help with my guppy fry please 10 pionts best awnswer?
well i have guppy fry to different batches in a net breeder with swordtail fry to but some of the guppies died like 7 of them and then when they die they kinda look beat up and some of them like 3 have there fins clamp like if the other ones bit them i have the first batch which is 14 days old ( 2 weeks old) then i have 6 day old guppies and then four day old swordtails do you think they are bulling each other or what and i changed my water 3 days ago so the water is clean and they have there aquarium salt
and they eat allot i still have allot of babies left of the guppy fry and they poop so that means they are eating and they are active
its not a net breeder its one of those two way breeder made out of plastic
and can i put the fry inside a regular fish bowl so they can have more space or do they need oxygen
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They could be picking on each other so I would suggest putting them in two different tanks. At least get two separate breeding nets.
Breeder nets are the worst containers to keep fry in as they hold stagnant water which is why your fish are dying. Changing the tank water with fry in it is another problem as baby fish are very sensitive to water changes. Plus you have too many fry in such a small space. You must siphon the water out in the breeder net and put water from the tank back into it. Also any food that the fry does not eat is just sitting in the breeder net and since the water is stagnant….your fry is being exposed to deadly ammonia. Uneaten food must be removed from the net. You will continue to lose fry if you allow them to stay in the net too long. I use a cheap plastic container to hold my guppy fry and I get their water from the main tank so I dont have to worry about them needing aeration. I also change the water every other day and the guppies are only fed in the morning and at night so there is never uneaten food in their container. Currently I have 45 guppy fry and I only lost 2. One was deformed at birth and the other was sick when it was born as it never swam around only sat at the bottom of the container while the rest swam around pooping and looking for food. Cpngrats on your fry though!
I suspect your breeder has too much going on in it for the amount of water circulation, and I’m guessing the reason they look beat up is the fungus or bacteria that are killing them make them look beat up right away after death.
It really sounds like you have too many in the breeder.
I’d say move half or better to the bowl, add and airstone if you can or else change half the water daily.
And leave the other half in the breeder for awhile longer, if you can at least take a cup and pour water through the breeder a couple of times a day that will help flush the waste out.
It’d be great if you could get another tank. If you aren’t going to do that. I’d probably just plant the tank well and let survive what survives, you already have too many fish if you save them all for your current tank.
Alternatively, cull most of them now and just leave a few to grow out.
Marv