TJ _isme Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I have a planted 29 gallon tank with a collection of 15-20 guppies and I keep getting babies but they always get eaten so I got more plants for the fry to hide in and when I see one I put it in a breeder box so I can feed a lot of high protein foods and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on taking care of the fry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 guppy fry are easy, just crush up really fine whatever you feed the adults. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max W. Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I feed my fry baby brine shrimp, they go to town on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ _isme Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 On 4/17/2024 at 3:34 PM, Max W. said: I feed my fry baby brine shrimp, they go to town on them. Can I feed them bbs when they are first born? Or are they so small? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyGarra Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/17/2024 at 4:37 PM, TJ _isme said: Can I feed them bbs when they are first born? Or are they so small? livebearer fry can usually eat BBS right after birth. should be fine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ _isme Posted April 18 Author Share Posted April 18 On 4/17/2024 at 5:52 PM, GoofyGarra said: livebearer fry can usually eat BBS right after birth. should be fine Thanks I’ll get some more bbs eggs soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBrown918 Posted Monday at 03:13 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:13 PM TJ I used to breed guppies and endlers and if you get a large growth of java moss going or guppy grass the fry will have places to hide. I never even removed fry from my tanks and I got good yields still. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sumplkrum Posted Monday at 09:06 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:06 PM (edited) A good clump of floating plants will also help keep them alive as they tend to hang out at the surface. And yes, just crushing your flake food into powder is all they really need. Guppy fry are easy generally. I think fry eating is more of an individual, or maybe strain-specific behavior. Most of my guppies never show interest in even chasing the fry. Edited Tuesday at 03:02 PM by sumplkrum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted Tuesday at 01:45 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:45 AM If you can't grow enough live plants for the fry to hide, you could use artificial plants. I started out using these kinds of things which you can buy online, only I bought them at a big box pet store near me: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJ _isme Posted Tuesday at 02:37 AM Author Share Posted Tuesday at 02:37 AM On 5/6/2024 at 4:06 PM, sumplkrum said: A good clump of floating plants will also help keep them alive as they tend to hand out at the surface. And yes, just crushing your flake food into power is all they really need. Guppy fry are easy generally. I think fry eating is more of an individual, or maybe strain-specific behavior. Most of my guppies never show interest in even chasing the fry. My guppies for some reason love to chase the babies, so if it is a strain specific behavior then I definitely got the blood thirsty ones lmbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max W. Posted Tuesday at 05:14 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:14 AM Floating hornwort it s good option too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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