How is everything going, Cagney?
I cannot fathom your friend setting up 11 guppies in a 1-2 gallon tank! OMGahhhh that's horrible. I don't even consider it ideal for one little Betta, much less 11 guppies! I hope you've switched them to the 10 gallon. Even without a filter, it's 1000% better. You can get a Whisper internal or power filter (from Petsmart) for a 10g for around $10. Just make sure you do frequent (at least once weekly, at least 50%) water changes and keep an eye on the water stats. I agree, if you're going to keep all 8 male Guppies, keep only males in the 10g and get a suitable tank for the 3 preggy girls. I totally recommend getting them a big (5-10g) tupperware with a corner filter to birth in. To save some of the babies, you'll need to get breeding traps. Female guppies do well living alone, or just get a 5-10g to keep the females seperate from the males. That is way too many boys for 3 girls, and they should just be kept away from each other unless you're willing to swap 5 of the boys at a LFS in exchange for females.
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She isn't responsible, actually the only reason I offered to take the fish was because her and her parents had decided to flush them down the toilet. 
So they will survive withouth a filter? I have the 10 set up however I was scared to switch them because one of the tanks would have no filter. I've watched them very closely and so far the males have no been harassing the females at all. Perhaps because they are already pregnant? I'm not going to worry about saving the babies, I'm already in over my head and I don't want to add anymore yet.
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