PineSong Posted July 2, 2023 Share Posted July 2, 2023 I didn't want to breed guppies in my pond this year because I didn't want to spend months sorting fry. So I set the pond up with my white clouds, my lone goldfish, and a bunch of female guppies from the females-only tank. The pond has had green water from the time it thawed out until this week. Either the Canadian wildfire haze or the barley pellets I'd added finally worked to decrease the green; by this morning the pond was clear at least halfway down. As I sat admiring the sparkly water and happy fish, refreshed by all our recent thunderstorms providing natural water changes...what did I see? Fry! Yellow fry. Gray fry. New fry. Week-old fry. When will I learn that it takes a much better guppy sorter than I will ever be, to prevent guppies from breeding? I guess I'm about to find out how many fry can hide from a 5 inch goldfish in a pond with lots of plant life.... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 Even if you did put all female guppies in the pond, there is a high likelihood that one or more was already pregnant, and they can store sperm for a while so even if they hadn't been with a male for a while its possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 On 7/3/2023 at 1:19 AM, PineSong said: I didn't want to breed guppies in my pond this year because I didn't want to spend months sorting fry. So I set the pond up with my white clouds, my lone goldfish, and a bunch of female guppies from the females-only tank. The pond has had green water from the time it thawed out until this week. Either the Canadian wildfire haze or the barley pellets I'd added finally worked to decrease the green; by this morning the pond was clear at least halfway down. As I sat admiring the sparkly water and happy fish, refreshed by all our recent thunderstorms providing natural water changes...what did I see? Fry! Yellow fry. Gray fry. New fry. Week-old fry. When will I learn that it takes a much better guppy sorter than I will ever be, to prevent guppies from breeding? I guess I'm about to find out how many fry can hide from a 5 inch goldfish in a pond with lots of plant life.... My endlers in my tub are pregnant for the 4th batch without any male 🤣 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 3, 2023 Share Posted July 3, 2023 I can’t bring myself to laugh. I’ve been there so many times. Maybe get your goldfish a friend to help 🤗 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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