I want to separate my guppy fry and adult guppies

[Guppylover:)]

My guppy just had babies and I was not prepared for this (I wasn't planning on getting females but here we are) I need an idea of what I need to do to separate the fish. I don't have an extra tank with all of the needed supplies. Is there anything I need to do or get and any tips on raising and selling guppy fry?

Edit: I currently have 14 fry in the community tank. Also, us there anything about the nitrogen cycle I should be worrying about if I transfer the fry to a new tank?

 

[FishHobby99]

How many adults do you have? If only a few, you could buy a gallon glass container at Walmart for like $5 & remove them temporarily.

Never raised guppies. I have seven males.

Are the adults eating them?

I bought 5 guppies on eBay. Most of cost was in shipping. Bags inside a tiny styrofoam cooler inside a well padded box. 1-2 day shipping, They are pretty boys.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

My guppy just had babies and I was not prepared for this (I wasn't planning on getting females but here we are) I need an idea of what I need to do to separate the fish. I don't have an extra tank with all of the needed supplies. Is there anything I need to do or get and any tips on raising and selling guppy fry?

Look on Amazon for 'Breeding container', or 'Spawning container' or 'Fish net breeder'.

 

[Guppylover:)]

How many adults do you have? If only a few, you could buy a gallon glass container at Walmart for like $5 & remove them temporarily.

Never raised guppies. I have seven males.

Are the adults eating them?

I bought 5 guppies on eBay. Most of cost was in shipping. Bags inside a tiny styrofoam cooler inside a well padded box. 1-2 day shipping, They are pretty boys.

Okay, I have 6 females in the tank. I didn't get any males because I didn't want babies, but I didn't think that they could already be pregnant. The adults ate like 3 and I have 14 babies. Should I get a filter heater ect? And if I have any more questions I'll ask.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Okay, I have 6 females in the tank. I didn't get any males because I didn't want babies, but I didn't think that they could already be pregnant. The adults ate like 3 and I have 14 babies. Should I get a filter heater ect? And if I have any more questions I'll ask.

Look on Amazon for 'Breeding container', or 'Spawning container' or 'Fish net breeder'.

 

[Happilyretired]

When my children were in elementary school, they were not fans of me leaving the live bearers’ babies in the regular tank. So my friend the nurse brought me a huge like turkey baster syringe and I put all the about to pop females in little nursery nets that hung on the inside of the tank with gravel and plants where the babies could hide. Then I removed the adult female and sucked the babies up and deposited them in a breeder tank. As a result, I had a population explosion of mollies, plates, swordtails, and guppies. These guppies I recently rescued are very reproductively active but I don’t take extra care to separate the babies. Many hide out in the plants and other decor and they survive.

 

[Guppylover:)]

Okay, I have 6 females in the tank. I didn't get any males because I didn't want babies, but I didn't think that they could already be pregnant. The adults ate like 3 and I have 14 babies. Should I get a filter heater ect? And if I have any more questions I'll ask.

*etc.

 

[FishHobby99]

Okay, I have 6 females in the tank. I didn't get any males because I didn't want babies, but I didn't think that they could already be pregnant. The adults ate like 3 and I have 14 babies. Should I get a filter heater ect? And if I have any more questions I'll ask.

I keep my guppies at room temp. No heater. just a filter. Don‘t know about raising fry. I would google & look at YouTube videos.

 

[Guppylover:)]

I keep my guppies at room temp. No heater. just a filter. Don‘t know about raising fry. I would google & look at YouTube videos.

Cool thanks

 

[FishHobby99]

You’re welcome. There are some cool step by step videos up.

 

[Sgooosh]

ok i havent read all the ohter responses so idk if this is repeated
if you are very desperate and need it instantly, there are some things you can do:
get a clear or translucent milk thingy and poke TINY holes in it with a nail or something (smaller than fry)
pretty sure it can float on its own, if it cannot, attatch some bubbly stuff to it to keep it afloat

i reccomend putting the babies in the one gallon container instead of the adults... just me