I've been wondering why my FAT female guppy was not giving birth for a couple of months till one evening. While enjoying the guppies, I saw one female giving birth to one fry, and immediately turing around to eat the fry!!!

I was adviced to do 3 things to help the situation:

1. Feed the adults properly. I give them LOTS to eat, till they cannot eat anymore. However, I only feed once a day. Should I increase to 2 times?

2. Put lots of plants. I have floating plants, and plastic plants at the bottom. However, they cover only about 20% of the surface. Problem is, the mother will give birth in a clear area, so that the fry don't even have a chance!!

3. Put them in a basket with lots of holes. I did this with the fry-eating-mother, and got good results. Problem is, WHEN do I put them in the basket?? Most of my female got big round belly. A friend said that once the round belly becomes square, it will give birth in 3-4 days. Problem is, I have lots of trouble identifying "square" belly!!! I mean, some round belly is HUGE, and some "square" belly is only slightly big. So, should I put the small square belly female in the basket rather than the HUGE round female????

Finally, I hate using baskets!!! It is soooo difficult to feed them!! I mean, the food will just drop out of the basket as well!!!!

Anyone got any comments, or any tricks that you could share???