Guppy Babies!

Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

And again and again?

Oh boy!! Lol, I've got 8 of them right now in my little breeder tank (I ran
out and got one this AM) So maybe they'll fair out pretty well.... Just got
my 20gal back from my brother, I was going to put it in the garage, looks
like I might need it... oye!!

Thanks for your help.



"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
The advice I got from Jim Brown was, look at it this way, you can put in
some hiding places, some floating plants, but you also have to keep every
one else in there from being hungry, or else, the young one will be
eaten.... Secondly, since you can almost set a watch to the breeding
habits
of a female guppie, every 28 days, if you lose one now, you'll have more
to
make up for it later...

The females will give birth after she gets real fat and a dark spot,
gravid
spot appears on the rear of her abdomen, and then again in 28 days, and
then
again in 28 days, and then again.... I guess you get the point....


"Renee" wrote in message
...
After watching dear old dad chase the little critters around I decided
to
save them... I didn't want to run out at 2am for a breeder net so I'm
using
an oversized fish net for now.

Any keys to keeping the little ones alive and healthy?

Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the help!


"Renee" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

A lady in my office saw my tank at home from some pictures, low and behold,
the next day she came in carrying a 5g galaxy tank, and a bag... had 3
guppies, and the game was afoot... a month later, she asked me to look at
her fish, she said two of them were bloated and sick.... turns out the
females were pregnant, 2 wks later, she had a few babies, then a couple..
now the 2 are getting bigger and are coloring up, of course, they're
female.... and now those females are preggy again, it's only been 4 weeks,
but here we go again....

before long, I'll be taking some home for my tanks too...


"Renee" wrote in message
...
And again and again?

Oh boy!! Lol, I've got 8 of them right now in my little breeder tank (I
ran
out and got one this AM) So maybe they'll fair out pretty well.... Just
got
my 20gal back from my brother, I was going to put it in the garage, looks
like I might need it... oye!!

Thanks for your help.



"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
The advice I got from Jim Brown was, look at it this way, you can put in
some hiding places, some floating plants, but you also have to keep
every
one else in there from being hungry, or else, the young one will be
eaten.... Secondly, since you can almost set a watch to the breeding
habits
of a female guppie, every 28 days, if you lose one now, you'll have more
to
make up for it later...

The females will give birth after she gets real fat and a dark spot,
gravid
spot appears on the rear of her abdomen, and then again in 28 days, and
then
again in 28 days, and then again.... I guess you get the point....


"Renee" wrote in message
...
After watching dear old dad chase the little critters around I decided
to
save them... I didn't want to run out at 2am for a breeder net so I'm
using
an oversized fish net for now.

Any keys to keeping the little ones alive and healthy?

Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the help!


"Renee" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in
my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

It's exciting but even if you do nothing you'll end up with 50 guppies and
at that point they take over (like snails) and you won't know what to do
with them. It becomes a real problem. If you have other fish that like to
eat them then it's OK, but otherwise what are you going to do???

Sort of like bunnies
JOhn :-)

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

It's exciting but even if you do nothing you'll end up with 50 guppies and
at that point they take over (like snails) and you won't know what to do
with them. It becomes a real problem. If you have other fish that like
to
eat them then it's OK, but otherwise what are you going to do???

and the game was afoot...

Ok this is completely OT, but that totally just reminded me of an SNL Jeopardy skit with Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery...and it plain out cracked me up!

"Well, the game is afoot. I'll take anal bum cover for $7,000."


"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message ...
A lady in my office saw my tank at home from some pictures, low and behold,
the next day she came in carrying a 5g galaxy tank, and a bag... had 3
guppies, and the game was afoot... a month later, she asked me to look at
her fish, she said two of them were bloated and sick.... turns out the
females were pregnant, 2 wks later, she had a few babies, then a couple..
now the 2 are getting bigger and are coloring up, of course, they're
female.... and now those females are preggy again, it's only been 4 weeks,
but here we go again....

before long, I'll be taking some home for my tanks too...


"Renee" wrote in message
...
And again and again?

Oh boy!! Lol, I've got 8 of them right now in my little breeder tank (I
ran
out and got one this AM) So maybe they'll fair out pretty well.... Just
got
my 20gal back from my brother, I was going to put it in the garage, looks
like I might need it... oye!!

Thanks for your help.



"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
The advice I got from Jim Brown was, look at it this way, you can put in
some hiding places, some floating plants, but you also have to keep
every
one else in there from being hungry, or else, the young one will be
eaten.... Secondly, since you can almost set a watch to the breeding
habits
of a female guppie, every 28 days, if you lose one now, you'll have more
to
make up for it later...

The females will give birth after she gets real fat and a dark spot,
gravid
spot appears on the rear of her abdomen, and then again in 28 days, and
then
again in 28 days, and then again.... I guess you get the point....


"Renee" wrote in message
...
After watching dear old dad chase the little critters around I decided
to
save them... I didn't want to run out at 2am for a breeder net so I'm
using
an oversized fish net for now.

