Got my Guppies

"Carl Collins" <mna26.RemoveThis@keele.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> Got 2 male guppies and 3 females and the buggers are at it already ;-)
>
> How many fry should I be expecting from 1 female does anyone know round
> abouts?

Depends on the size of the females, but 20 to 30 every month would not be
unreasonable to expect.

> I have pulled some of the plastic plants out to let them float which I
hear
> should give them a better chance of survival..

AFAIK, they typically start dropping them near the surface early in the
morning, but then might move around the tank as the day progresses.

> I have 2 red finned sharks in the tank with a 4" Pl*co and some
swordtails
> will everything be ok concerning the fry I mean the Pl*co shouldn't
give
> them much trouble cuz he never comes out of hiding but it's the sharks
that
> are worrying me

Swordtails do excellent Guppy crowd-control.

> Should I put a piece of glass down the middle of the tank or something
to
> keep the guppies seperate??

If you do that, how will the Swordtails eat the fry ? ;~)

They make tank dividers which do not scratch your tank's glass, and are
perforated to allow water to pass through (for filtration). There are
also a variety of breeding traps for livebearers. My favourite is the 2
chamber Penn Plax which uses an external airpump to pull the fry into a
separate chamber.

NetMax
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"NetMax" <computeralias.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Carl Collins" <mna26.RemoveThis@keele.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:bmlji2$bqc$1@planet.kis.keele.ac.uk...
> > Got 2 male guppies and 3 females and the buggers are at it already ;-)
> >
> > How many fry should I be expecting from 1 female does anyone know round
> > abouts?
>
> Depends on the size of the females, but 20 to 30 every month would not be
> unreasonable to expect.
>


> > I have pulled some of the plastic plants out to let them float which I
> hear
> > should give them a better chance of survival..
>
> AFAIK, they typically start dropping them near the surface early in the
> morning, but then might move around the tank as the day progresses.
>
> > I have 2 red finned sharks in the tank with a 4" Pl*co and some
> swordtails
> > will everything be ok concerning the fry I mean the Pl*co shouldn't
> give
> > them much trouble cuz he never comes out of hiding but it's the sharks
> that
> > are worrying me
>
> Swordtails do excellent Guppy crowd-control.

I don't want crowd control :-(
I want lots of colurful guppies swimming round...
I will have to keep my swordtails away then rather than the sharks then??
Does anyone know of a homemade erm baby guppy help to survive thingy like a
seperator so they can survive form the hungry mouths of my swordtails??
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"Carl Collins" <mna26 DeleteThis @keele.ac.uk> wrote in message
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> "NetMax" <computeralias DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:w0xjb.1840$F31.317047@news20.bellglobal.com...
> >
> > "Carl Collins" <mna26 DeleteThis @keele.ac.uk> wrote in message
> > news:bmlji2$bqc$1@planet.kis.keele.ac.uk...
> > > Got 2 male guppies and 3 females and the buggers are at it already
;-)
> > >
> > > How many fry should I be expecting from 1 female does anyone know
round
> > > abouts?
> >
> > Depends on the size of the females, but 20 to 30 every month would
not be
> > unreasonable to expect.
> >
>
>
> > > I have pulled some of the plastic plants out to let them float
which I
> > hear
> > > should give them a better chance of survival..
> >
> > AFAIK, they typically start dropping them near the surface early in
the
> > morning, but then might move around the tank as the day progresses.
> >
> > > I have 2 red finned sharks in the tank with a 4" Pl*co and some
> > swordtails
> > > will everything be ok concerning the fry I mean the Pl*co shouldn't
> > give
> > > them much trouble cuz he never comes out of hiding but it's the
sharks
> > that
> > > are worrying me
> >
> > Swordtails do excellent Guppy crowd-control.
>
> I don't want crowd control :-(
> I want lots of colurful guppies swimming round...
> I will have to keep my swordtails away then rather than the sharks
then??
> Does anyone know of a homemade erm baby guppy help to survive thingy
like a
> seperator so they can survive form the hungry mouths of my swordtails??

I'm not sure how effective RT sharks are at 'crowd-control'. Swordtails
also eat their own fry, and Guppy fry are smaller than Swordtail fry,
ergo - their effectiveness at eating Guppy fry will be higher. Another
strategy is to use lots of plants and feed them well. Almost always,
statistically, some will invariably survive.

NetMax
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in article wJ%jb.10589$PM2.1314277@news20.bellglobal.com, NetMax at
computeralias RemoveThis @hotmail.com wrote on 10/17/03 5:23 PM:

> some will invariably survive
And usually these are the strong and healthy ones... survival of the
fittest!
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I always found a large mass of java moss offered my guppy fry a place to
hide.

Bob
"Carl Collins" <mna26.RemoveThis@keele.ac.uk> wrote in message
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>
>
> I don't want crowd control :-(
> I want lots of colurful guppies swimming round...
> I will have to keep my swordtails away then rather than the sharks then??
> Does anyone know of a homemade erm baby guppy help to survive thingy like
a
> seperator so they can survive form the hungry mouths of my swordtails??
>
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in article bmv82g$9ee$1@news.astound.net, Robert Flory at
wyogeo.RemoveThis@hotBOGUS.com wrote on 10/19/03 4:57 PM:

> I always found a large mass of java moss offered my guppy fry a place to
> hide.
Or a mass of hornwort floating in the corner... that's been my guppy, molly,
platy fry hatchery for awhile now.
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