When to transfer guppy. - Aquarium Advice

Joey17 · 11-21-2005, 12:52 AM

My guppies had babies awhile ago and i wanted to know at what size i could transfer it over with the regular sized guppies? It's already too big to be eaten by the other fish.

Tiffi · 11-21-2005, 07:53 AM

As soon as they're big enough not to get eaten anymore you can transfer them back to the others. Congrats on your guppy fry!

mr funktastic · 11-21-2005, 05:03 PM

i usually change mine over at the first sign of colour. by the time they get colour it usually means they are big enough not to be eaten. i have had many guppy births recently and all have survived

i am starting to get better at the whole being a dad thing lol.

Big C · 11-21-2005, 05:12 PM

Congrats Joey. I have 3 baby guppies myself so I know how you feel!!!!!

Joey17 · 11-21-2005, 07:47 PM

Lol, thanks. What happens if i didn't change them? Will they stay small or something? I had two babies die recently and i couldn't find anything wrong. 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites.

Joey17 · 11-22-2005, 10:52 AM

Anybody?

Big C · 11-22-2005, 12:21 PM

Sorry, I don't know.

Apocalypse_Gold · 11-22-2005, 05:43 PM

I stopped removing babies (baby guppies at least) and plenty still survive, and they seem to be generally healthier. I have lots of hornwort, anchored and floating. Expect some babies to die. Live birth is traumatic, and they develop rapidly, so there is more chance for problems.

Joey17 · 11-22-2005, 05:50 PM

Hmmmmmmm, if i don't transfer them at the size thier supposed to be transferred will it stunt thier growth?

mr funktastic · 11-22-2005, 06:20 PM

from my experience guppies that u breed yourself are generally smaller anyway so i dont think it will stunt their growth. i currently have about 30 guppies and have never had a death. most of them are only about a month old. if u want more babies to survive dont put the mother in a breeding box. i found that i only get still borns when i move the mother because it startles her and causes the trauma.when u think one is going to pop keep the tank dark and check as often as possible that way the babies are born into the regular tank but since it is dark they cant be seen so they wont be eaten. once she lets them all out just catch them with a net and then put them in their own tank or a breeding box. u will loose a few but they will be stronger than if they were born in a breeding box. i am going to stop catching mine because i am running out of room lol. or i will catch them to give to my angle

lol good luck to you

11-21-2005, 12:52 AM	#1
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	When to transfer guppy. My guppies had babies awhile ago and i wanted to know at what size i could transfer it over with the regular sized guppies? It's already too big to be eaten by the other fish.

11-21-2005, 07:53 AM	#2
Tiffi Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: first ST-Germany, now TN-USA Posts: 1,052 Images: 19	As soon as they're big enough not to get eaten anymore you can transfer them back to the others. Congrats on your guppy fry! __________________ Some time ago in Germany: 2x 15gal tank, 45gal heavily planted Now: 70gal FW, 130W CF, driftwood, black gravel/laterite/flourish tabs/pool filter sand, pressurised CO2, power reactor, 200W = 250W heater, Fluval 304, Eheim prefilter; pH 7, kH 5, gH 9, CO2 ~20mg/l Plants: Cryptocoryne beckettii, wendtii "red", Giant Vals, Nymphaea lotus "zenkeri", Anubias nana "petite", Echinodorus "ozelot", Dwarf Sag, Hygrophila polysperma, Rotala rotundifolia, Limnophila sessiliflora Fishes: 2 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi, Endlers, 4 Otocinclus vittatus, 1pair Pelvicachromis pulcher, 5 Corydoras panda

11-21-2005, 05:12 PM	#4
Big C Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 375 Images: 3	Congrats Joey. I have 3 baby guppies myself so I know how you feel!!!!! __________________ Gracias amigos! 5 g w/ Minows 30 g planted: 3 aurulious barbs, 4 tiger barbs (2 green), 2 Gold barbs, 1 lemon fin barb 75 g planted:1 dwarf gouramis, 4 guppies, 1 sword tail, 1 SAE, 1 gold gourami, 4 black phantom tetras, 3 serpae tetras, 6 brilliant rasboras, 2 diamond tetras, 10 rummynose, 1 blush koi angel (huge!), 3 clown loaches, 3 yo yo loaches, 1 golden nugget, 2 GBR 10 gal QT tank -almost always going with new "projects"

11-22-2005, 12:21 PM	#7
Big C Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 375 Images: 3	Sorry, I don't know. __________________ Gracias amigos! 5 g w/ Minows 30 g planted: 3 aurulious barbs, 4 tiger barbs (2 green), 2 Gold barbs, 1 lemon fin barb 75 g planted:1 dwarf gouramis, 4 guppies, 1 sword tail, 1 SAE, 1 gold gourami, 4 black phantom tetras, 3 serpae tetras, 6 brilliant rasboras, 2 diamond tetras, 10 rummynose, 1 blush koi angel (huge!), 3 clown loaches, 3 yo yo loaches, 1 golden nugget, 2 GBR 10 gal QT tank -almost always going with new "projects"

11-22-2005, 05:43 PM	#8
Apocalypse_Gold Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Utah USA Posts: 803	I stopped removing babies (baby guppies at least) and plenty still survive, and they seem to be generally healthier. I have lots of hornwort, anchored and floating. Expect some babies to die. Live birth is traumatic, and they develop rapidly, so there is more chance for problems. __________________ Long live the UGF!

11-21-2005, 05:03 PM	#3
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	i usually change mine over at the first sign of colour. by the time they get colour it usually means they are big enough not to be eaten. i have had many guppy births recently and all have survived i am starting to get better at the whole being a dad thing lol.

11-21-2005, 07:47 PM	#5
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	Lol, thanks. What happens if i didn't change them? Will they stay small or something? I had two babies die recently and i couldn't find anything wrong. 0 ammonia and 0 nitrites.

11-22-2005, 10:52 AM	#6
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	Anybody?

11-22-2005, 05:50 PM	#9
Joey17 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 299	Hmmmmmmm, if i don't transfer them at the size thier supposed to be transferred will it stunt thier growth?

11-22-2005, 06:20 PM	#10
mr funktastic Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: alliston, ON Posts: 2,220 Images: 17	from my experience guppies that u breed yourself are generally smaller anyway so i dont think it will stunt their growth. i currently have about 30 guppies and have never had a death. most of them are only about a month old. if u want more babies to survive dont put the mother in a breeding box. i found that i only get still borns when i move the mother because it startles her and causes the trauma.when u think one is going to pop keep the tank dark and check as often as possible that way the babies are born into the regular tank but since it is dark they cant be seen so they wont be eaten. once she lets them all out just catch them with a net and then put them in their own tank or a breeding box. u will loose a few but they will be stronger than if they were born in a breeding box. i am going to stop catching mine because i am running out of room lol. or i will catch them to give to my angle lol good luck to you

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