The babies need aeration or rather filtration every bit as much as the adult guppies.
Baby guppies born in tank.
Exactly how large depends on the size of the fish in the main tank but the minimum size the babies should be before you move them is about an inch long.
Moreover the parents guppies could eat their baby guppies.
Affix it to the side of the tank.
If you do not separate the adult guppies from the tank where the fry are there is a very high chance that the baby guppies will be eaten by the adult guppies.
After your guppy fry was born and you were able to rescue it before the adult guppies were able to get to it.
But do not give up.
Place the female guppy inside the hatchery unit until the small fry are born.
If you give them adequate food and proper tank setup you can expect fully matured guppies within 2 months.
After they re born the baby guppies can live in this tank until they re big enough to join your aquarium.
You can find a fish breeder net at your local pet store or online.
This behavior is especially common in crowded tanks.
Remove the female from the unit to prevent cannibalism.
Here are the different guppy fry growth stages that you can expect.
For example you might keep your pregnant fish in a small 5 us gal 19 l tank until she gives birth.
I wouldn t just leave them be in a tank unless you don t have acess to the pet store to buy a breeder tank.
There are dividers in the tank so when the fry are.
Feed the fry baby brine shrimp microworms or daphnia until they are large enough to consumer fish food flakes.
Assemble a breeder net or breeding hatchery cube.
If that s small enough for some of your other fish to eat give the baby guppies a bit more time to grow until they re too big to be swallowed.
Put the female in the breeder tank.
How to save your baby guppies in a community tank.
You re probably wondering what s next.
Saving your guppy fry.
This way your baby guppies are born in a safe environment.