I have 5 pregnant guppies. should i put all 5 of them in the same tank to give birth or in seprate tanks.?

Question

I have 5 pregnant guppies. should i put all 5 of them in the same tank to give birth or in seprate tanks.?

Answer 1

Unless you have some use for several hundred fry I would just leave them where they are.  The strong fry will hide and survive, the others will get eaten or die.  There is no advantage to the mother to being separated, it's exactly the opposite.  It stresses them out and can cause them to abort or reabsorb the fry.

It sounds cruel to go with the survival of the fittest theory but that's the way nature works and there is no market for guppy fry.

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Answer 2

no as you will end up overcrowding the young if they survive 5 big mama's trying to eat them.

Answer 3

Ok, you should keep them together cuz guppies will be more relaxed with other fish around, and less likely to have a miscarrage. Here is a really good way to set up a breeding "trap" That gives mother and fry plent of room! Get a 10 gallon tank, and a net that is coarse enough for the newbornfry to swim thro. Put a sponge filter in the tank. B4 you put water in the tank, glue the net to the sides of the tank so halfway down the tank there is a net separating the upper and lowre half of the tank.  That way the mothers have 5 gallons to swim in, and so do the fry!=) When the moms give birth the babies swim to the bottom to get away from preaditors, they will sink thro the net and be safe!=) I would leave your females in there for at least 6 monthes b/c guppies can hold sperm from 1 mating for up to 8 births each prenency is about 28 days so around one month. so keep them in there untill you notice when it is time for another birth that no fry are coming, then it is safe to say they are not pregnet. Good luck with your babies!=)

Answer 4

Get a baby saver cage frome a pet store and a birthing container to keep them from eating the fry (babies).Even the mother will eat the babies

Answer 5

As soon as my females had their babies, I moved the females. They will eat the babies and having them in there with the little e ones, stresses the babies out.

And you may have to do this several times. The females can have up 6 sets of babies from 1 pregnancy

Answer 6

you should put them in a isolation tank until they give birth then put them back in the main tank. then feed the fry what you fed the guppies just ground up.