noob1 Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 hi i've got a guppy in an outdoor pond that's given birth and there is quite a few fry swimming around. there is also 4 goldfish and a filter that could suck the baby guppies up quite easily. should i remove the fry and put them in a container with pond water etc until they grow a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 If you want to save the guppy fry then definately take them out of the pond, the goldfish would quickly eat them all otherwise. Just put them in a largish container with the pond water. Hope this helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob1 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 ok so i put about 8 to ice cream container with pond water and also some floating plants that i have (i thought there is probably stuff they can eat off the roots?) will this be ok or do they need more space? also what do i feed them, i heard egg yolk works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Because they are babies it should be OK, BUT the problem with small containers like that this time of year is that the low water volume means huge changes in temperature fluctuations throughout the day, so maybe something abit larger for all the guppy fry (say minimum of 40L...) Do you have a spare large storage plastic container or large bucket spare?? As for feeding, they should be OK with crumbled flake Goodluck! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noob1 Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 yeah i thought about a bucket etc but i wasn't sure what chemicals had been in them. maybe i'll upgrade them in a day or two when i can figure something out. also, the guppy population turned grey and boring eventually, so their mum is grey too, will buying a few colorful males from the store spice up the gene pool again or do you think that the boringness is dominant and these ones will just breed the color back out eventually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOU1 Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 If you add colourful guppies to an existing guppy collection you should begin to get more colourful offspring. The genetic laws are really complex so you will get a huge variety of fry.... Just give the bucket a good rinse and it should be OK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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