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I GOT MY GUPPIES!!

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By GuppyLuver15
from the GuppyLuver15 department, Section Diaries
Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 01:48:25 PM PST
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Finally I GOT MY GUPPIES!!



My male's name is Tangy (pronounced Tan-gee). He is orange and yellow and black!
HE IS GORGEOUS!! I also have 2 females which my brother and sister named Amazon and Fancy.
They seem to have come from a blue colored dad...
I say that becuase their tail is blueish... Anyway, Amazon and Fancy (females) seem pregnant already and there were other really pretty males in the tank I got them in so it might mean really pretty fry!!!
I am SO happy!! I can't wait to see the little baby fry!
THIS IS SOO COOL!!!
I LOVE THEM!!
Thank you for all your help!
GuppyLuver15
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I GOT MY GUPPIES!! | 11 comments (11 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: I GOT MY GUPPIES!! (none / 0) (#11)
by xxhyaku on Sat Jun 14, 2008 at 08:27:05 AM PST

You don't want to have too many guppies in your tank. If you have other fish it can be over populated real quick. My female guppy just dropped 19 guppies on the same day my molly dropped (they those poor guys didn't survive).

If you got other fish in that tank, and like what Uncle Scott said, your tank could easily be over populated. Also if you set up more tanks you are wasting extra water to do water changes, and filters it costs electricity. Sure it is fun but you have to think logically at how much money you are going to spend. I read an article once that female guppies usually has more fry after each pregnancy I don't know if that is old wives' tale or not, but these things produce faster than mice.

If you intend to breed guppies then you might want to consider giving some away to family and friends (what I am going to do). If you attend school, ask some of your favourite teachers if they'd like some guppies. Or a local pet store and see if you can get some store credit or some money back.



Re: I GOT MY GUPPIES!! (none / 0) (#1)
by GuppyLover92 on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 05:11:50 PM PST

That is great of corse I already new because of your email.I hope you have great colors and hope you have them as long as they can go.Sorry I am in a rush making dinner and I need to check on my guppies.Just take good care of your guppies and your soon fry to be and mother to be.Ok see you later people.
DANIELLE


Re: I GOT MY GUPPIES!! (none / 0) (#2)
by GuppyLuver15 on Sun Feb 20, 2005 at 06:24:03 PM PST

Ok I will, good luck with your soon fry to be also!
I hope you have a great lively and colorful batch!
GOOD LUCK! :)
Guppy Luver
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Congratulations on the new guppies. (none / 1) (#3)
by unclescott on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 10:43:54 AM PST

Within a month, at least one of those females should drop fry.

As you know, it isn't too early to consider what to do with those fry. You may just want to provide shelter for them with the parents. Not every fry will survive. Those that do should be healthy and actually likely to grow faster than fry in a fry tank.

There is a danger in trying to save every fry and get more tanks for them. After a while, you don't "have" the guppies, they "have" you and the fun can vanish.

You can probably do the math on this quicker than I can, but here goes.

Let's imagine that all of your guppies' fry survive. The numbers below are imaginary and a little too convenient. But they may even be conservative.

In the next couple of weeks:

Amazon dropped 10 fry and they survived.
Fancy dropped 15 fry and they all survived.
You had also purchased those 4 other males, along with your two pairs.

(That would be plenty, perhaps too many guppies for some new tanks.)

At the end of the first month there are 33 guppies in your 20-gallon tank. If the nitrogen cycle has gotten off to a good start, they should be comfortable and a lot of fun to watch.

In month 2:

Amazon dropped 15 fry and Fancy dropped 25.
There are 73 guppies in that tank. You are adding Val and hornwort. ;)
You are feeding them a couple of times a day. You have learned how to feed them without any food being left on the gravel after five-ten minutes.

Month 3:

Amazon dropped 25 fry; Fancy dropped 35.
That's obviously 133 guppies.
You are Guppy Queen of your block.
You use the gravel vacuum more than the computer.

Month 4

Amazon dropped 30 fry and Fancy birthed 40
One male died.
You are the proud provider for 202 guppies

Month 5

Amazon dropped 25 fry, Fancy 45
Another male died
Oh yes! 10 of those first 25 fry were females. They dropped 7 each on the average.
Your tank now has 341 guppies!
You put another 20 gallon tank underneath your 20 on a stand. ;)
Summer vacation begins. You have been playing softball and or soccer for three months now and are glad to get away to practice and games/ matches.

