Hi, for christmas end of 2005, i got a brand new fully equiped 28L fish tank, i have had some trouble and all my fish died except 1 (Male Platy) when the tank was all better and clean etc, i bought him a girlfriend, and they both lived (YAY) so i bought 2 guppies, (M+F) the day after the female had babies, (10) i bought an breeding box and caught them all (i think) i bought some fry food that i feed them 3 times a day, but I dont know anything about them. How long should they stay on the fry food, when do i let them out of the box etc, i just dont know what to do. if you know anything that will help me. Please tell me!!!!!!!

well mostly if your tank is big enough u dunt actually need to take the attempt the seperate the fry from their mom .Make sure ur tank is partially planted with weed or floating weeds so that the fry can dodge their parent by hiding within them.since u already put them in a box, well u should let ur fry to stay there until at least they are a month and at that time they can feed on other food too lie the brine shrimp. well i just tell this by my experience. hope it help..

Thank-you heaps that will help if she has more. what kind of plant floats???

To my surprise my guppies had babies too. I seperated them from the other fish in the tank and finally put them in a small one gallon tank I purchased at K Mart. They are thriving on fry food and frozen brine shrimp. There are lots of articles on the WWW on raising baby guppies. They need at least 6 weeks before they can be released into a community tank. Also, try feeding 5-6 times a day. They have voracious appetites and frequent feedings will help them grow and mature faster.

I dont have any other tanks, so all i have is a tiny little breeders box in the corner, there is now 8 fish swimming happily in there, but what happens if she has more fry, will the older ones eat them????


thanks for your replies