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What size aquarium for guppy fry?
I had 2 guppy fry in a fry box for 1 month now. But I found another 7 and the box isn't going to be surfactant for them. Keeping into consideration that this is a temporary aquarium for them until they get big enough to go back into my community tank, would a 17ltr be surfactant or should I be looking at something in the 20's?
Thank you. I am considering the Aqua one 28ltr with a mini elite 25watt heater. This will be my daughters tank when she is old enough to have her own fish. But I'm probably not going to put any substrate or ornaments in it so it will be easier to maintain. The fry will be in there for around 3 months. I will add any I find. I'll be getting store credit for fry or keeping them myself.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Guppies will multiply to fill whatever space you have. So you may as well go with the biggest tank you can afford / have space for / are allowed.
Sure you can raise some guppy fry in a 17L, by the time they get too big for it they can survive in the main tank.
But personally I would look for a 60-80L tank. Reason is that when you get bored with guppies you then have the space to keep and breed other fish as well.
The bigger tank wont cost much more overall to set up, it only needs basic filtering for a few guppy fry, heater cost doesn't change much with the power, and you don't need a fancy stand, lights and hood for a breeding tank.
I have reared baby guppies in my 18L tank, and 20-30 fry was fine in there short term. But I just used that tank cos I had it laying around already. If I was going to buy a new tank, I would go bigger as they are more versatile.
Ian
- 1 decade ago
a total of nine growing guppies can be efficiently kept in app. 7-10 gallon tank. maybe 5 is stretching it, but they may get along fine in 5 gallons too.
Source(s): fish owner