Any keys to keeping the little ones alive and healthy?

Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the help!


"Renee" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby in
my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

You watched that skit too??? how funny.....

"Renee" wrote in message
...
and the game was afoot...

Ok this is completely OT, but that totally just reminded me of an SNL
Jeopardy skit with Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery...and it plain out
cracked me up!

"Well, the game is afoot. I'll take anal bum cover for $7,000."


"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
A lady in my office saw my tank at home from some pictures, low and
behold,
the next day she came in carrying a 5g galaxy tank, and a bag... had 3
guppies, and the game was afoot... a month later, she asked me to look at
her fish, she said two of them were bloated and sick.... turns out the
females were pregnant, 2 wks later, she had a few babies, then a couple..
now the 2 are getting bigger and are coloring up, of course, they're
female.... and now those females are preggy again, it's only been 4 weeks,
but here we go again....

before long, I'll be taking some home for my tanks too...


"Renee" wrote in message
...
And again and again?

Oh boy!! Lol, I've got 8 of them right now in my little breeder tank (I
ran
out and got one this AM) So maybe they'll fair out pretty well.... Just
got
my 20gal back from my brother, I was going to put it in the garage,
looks
like I might need it... oye!!

Thanks for your help.



"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
The advice I got from Jim Brown was, look at it this way, you can put
in
some hiding places, some floating plants, but you also have to keep
every
one else in there from being hungry, or else, the young one will be
eaten.... Secondly, since you can almost set a watch to the breeding
habits
of a female guppie, every 28 days, if you lose one now, you'll have
more
to
make up for it later...

The females will give birth after she gets real fat and a dark spot,
gravid
spot appears on the rear of her abdomen, and then again in 28 days,
and
then
again in 28 days, and then again.... I guess you get the point....


"Renee" wrote in message
...
After watching dear old dad chase the little critters around I
decided
to
save them... I didn't want to run out at 2am for a breeder net so
I'm
using
an oversized fish net for now.

Any keys to keeping the little ones alive and healthy?

Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the help!


"Renee" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby
in
my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

Hey, I want goldfish babies too! lol!
What's the 411 on that?
T/Y
Newbie

Oh yeah!! It's one of the funniest of all time... I was so bummed when Will
Ferrall left... no more Jeopardy!!

"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
You watched that skit too??? how funny.....

"Renee" wrote in message
...
and the game was afoot...

Ok this is completely OT, but that totally just reminded me of an SNL
Jeopardy skit with Darrell Hammond as Sean Connery...and it plain out
cracked me up!

"Well, the game is afoot. I'll take anal bum cover for $7,000."


"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
A lady in my office saw my tank at home from some pictures, low and
behold,
the next day she came in carrying a 5g galaxy tank, and a bag... had 3
guppies, and the game was afoot... a month later, she asked me to look
at
her fish, she said two of them were bloated and sick.... turns out the
females were pregnant, 2 wks later, she had a few babies, then a
couple..
now the 2 are getting bigger and are coloring up, of course, they're
female.... and now those females are preggy again, it's only been 4
weeks,
but here we go again....

before long, I'll be taking some home for my tanks too...


"Renee" wrote in message
...
And again and again?

Oh boy!! Lol, I've got 8 of them right now in my little breeder tank
(I
ran
out and got one this AM) So maybe they'll fair out pretty well....
Just
got
my 20gal back from my brother, I was going to put it in the garage,
looks
like I might need it... oye!!

Thanks for your help.



"RedForeman ©®" wrote in message
...
The advice I got from Jim Brown was, look at it this way, you can
put
in
some hiding places, some floating plants, but you also have to keep
every
one else in there from being hungry, or else, the young one will be
eaten.... Secondly, since you can almost set a watch to the breeding
habits
of a female guppie, every 28 days, if you lose one now, you'll have
more
to
make up for it later...

The females will give birth after she gets real fat and a dark spot,
gravid
spot appears on the rear of her abdomen, and then again in 28 days,
and
then
again in 28 days, and then again.... I guess you get the point....


"Renee" wrote in message
...
After watching dear old dad chase the little critters around I
decided
to
save them... I didn't want to run out at 2am for a breeder net so
I'm
using
an oversized fish net for now.

Any keys to keeping the little ones alive and healthy?

Thanks guys and gals! I appreciate the help!


"Renee" wrote in message
...
Holy moly!! I just got my 2 guppies yesterday and there's a baby
in
my
tank!!
Only 1 so far...
I have some pretty decent hiding spots.
Should I do anything special? Or let them fair it out?

Oooh! How exciting

Goldfish? Never have I ever seen goldfish have babies... I'm sure they
can't, but I've never seen them.... good luck....
news:rec.aquaria.freshwater.goldfish may help you find out how...


wrote in message
...
Hey, I want goldfish babies too! lol!
What's the 411 on that?
T/Y
Newbie