Hi,I want to know why my guppy fry is disappearing.?

The fry is by itself in a breeding net, inside the fish tank (50 litres), but they keep disappearing. This morning there were 11 babies, and by midday, only 5 remained. What is causing that ? I feed them 4 to 5 times daily with Baby brine shrimps. Thanks !

They probably escaped from the net and got eaten.

they are either slipping through the net (check for holes), jumping out, or being abducted by aliens...or evaporating? sorry, i'm just as stumped as you.

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do you have the top onit ? if you don't, ( this happened to me before, so i lost mine)and see if you can find the lost ones lol

well it is unlikely they completely disappeared. breeding nets aren't recommended because the fry can slip out, possibly if your guppies are fry eaters (most are, i haven't really had that problem) but if they are it's possible they could've gone up to the net and tried to eat them through the net. which would of course kill them, and if they got the fry chewed up they could suck the whole thing out. i doubt the fry jumped out unless your water level is very high. but it is a possibility. search the rest of your tank around the plants and any other decorations you have. see if you can see them. they are GREAT at hiding. so you might not see them. if they don't turn up, i'm sorry to say i'd assume they were dead by your adult guppies. if you want more fry, i'd suggest getting a seperate maternity tank. what i have is a 10 gallon, which is like 10$ at petsmart, u don't really need a filter until they're a little bigger, or you could get a sponge filter. also i've use a 1 gallon tank (would be nice to have a bigger tank so you could have a heater though), put my preg female in there with plenty of plants for hiding. waited till she had the fry, then moved her back to the main tank and moved the fry to the baby tank. then you can start over. so it's a 3 tank process. take female from main tank, put her in a smaller maternity tank, remove fry and put into fry tank, and put the female back in the main tank. there is so much info in breeding guppies, this is just a simple way i've done it. but there are tons of ways. but please don't use breeding nets. check out guppies.com they have probably any information you could ever want. you could also post this question in the guest forum and probably get better more accurate answers. hope i was at least some help. i hope your fry show up. and good luck in the future.

check for a hole in the net, look for dead guppy's on the ground.
check your filter it my have gotten sucked up.


p.s: this has happened before