Guppy Fry :)

[petitelupin]

My guppy fry are one week old today!! *blows out birthday candles*
theres 15 of em' and im really suprised they made it this far since i've never had babies before!

does anyone know how long it will be before i have to seperate males and females?
or how long before they can go into my main tank? (right now they are in my 2 gal QT tank

 

[leeandstacie]

My first set of fry are four weeks old now and the males are still in with the females. I have researched how to sex them but cant see any signs of whic is which yet so I am hanging fire until I know

Cheers

 

[petitelupin]

yea from what i've read it says between 3-5 weeks.
i dunno how big fry are supposed to be at 1 week but ive been feeding them bloodworms and tropical flake food so they are like...hmm...maybe 1/3 of an inch?

 

[kevinthecow]

Oh god.
my swordtail is at least 1" - 1.5"
Still pretty small, though. And it's a guy.
I didn't separate, either. x___x

 

[OldMan47]

At between 4 and 6 weeks, I am just barely able to sex my endlers. They mature just a little faster than guppies so I would think more like 6 to 8 weeks for a guppy but I just don't keep guppies any more.

 

[petitelupin]

i wanted endlers but there arent any good lfs's around here...all i have is petsmart which is 45 mins away.

 

[WILDER]

Try looking in the livebeares section pinned topics.
Don't over feed the bloodworms and I would cut mine up into small peices so they didn't choke on them.
Baby brime strimp better.
They can starting breeding at a very young age, but forgotten now thinks its about 7 weeks.

 

[Mikaila31]

I've got a bunch of endler fry too. Well 20 of them are mature fish. The 50 others are at least a few weeks old. The only reason I even raise them is I can sell them to a fish store for a decent price, and pay for fish food.

There cute when they are little, but my 4 breeding girls always give birth within a week of each other. Catching the fry all the time in a densely planted 55gal is not terribly fun. Ninja fry.

When I see them all crammed into the corner of my 15gal begging for food when I fed them a ton 30 minuets ago.

 

[petitelupin]

yea i usually ground the bloodworms up between my fingers til its like a powder.
my boyfriend and i are so excited about them..he's obsessed and as soon as he gets an appartment there is no doubt in my mind that well become fishaholics.

 

[OldMan47]

The best bet for feeding guppies is to use flake food and supplement it with vegetable flake. Guppies, like most common livebearers are going to grow better and thrive on a diet that is rich in algae and similar materials. Although they are omnivorous, they need a diet high in vegetable material.