Jessemama

Well 2 maybe even 3 of my guppy females are pregnet.. Im not sure how far cause i got em from the pet store and they were all ready pregnet. SOO i know everyone says about a grow out tank but im not even sure what size it hsould be and if you should put anything in it like plants, decor and that kind of stuff . Advice would be great!

slakey

I had my fry in the tank and if they were eaten they were eaten but about 10-11 survived and they've got colour on their tails now

Jessemama

ooooo ok i wasnt sure cause i know some people do that and i was told some people just get small tanks since guppies dont get real big and put them in it i just wanted to make sure thanks for the input :

slakey

well it all depends if you want all the fry to live or not?
also what size tank are the guppies currently in?

Jessemama

they are in a 12 gal. i have the 2 females in a breeding tank

slakey

do you want to keep all the fry?

I left my fry in the tank and I have about 11, starting to show colours on the tail, and another batch.

susitna-flower

IF you have plenty of plants in the top and mid portion of the tank, you will have some fry survive even if you don't put them in a growout tank.

I use a fry tank. I just hate to see hundreds of fry eaten, when even with the best of care only a certain % of fry will survive anyway. A 10 gallon tank is fine for a fry tank, and not very expensive to set up.

Jessemama

ooo ok thanks for all the input :-)

COBettaCouple

the easiest to setup would be a 10g kit with netting from a fish net secured over the filter intake with a rubber band so no fry can swim into it. The tank bottom can be left bare and just some caves and plants would give them more than an empty box to swim in.

guppiemaster892

I think you should get a 10 gallon for fry. Then when they get big, then you should release them into the other tank. How big is your tank with the female fish in them.

Jessemama

those sound like good ideas never thought of that and they have a but load of 10gal kits at petsmart and petco have to go to petco to get some guppy grass anyway today so i can check out their kits the girls are in a 12gal tank