Newborn Guppy Fries & Guppy Breeding and laying eggs
How To Care For Baby Guppies?
Baby guppies are often eaten by adult guppies and other fish in the aquarium. Thus, it’s always a good idea to have a separate breeding tank.
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Use the breeding tank to transfer pregnant females so that they can give birth. This way you can increase the chances of your baby guppies’ survival
But, if you do not have a separate aquarium for breeding guppy fish, you can save your guppy fry using the following tips:
Use a large glass or plastic container to separate the pregnant female guppy from the rest of the tank mates when she is close to giving birth.
You can also use a breeding box to separate the female from the main fish population.
A breeding box is a small mesh or plastic box that you insert into the fish tank. It is designed in a way that the water from the tank flows through but the fry can swim out of the box.
After the female gives birth, remove her from the breeding box or container and leave only the baby fry.
If you do keep your baby guppies in the main tank, live plants such as guppy grass, hornworts, java moss, or the roots of water lettuce can increase their survival rate.
These plants provide hiding places until they are big and strong enough to protect themselves.
How To Feed Baby Guppies?
Baby guppies are around 6mm in length at birth. The fry have very small mouths but they have a huge appetite. Typically, baby guppies can eat every 30 minutes. To make your baby guppies grow faster, you can feed them about 5-10 times.
The fry can eat the same food as adult guppies. But, you have to grind the food into smaller bits for the babies. Foods like baby brine shrimp, micro worms, and vinegar eels are good starter food baby guppies.