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new baby fish in the tank

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Question
hi,after 1 month taking care of set properly the acuarium yesterday I bought 6 fish for my acuarium and today I have 9 baby fish on it, looks like they are guppis. I read 5 books before start to set the tank but I wasn't interesting in the reproduccion so I skip that part and just after the firs day is the first problem that I need to deal with. I run to the libriry but is close, some people tell me to put the apart in other tank, but a dont want to do some thing ronge. please help me

Answer
Hi Luisa,
   If they are guppies, you will need to take the babies out, otherwise the other fish will eat them.   Guppies do not take care of their kids after birth (some other fish do, but
guppies do not).

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