Our Male Guppy

[mjleach419]

my dear daughters male guppy passed away yesterday and she is very upset because her female guppy is preggers by him and due soon and my daughter thinks that it is wrong that their daddy died before they are born

how sweet is that she actually had a funeral for the little guy and cried herself to sleep last night

i hope the babies are born soon so she can get past this

she is a true fish lover

 

[theotheragentm]

Sorry about the fish. Hopefully your daughter gets excited when the babies arrive.

 

[helterskelter]

have you got the females on her own, as all fish love to eat baby guppies.

I rear all me guppies with the parents as long as their is enough space and food theirs no problems.

 

[FastestFishy]

awww thats so cute! sorry about your loss. At least youll have some fry from him though.

 

[mjleach419]

yes i have my female sep. i have her in with plants so the fry can hide if she starts to try to eat them i hope for he sake she has beautiful babies she wants me to buy her thi s one fish that is beautifully colored i think its a rainbow fish i found one at a breeder for like 12.00 so i'm thinking on surprising her

 

[community begginer]

its not a thing little girls should go through or anyone in that matter.... horrible thing to see ur fav fishy pass away.... sorry for you loss......

 

[xweeqtx]

Awww. Thats such sin! Sweet little girl, caring so much. I hope she is happy with her babies

 

[roseK]

im 16 and when my bala shark died i cried and had a funeral...

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Do you know what your guppy died of?

Some fish live an aweful lot longer than others, if you don't want your daughter to experience many fish deaths at a young age then it may be a good idea to go for a longer lived and hardier fish than guppys (which live for 2 years maximum really, although a lot less for a lot of people), as guppys are not the hardiest nor longest lived of fish.

On the other hand though...

I would explain to her that the way guppys reproduce and live is nothing like how we do it in many senses, like how guppys show no parental care towards their young, and although the male guppys death is sad, it is not a problem for his fry, who will carry on his dynasty . I have some guppys which stretch back from very long lines of pet guppys, its nice breeding them as in a way the offspring can act as living reminders of guppys who passed away many years ago.
Guppys are definately very intelligent little fish, but try not to humanise them too much as they are still essentially fish and have evolved to meet the challenges of life in very different ways to us.

Hm...Death is a major part of life. Hopefully your daughter will get over this experience fine and use it as a learning experience, coping with death is an essential part of life/living, how we cope with such experiences is an important ability . I hope when the fry are born, it'll take her mind off the loss of the male guppy and she will become occupied with the new life in the tank and enjoy the experience of raising the little fry into young colourful adults .

 

[bubblesburst80]

I am truly sorry for the l oss of your daughters guppy - i hope that the fry will help her overcome her loss.
At the same time its great that you have another generation of fish lovers in your house

xXx

 

[sunpirate2u]

im 16 and when my bala shark died i cried and had a funeral...

I did the smae with my betta Sea King...

 

[chucksmo]

my doughter loves the fish but the last one that died was strange. one morn. came out to dead guppie fml. as I finished netting her my doughter comes walking in with a ziploc bag and telling me fishy dead fishy not moving anymore. she is almost 3 and I am super scared.
hope your girl gets better after the fry are born.

 

[mjleach419]

thanks for all the comments she is doing better and getting very excited should have babies by next weekend she's counting the days