Il 06 Jan 97  11:41:06 Marco Sola ha scritto a harry silva a proposito di

MS> My question is, when is the right moment to put the female into a
MS> breeding plastic simil tank? I mean those floating transparent
MS> little bowl to put in the tank.
 
hs> never!!
 
MS> Why? Isn't it the best way?
It depends. If yuo want to save all the babies the answer is "yes".
 
hs>Fill the top 1/3 with a floating type plant and let the babies
hs>hide.  If you want to save them then watch the female daily and
hs>when she has dropped the babies then seach the plants (guppies are
hs>photo tropic and usually will be found near the surface close to
hs>the light) for them.
It's true.But yuor tank have to be large and not full of fishes  and 
also you have to be lucky.In my personal experience I used plants called
"Cabomba" (I don't know if is the same in english)they grow up quickly
till the water surface and they provide to hide the babies in a good
way. But it's only an emergency method to save babies if you don't notice 
the birth. The biggest problem is that you have to fish "them" and ,
believe me , is not so easy.
MS> Aren't they eaten by other fish?
Most of them,sooner or later. ( it depends on the kind of fishes)
I put the female in the plastic floating tank after 25/28 days
from the last birth if its stomach looks bigger than before.
I have a birth every 30 days more o less. 
Ciao
 Alessio
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