Guppy fry feeding? - advice needed

[terri06]

my guppy gave birth yesterday and ive pirchased some liquifry food for the babys is this enough for them or do they need more to there diet

[terri06]

also i have a small tank should i move them into there the onli thing is theres no light or heater bt my temp at hme is 26degrees

[meegosh]

I just fed my guppy fry crushed up flakes. I had lots of live plants in my tank when I kept guppies so they probably had lots of microorganisms to munch on also.

[BigJim]

+1 for crushed flakes. I believe mine also munch on tiny critters in the plants.

[ChizerBunoi]

You can take a pestle and mortar and make your flakes really fine for them. A nice powder will do. Or as Jim said, purchase some live plants. I don't know if you can get hornwort in the UK but that is great. Or if you can find whats called guppy weed.

[Lowryder]

I have used liquid food in the past with success.

[terri06]

any advice on how im going to cope with all these babies over 3 days 2 females have given birth to inexcess of 50 babies which are still in the breedin tank any advice would b grately appreciated

[Jason7894561230]

Live food?
If not then you could raise them and take them back to the LFS
But i would go for live food

[BigJim]

Leave them in the tank with the parents. If you have cover for the fry some will make it and some will get eaten by the parents. I hate to think about how many guppies I'd have if I saved all the fry. I started with four and now I've got about 100.

[terri06]

i was thinkin of raising them till they were mayb 2-3 weeks then putting them into the tank wiv my community fish i intend to sell most bk to lfs wen there old enough

[meegosh]

I would check with your LFS soon as most do not buy guppies. They are such prolific breeders that they could just as well grow their own out.

[theonethatgotaway]

baby fish it zooplankton so im sure the plants help out a bunch

[Hobnobelisk]

Hey!

My guppies gave birth about a month ago. I started off feeding them on ground flakes (which is did in my fingers) I hear baby brine shrimp is good aswell though. After 3 weeks i let them lose i believe we have lost 2 but the rest have survived. You should be releasing when they reach about 1 inch. Guppies once impregnated can give birth every month give or take a week for almost a year without being impregnated again. I would advise plenty of cover in your main tank and to leave them in there. Hope this helps!