pregnant guppies

[Kimberley]

Okay... So iv converted my tank and it now houses a white gourami (very friendly) 2 albibo corys, a 6" bristlenose plec and 9 guppies (3 males and 6 females) 5 of my guppies are heavily pregnant, what can i do for them, i would like to try and raise the fry

 

[emerald76]

Okay... So iv converted my tank and it now houses a white gourami (very friendly) 2 albibo corys, a 6" bristlenose plec and 9 guppies (3 males and 6 females) 5 of my guppies are heavily pregnant, what can i do for them, i would like to try and raise the fry

Add lots of thick bushy floating plants in corners and such. Also, I have found that flipping a plastic plant upside down and letting the leaves dangle into a hole in the decorations or driftwood saves TONS of fry. Once you find fry, remove them to a breeder NET placed under the flow of a filter or with an airstone or a separate filtered and heated tank. Feed Hikari First Bites or if you are desperate crushed flakes. You can also feed the babies brine shrimp, the preferred food.

 

[biss444]

i agree, also i loved to use live green moss that i bought on aqua bid .com. the babies would thrive in the live plants and could hide until big enough to survive in open water

 

[SlowHand]

i like to use water sprite as a floating plant for the fry to hide in until i can get the to the breeder box. but i dont like to put the mom in there it seems to stress her out to much.