Month 6

Another male and Amazon, having lived full lives for guppies, pass on to that fishbowl in the sky...
(or the ceramic resting place in the bathroom.)
Fancy contributed 40 more fry.
The class of month 1 has 120 fry.
The young adults (20 females) from month 2 have dropped 140 fry
You have 639 guppies and are considering sealing your sister's room, cutting the door off at 2 feet,painting it with marine epoxy and flooding it. ;)

Month 7
Fancy is showing her age, but drops 20 fry.
The month 1 crowd dropped 200 fry.
The month 2 adults dropped 200 fry as well.
All of the older males died, smiling.
The month 3 females (all thirty of them) dropped 210 fry.
Well over 1200 guppies are romping around in your tanks and your sister's room. ;)
Your sister moved out.
Your mom seriously considers buying you a pair of Pike Top Minnows (Belonesox belizanus) or one of those sneaky night hunting catfishes with the long whiskers.

My math may be a tad off. But you get the picture and can take the population explosion (if every fry were saved) to the first year or two.  That is why one of the nicknames for guppies is "The Millions Fish."

By this time next year, you have run out of friends who will give a home to guppies and are at risk of running out of friends. Every classroom in your school district has a guppy tank.  Neighbors pretend to be out of town when they see you approaching their houses with a styrofoam box. The old geezer who can't hide fast enough, fakes a heart attack. ;) The paramedics see you and greet you with, "NO!"

All the best in fun, :)
uncle scott

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Re: Congratulations on the new guppies. (none / 0) (#4)
by GuppyLuver15 on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 01:26:46 PM PST

Crap, that is a lot of fish! I see your point, but wouldn't it be ok if in the 10 gallon tank, I get a divider for the males and females (most of them will be virgins) and they won't have that many babies?
Wow thanks for putting that into perspective for me!
Guppy Luver
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Re: Congratulations on the new guppies. (none / 0) (#5)
by miskairal on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 06:29:24 PM PST

Wonderful unc!! Straight to the QuickLinks with this one :)

GuppyLuver15, guppies save sperm from A SINGLE mating for up to 6 months. So if you go back to the beginning of unc;e's VERY good example...

Amazon dropped 10 fry and they survived.
Fancy dropped 15 fry and they all survived
=27 guppies in total

So you divide up the sexes including fry once they are old enough to sex (4-6 weeks maybe more). You buy NO more fish. But still...

Month 2
Amazon dropped 15 fry and Fancy dropped 25.
=67

Month 3
Amazon dropped 25 fry; Fancy dropped 35
=127

Month 4
May have a decrease in numbers of fry born as sperm might actually be less active because Amazon and Fancy were only mated back at the beginning, so maybe
Amazon drops 20 and Fancy drops 25
=172

Month 5
Again decreasing numbers
Amazon drops 10, Fancy drops 15
=197

Month 6
Amazon drops only 5, Fancy drops 8
=210

Month 7
Yay, they've finished so you now have just 210 guppies providing you were quick enough to segregate those female fry before they too were impregnated by their brothers.

Don't segregate by male colour as by then it is too late. Instead segregate by looking for the gravid spot on the young females it is way more reliable and appears at a much younger age.

Good Luck
miskairal
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Re: Congratulations on the new guppies. (none / 0) (#9)
by GuppyLuver15 on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 04:30:39 PM PST

Ok, so are you saying that even after I separate Tangy from Amazon and Fancy, Amazon and Fancy will still have fry for 7 months? Like every month they will have a batch of fry?
Won't they run out of sperm?!
lol just checking!
Guppy Luver
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Re: Congratulations on the new guppies. (none / 0) (#10)
by miskairal on Wed Feb 23, 2005 at 07:47:54 PM PST

Na ah!
That sperm is tough stuff apparently. BUT the numbers of fry born will decrease which is a good thing and if you are lucky like I was, they will only continue to have fry for 4 months.
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"Instead segregate by looking for the gravid (none / 0) (#6)
by unclescott on Mon Feb 21, 2005 at 10:13:45 PM PST

spot on the young females..." at 3-4 weeks or you may be too late.

Amen Miskairal!

By the way, fish have been known to jump over those tank dividers with irritating frequency. They can be remarkably resourceful!

Just for the heck of it, I figure out the unrestrained population trends mentioned above to month 12. By then there are a few mortalities. All of the original guppies are gone. (Told you this was a conservative estimate in terms of life span and fry drops).  40 of the guppies born in month 1 and month 2 also would die of old age.

However there would be 60,900 fry born in month 12 alone!. They would join the survivors from the preceding months to number 112,664 guppies!

Happy New Year!

All the best and guppy dreams ;)
unc;e

(Figures available upon request. Should have made it a spread sheet.)

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Re: 112,664 guppies (none / 0) (#8)
by miskairal on Tue Feb 22, 2005 at 03:05:45 PM PST

Well I can't say here what I said out loud upon reading your numbers unc!! That is staggering.

It should be law that all petshops have a sign above guppy tanks warning of this :)
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Re: WOW (none / 0) (#7)
by GuppyLuver15 on Tue Feb 22, 2005 at 06:30:59 AM PST

Ok... :/ lol
Wow so umm anyone want fish?
lol thank you guys!
Guppy Luver
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