I have a 10 gallon tank that I've put all my culls into. I had my female
guppies in that tank, too, so while there were some babies that survived, it wasn't that many as most surely became lunch for the girls. Now I just have a few new guppy fry in there, so they'll have time to have babies and populate more. I see 2 momma shrimp, one a pure blue I took from a tank where they were dying off, who will have some soon.
This is not a heavily planted tank at all, but I did plant some extra vals in there this week. There's a couple small crypts that haven't spread much yet. I tried to get a
hair grass growing but it died off. There is a small stack of 3 tubes and I have a piece of
cholla wood - right now boiling another to put in, figured they can hide in that. There is a small patch of java moss there as well, but I see the guppy fry can get way into it looking for food. I'm afraid even a 6 week old fry may be able to eat the new shrimp, they're so small.
Last night I put a male and female guppy in there to breed, trying to save a strain of yellow since I accidentally gave my best male to the LFS last month. I only intend to leave them there 2 days then put them back to their male and female tanks. They should be gone before new baby shrimp come.
Is there any other thing I can add right now that would give them a good hiding area? I'm trying to get creative. I have a lot of small crypts growing in another tank, would they help at all?
