Too Many Guppies!

[Scrofula]

MY Guppie has given birth again! another 20-30 fry. This is ontop of the 30 she gave birth to a month or so ago.

The problem is that even though I left them in the tank the other guppies don't eat them. In fact they completely ignore them. My tank is going to get too full real quick so I was thinking of adding something that will eat the fry but leave the grown/teenager fish in a survival of the fittest kind of way. I know, to some, this sounds cruel but its no less cruel letting them die due to an over cramped tank. I've managed to convince a friend to take some on but his tank is still cycling and my guppies are only going to get preggers again.

To get to the point can anyone think of a suitable lone (just a single fish) tank mate that will eat the less cunning fry yet will live happily with my current adult guppies and my tiger shrimp.

Stats:
60l ~ 13G tank
planted (inc. CO2)
too many guppies though mostly fry
10 adult guppies
5 tiger shrimp (can only ever spot 4 though)
too many snails

Cheers

Scrofula

 

[clinton ><>]

buy some fish that eat them if your tank could fit them in im sure someone else will tell you what fish eat them or sell them to you lfs

 

[mjleach419]

MY Guppie has given birth again! another 20-30 fry. This is ontop of the 30 she gave birth to a month or so ago.

The problem is that even though I left them in the tank the other guppies don't eat them. In fact they completely ignore them. My tank is going to get too full real quick so I was thinking of adding something that will eat the fry but leave the grown/teenager fish in a survival of the fittest kind of way. I know, to some, this sounds cruel but its no less cruel letting them die due to an over cramped tank. I've managed to convince a friend to take some on but his tank is still cycling and my guppies are only going to get preggers again.

To get to the point can anyone think of a suitable lone (just a single fish) tank mate that will eat the less cunning fry yet will live happily with my current adult guppies and my tiger shrimp.

Stats:
60l ~ 13G tank
planted (inc. CO2)
too many guppies though mostly fry
10 adult guppies
5 tiger shrimp (can only ever spot 4 though)
too many snails

Cheers

Scrofula

try to give them to your local pet stores

 

[theotheragentm]

FYI if you can't find all your shrimp at once, it is likely that one has died. The fish, while they won't generally eat the shrimp live, will be opportunistic and devour the bodies of dead shrimp.

 

[lildavpot]

i found that my tetras ate most my fry the first time round, tho i rescued the ones i could, now the pregnant fish stay in a different tank to the tetra, however, im sure somebody might take them, im going to have the same problem soon.
theres always peopleon the buy swap sell forum wanting fish, try asking there.