Do guppy fry eat this?????

mesapod · 08-24-2007, 09:56 PM

I have 7 new guppy fry in a 3.5g tank. Soon i have to go away for a week so i am wondering if the fry could survive a week on Java moss.

If they can't what are some other foods that would keep them alive. I want to keep this set of guppy fry alive because it is the last of my female purple dragon guppy and also her first batch

shade2dope · 08-24-2007, 10:13 PM

do u have reg fish food just crush it up to fine powder tht what i do

mesapod · 08-24-2007, 10:30 PM

ya i have fry food and frozen baby brine shrimp, but i am still wondering could the fry survive a week with just java moss in their tank. they are 2 or 1 days old.

fishbguy · 08-25-2007, 06:48 AM

they'll be fine. I have feeder fuppy fry often and i can go for 2 weeks without feeding them. i would just feed them well before you leave. if someone can stop in to feed them for you whiole your gone, all the better.

shade2dope · 08-25-2007, 09:43 AM

ok sorry i didnt know thats what you ment so...

swordtailbreedr · 08-25-2007, 12:09 PM

they will not grow as fast if you dont feed them...well fuddy guppys will color up nicer faster than guppys that go a week without food

**TheOldSalt** · 08-26-2007, 07:21 AM

IF your javamoss is totally globbed up with stuff growing all over it, then the fry can make it. probably. If the moss is clean, they probably won't. They don't eat moss, they eat the aufwuchs growing ON the moss. Very young fry need food, and lots of it. They are undergoing a LOT of rapid changes and need the fuel.

mesapod · 08-28-2007, 10:47 AM

OK well ill be back in 5 days and i fed the guppy fry like 8 times a day the first day and then an additional 3 times in 6 hours.

I hope they dont die and my java moss is pretty bushy so there might be something living in it.

bscman · 08-28-2007, 11:34 AM

May be too late ( you're already gone? ) but you could throw a small feeder block in the tank.

I have a friend that breeds play's and he puts a two 3-day feeder blocks in his tanks when he has fry...this way the young have something to eat while they hide from the adults.
I tried it with my last batch of guppy fry and they seemed to be able to nibble on it just fine. Better something than nothing, IMO.

12azor · 08-30-2007, 05:45 PM

I often fed my platy and guppy fry crumbled up yolk from a hard boiled egg. It would keep for 3-4 days at the bottom of the feeder net. Just another idea for you.

mesapod · 08-30-2007, 08:56 PM

ok well for some reason my sister is back at our house(supposed to be back in like 1 week) so i asked her to feed them and she phoned me and said 2 died but she is feeding them now. She is only feeding them the fry flake food cause she says she doesent want to touch the frozen brine shrimp

Steve155 · 08-31-2007, 02:09 AM

ok, make sure she doesn't over feed them. remember they are very small thgs. =)

mesapod · 08-31-2007, 11:56 AM

ya i phoned and told her not to feed too much but my sister can be pretty stupid sometimes

mesapod · 09-03-2007, 06:46 PM

Well i still have 3 fry left so i guess these were the stonger ones.

08-24-2007, 09:56 PM	#1
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	Do guppy fry eat this????? I have 7 new guppy fry in a 3.5g tank. Soon i have to go away for a week so i am wondering if the fry could survive a week on Java moss. If they can't what are some other foods that would keep them alive. I want to keep this set of guppy fry alive because it is the last of my female purple dragon guppy and also her first batch __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

08-24-2007, 10:13 PM	#2
shade2dope Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Age: 19 Posts: 371	do u have reg fish food just crush it up to fine powder tht what i do __________________ 3 Aulonocara Sp Maleri 2 female Two eletric blu ali 1 male 1 female,Clown Pleco,abn,Yellow Lab Two Haplochromis ruby green and some juvies, two flame backs one female, compressicep,Fancy Guppies Goby Dragon,Jack Demsey,Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika)

08-24-2007, 10:30 PM	#3
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	ya i have fry food and frozen baby brine shrimp, but i am still wondering could the fry survive a week with just java moss in their tank. they are 2 or 1 days old. __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

08-25-2007, 06:48 AM	#4
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,888	they'll be fine. I have feeder fuppy fry often and i can go for 2 weeks without feeding them. i would just feed them well before you leave. if someone can stop in to feed them for you whiole your gone, all the better. __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

08-25-2007, 09:43 AM	#5
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08-25-2007, 12:09 PM	#6
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	they will not grow as fast if you dont feed them...well fuddy guppys will color up nicer faster than guppys that go a week without food

08-26-2007, 07:21 AM	#7
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,354	IF your javamoss is totally globbed up with stuff growing all over it, then the fry can make it. probably. If the moss is clean, they probably won't. They don't eat moss, they eat the aufwuchs growing ON the moss. Very young fry need food, and lots of it. They are undergoing a LOT of rapid changes and need the fuel.

08-28-2007, 10:47 AM	#8
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	OK well ill be back in 5 days and i fed the guppy fry like 8 times a day the first day and then an additional 3 times in 6 hours. I hope they dont die and my java moss is pretty bushy so there might be something living in it. __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

08-28-2007, 11:34 AM	#9
bscman Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NW Washington Age: 24 Posts: 163	May be too late ( you're already gone? ) but you could throw a small feeder block in the tank. I have a friend that breeds play's and he puts a two 3-day feeder blocks in his tanks when he has fry...this way the young have something to eat while they hide from the adults. I tried it with my last batch of guppy fry and they seemed to be able to nibble on it just fine. Better something than nothing, IMO.

08-30-2007, 05:45 PM	#10
12azor Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 4	I often fed my platy and guppy fry crumbled up yolk from a hard boiled egg. It would keep for 3-4 days at the bottom of the feeder net. Just another idea for you.

08-30-2007, 08:56 PM	#11
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	ok well for some reason my sister is back at our house(supposed to be back in like 1 week) so i asked her to feed them and she phoned me and said 2 died but she is feeding them now. She is only feeding them the fry flake food cause she says she doesent want to touch the frozen brine shrimp __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

08-31-2007, 02:09 AM	#12
Steve155 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 130	ok, make sure she doesn't over feed them. remember they are very small thgs. =) __________________ 13 Gallon - main community tank 3 Guppies (1m-2f) 1 Platy (f) 2 platy fry (unsure of their sex) 6 Neon Tetra 3 pepper patterned cories 6 Cherry Barb Fry Tank Guppy Fry (3-4 Male, 6-7 Female) Adult Guppy (soon to be sent to LFS) (5f,3-4m) Remember: Fish R Friends Not Food!

08-31-2007, 11:56 AM	#13
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	ya i phoned and told her not to feed too much but my sister can be pretty stupid sometimes __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

09-03-2007, 06:46 PM	#14
mesapod Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern BC Posts: 332	Well i still have 3 fry left so i guess these were the stonger ones. __________________ Vote For Fishforums! Kevin's (My) Tanks *10 gallon tank* - 8x Almost 1 month Guppy fry *10 gallon planted tank-3x guppies 30 gallon- 5x neon tetras-3x peppered cories-4x Otos 53 gallon tank* -5x White Clouds

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