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Do I have enough hiding places in my tank for guppy fry?
I have read a lot that breeding boxes commonly cause stress to the pregnant guppy and apparently causes her to abort them or die or loads of other stuff I don't want to happen, so, since I have 6 female guppies all very pregnant I'm going to leave it and let the fry find places to hide...
It's a 165 litre tank with a large hollow boat, three little close together bushes, a sponge bob's pineapple house, two fairly tall plants (about three quarters of the way up the tank) and behind the boat there are two medium pot plants close together, the boat is almost at the back, so the pot plants are right at the very end of the tank providing quite a good place to hide (bigger fish don't have access to it)
If I don't have enough hiding places can anyone give me any idea's on something to make? What materials would be toxic or hazardous?
I have I few other fish too,
3 male guppies
10 neon tetra's
3 red neon tetra's
a leopard danio
2 black widow fish
4 white tetra
and 5 penguin fish
Will these fish be a problem?
Just noticed, I also have a big shell that the fry would easily get into.
Thank for your answer, would it be mean to put them in a 5 litre bowl without a filter, would they survive for long?
1 Answer
- 8 years ago
I suggest moving the pregnant guppy's into another small tanks or let them have their own small bowl/tank. Usually when the babies are born they're so small that they can easily get trapped in the tank accessories. Move the mother, dad and the other fish away from the babies until they are fully grown to take care of themselves.