Fry Care (Babies Guppy)
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Before your female guppy gives birth, you must to consider what you're going to do with the fry.
- Do you want to deal with the many fry being born monthly?
- Sell to the fish store?
- Feed the bigger fish as food? (Not recommended)
If you decide to raise the young fry, consider setting up a few tanks to let the fry grow out in.
This few steps is taken from guppies.com:
This few steps is taken from guppies.com:
Start any tank immediately, before the young ones arrive so the tank can cycle before the fish are added. Do this "fishless cycling" either by ammonia cycling(adding 3 drops of ammonia per day until nitrite forms), or by taking water from your existing tank and filling the new tank with all siphoned debris and water. The debris starts the ammonia which starts the cycling, and any water provided from the existing tank will have some nitrifying bacteria already in it providing a quick start for the nitrogen cycle. If possible, exchange filtration m media from an existing tank to the new tank so the process will be expedited.
In the fry tank, all the suction devices have to be covered to stop fry from being sucked in the filtration. Fine bridal netting or tulle can be used. Cut a piece to cover the suction tube and hold in place with rubber band. Set the temperature to 80F (26.67 °C) if possible to allow maturation and then as the fry age, you can reduce the temperature back to 78F (25.56 °C). After the new tank has cycled when levels are ammonia zero, nitrite zero and nitrate is 40ppm of less, then fry can be add in.
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