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From:seattle,washington,usa
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 03-02-2004 06:23 PM         

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I started breeding guppies a year aago and then stopped and left them all in the same cage now i have guppies comin out of my ears. i gave the babies to the fish store and they keep producing more. i dont want to flush them to stop the reproduction.

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From:Sterling Heights, MI, U.S.A.
Registered: Sep 2003

posted 03-02-2004 06:28 PM         

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so are u trying to figure out how to stop the reproduction? if so, remove the male or female that keeps producing the fry and put it in another aquarium or give it back to the LFS.

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From:Courtenay, B.C, Canada!
Registered: Feb 2004

posted 03-02-2004 06:56 PM         

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remove all the males
or remove all the females if thier is 1 of each sex they will reproduse..

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From:Missouri
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posted 03-02-2004 08:58 PM         

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Yup, basically your only choice is to only keep one sex. If you keep the females, they can still have a few more batches of fry even with the males gone, but if you get rid of all the fry soon enough, the females will eventually stop giving birth.

-Chelle

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From:WBL
Registered: Mar 2004

posted 03-03-2004 02:14 PM         

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be really careful though. if you keep all females and add even one male you'll get crazy babies again. female guppies can carry unferilized babies for up to 6 months. i have a 15 gallon with 4 females and one male but i keep newts to keep the baby population under control. the newts don't eat the babies often but just enough.so maybe get a newt or 2. they are cool to watch neway.

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From:Northern California
Registered: Jan 2004

posted 03-05-2004 01:27 AM         

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get a turtle youll have plenty of turtle food

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From:Alabama
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posted 03-05-2004 08:16 AM         

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Hate to say this but get to know someone with larger fish. They will be more than happy to help you in that area you might be able to make some money and help some one out.

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From:british columbia
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posted 03-06-2004 06:43 PM         

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take away any plants or anything that the babies are hiding in and the parents will just eat them as they come out, its cruel but its life.

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From:everton, AR, united states
Registered: Feb 2004

posted 03-06-2004 10:23 PM         

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Could you advertise them in the newspaper? I'm sure someone would love to have them. To bad your not in Arkansas. My DD loses almost everyone she buys but now has about 30 babies and still wants more!

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From:everton, AR, united states
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posted 03-06-2004 10:23 PM         

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Could you advertise them in the newspaper? I'm sure someone would love to have them. To bad your not in Arkansas. My DD loses almost everyone she buys but now has about 30 babies and still wants more!

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From:Surrey, B.C., Canada
Registered: Oct 2003

posted 03-07-2004 12:06 PM         

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They'd make a great treat for my p.natts!

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From:Austin, TX
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posted 03-07-2004 12:32 PM         

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You could always start a carnivore tank and use the guppies as feeders. A single Jack Dempsey in a 30-40 gal tank would work. I don't know if this is more "humane" than flushing them, but it seems more "circle of life" if you will. I'm not totally sure, but I think that water temperature has an effect on breeding but I don't know if higher/lower temps encourage/discourage reproduction. Otherwise, separating the males and females is really your only option to stop reproduction.

Life finds a way - Ian Malcom

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