Guppy fry!!! :)

[Emi929]

Ahhhh!!! I'm so happy! My Big Mama just had 70+ fry! She isn't in a breeder and she hasn't even eaten one! They are all SO healthy and swimming around at the middle and being so active. They have eaten a little egg yolk, and they are quite happy. Big Mama is a naturally huge guppy and she is bigger than my thumb! She was a virgin and I selected to breed her with one of my GORGEOUS delta tailed males with purple, orange, green and blue tie-dye body and tail.

Any suggestions for large strong and healthy growing fry? I would love any homemade food recipes or no cost recommendations. Also, any suggestions for Apple snails? How to make them grow large? What else can they eat besides algae?. Thanks!!

 

[DaRedheadedReefer]

I'm just starting a 20 gallon freshwater. Which guppies are male and female. Do u know?

 

[Little Stinkpots]

females will have a black spot behind the belly(gravid spot)
males will have a long staright finn between the the 2 anal fins
males are more colorful then female

 

[Little Stinkpots]

baby brine shrimp are the best thing to feed fry (3 times a day)
apple snails alage pellets, cucumber, dead fish theyll eat anything, cucumber will do great

 

[Emi929]

Cool thanks I'm also feeding some minced frozen bloodworms.

 

[Shetland James]

Granulated flake foods have worked just fine with me, interspersed with peas and defrosted frozen live food.

There's a really big chance that your female is eating the babies but if its just her alone in the tank with them she'll only be eating one or two at a time.

 

[Emi929]

All the babies are still there and they're in a 10 gal with my guppies and mollies. None of them ever hide, and none of the other fish go after them. It's really odd, but cool

 

[Emi929]

Big Mama died old age. She was very old and had started getting a spinal curve down (from old age)

 

[Emi929]

When will my guppies get color?

 

[BigJim]

It takes two or three weeks depending on the colors of the fish.

 

[Owl307]

sorry to here your mama died!