Premature baby fry?? help here

[Darkstar824]

ok, one of my guppies gave birth, some of them are sooo extremely tiny. I got one of the tiny fry and one of the larger ones. My question is, is it premature and wasn;t ready to be born yet? I'd post a pic, but the fry is too small to see hardly. I am wondering if it will survive? Right now, I have it in a little plastic cup since I don;t know what to do with it, it is alive, though cuz I saw it move when I was almost about to flush it (I thought it was dead) so then I took it back into my room. Is there even a slim chance fry that small will survive and eventually get to be full grown? any suggestions?

[Abbeys_Mom]

The smaller the female guppy, the smaller the fry. The fry has just as much a chance as any of them. Keeping it away from the adult fish will give it a fighting chance. I would put it in a fry net or a separate tank.

[troy]

If it looks like normal guppy fry, there shouldn't be anything wrong with it.

[Darkstar824]

it does look normal but it is just soo tiny, it is like barely there. I recently caught another 1 of the tiny fry and they are in little cups atm now. I also do not know if they will survive because they just sit at the bottom.

[troy]

That sounds like a swim bladder problem so they were probably born premature.

[Darkstar824]

is there a chance they'd survive?

[Abbeys_Mom]

Guppy fry don't swim much to start. They tend to sit in one spot and dart if discovered. I would get them out of cups and into a fry net or cycled tank.

[Darkstar824]

see that's the thing. they are soo tiny that I think being in the cups is most likely the best place for them now as if I put them into an actual tank, they will get buried/crushed by the gravel or sucked up into the filter and get killed. As long as I do water changes every other day and feed only a minuscule amount of food they should be fine. oh, and they are swimming around now, so that is good news.