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sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Ok I didn't think I'd get that excited about just guppy babies but I did put some thought into choosing what male and female I wanted to put together. The female is a yellow snakeskin and the male may not win any guppy shows but I think he's interesting. He looks like a cross between a lyretail and a wild guppy. His body is a mix of bright red streaks and blue spots and he has a huge dorsal fin that looks like black lace. The upper part of his tail has a big neon yellow streak and the base and bottom are neon green. Maybe he doesn't have the huge tail fins of most of the guppy strains I've seen but his mixed colors are alot prettier to me. Solid colored fish are boring. I just moved them to a 5g yesterday because with the sparkling gouramis in the 20g I haven't seen any fry for 2months. Now the whole 5g is full of little guppies. Will they eat all the fry? Should I move the parents back to the 20g? I didn't plan on putting any effort into breeding guppies but now I can't stand to lose all the little ones. Last edited by sham at 11-Sep-2005 21:38
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
houston Fish Guru You want what when? Posts: 2623 Kudos: 2462 Votes: 337 Registered: 29-Mar-2003	congratulationsand hey it's fry celebration is fine If you have plenty of hiding places and floating plants the fry should be fine just grind up regular foods and use them in the powder formation, that's what i do usually... As for if the parents will eat them? It's really up to the fry and parents...I know KTS's adult guppies always eat the frywhile my guppies (some of her adults were my fry) won't touch the fry:%)thus over population, constantly Congratulations...heidi "I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
LITTLE_FISH *** Little Fish *** Master of Something Posts: 7303 Kudos: 1997 Votes: 670 Registered: 20-May-2005	Sham, I didn't plan on putting any effort into breeding guppies but now I can't stand to lose all the little ones. I see a lot of new tanks in your future, all housing lovely little guppies. I feel with you and I think that in particular the first generation of babies breaks your heart. Then, after a few aditional breedings, it's more like "AGAIN?". Anyway, congratulations, Ingo Proud Member of the New Jersey Aquatic Gardeners Club
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
BM Fish Master Posts: 1436 Kudos: 239 Votes: 127 Registered: 24-Aug-2000	Congrats At one point we had 5 tanks worth of guppies http://www.fishprofiles.com/site/aquarank.aspx
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Congrats. for the Guppy's, but be sure, you'll be full of Guppy's very soon. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	I was planning on moving any colorful males I like to my 90g planted tank. It's very understocked so there's plenty of space. The females are going in with the gouramis so even if I mistake a male for female or drop a pregnant one in there the gouramis will fix the problem. I'm sure even with some population control and seperating genders I will end up with too many guppies within a few months. I can fit a couple 10g tanks under the stands. Last edited by sham at 12-Sep-2005 16:16
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Sneaks in a 5g hex tank and sets it up on the book case while Chris is at class Yay a new sparkling gourami breeding tank or guppy display tank. Whatever it works out to. So far I count 28 guppy fry and no apparent losses but counting guppy fry is not that easy. Much easier than counting tiny egg layer fry though.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:47


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