I'm Not Ready To Be A Grandma!

Phisher84 · Oct 6, 2009

Ok, so i went to my lfs today to purchase a few more MALE guppies because they're adorable and I love them! :hyper:

I told the fish-person to scoop me out 4 males and I'll be on my way. I was gabbing on my phopne during checkout and did not inspect them properly.

(I know, my bad, but all the guppies in the tank looked happy and healthy, so who am I to judge them based on anything else. I'm an equal-opportunity fish keeper!)

Well, I get home, acclimate them to the water and scoop them all in...then it hits me. They're all females!!! I don't MIND that they could breed, but I know the fry will just be fish bait unless they're really good hiders. What should I do?!

stiffler69 · Oct 6, 2009

Not necesarilly i had a mixed guppy tank they bred and didnt eat the young if you leave them to it some might get ate at first but once they get used to having them around they seem to not bother with eating them

WhatTheJack · Oct 6, 2009

Phisher84 said:
Ok, so i went to my lfs today to purchase a few more MALE guppies because they're adorable and I love them! I told the fish-person to scoop me out 4 males and I'll be on my way. I was gabbing on my phopne during checkout and did not inspect them properly.

(I know, my bad, but all the guppies in the tank looked happy and healthy, so who am I to judge them based on anything else. I'm an equal-opportunity fish keeper!)

Well, I get home, acclimate them to the water and scoop them all in...then it hits me. They're all females!!! I don't MIND that they could breed, but I know the fry will just be fish bait unless they're really good hiders. What should I do?!

If I were you, I wouldn't be worrying, because if you got male ones, they wouldn't have babies?
You never wanted babies in the first place, right?
Just let them eat it, its really hslthy for them.
Other wise if you want the babies, get a breeding trap

Phisher84 · Oct 9, 2009

By the way, I already had 4 males in the tank, then I added the females.

But just curious, do the males get aggressive towards one another if there are more males than females? Because since I added the females, I've had 4 dead guppies in the last 3 days.

3 dead males, 1 dead female. (All the other fish are fine, water is good)

Jenste · Oct 13, 2009

When you have male and female guppies in 1 tank it is important to have at least 2 females PER 1 male (more females is better but have AT LEAST a 2:1 ratio) - otherwise a male will establish himself as the dominant male and pester/kill the other males to have full access to the females.
Also...male guppies like to have..."interaction"....a lot more than females...another reason to have at least 2 females PER 1 male....the males can sometimes mate a female to death...especially with so many males to so few females. The female just becomes so exhausted from the advances of the male that she dies.