucked up when i tried that. Any suggestions?
Edit: Nevermind about the sucking fry out part, i just remember about the turkey bastor (spelling) which I think will work great.
Best of luck!
