new fish questions

stoddern · 11-18-2009, 08:17 AM

is your tank a rectangle or a bow front? if it's a rectangle measure it's height width and depth and we should be able to tell you how big it is

Newman · 11-18-2009, 12:15 PM

Nice, you got the hang of the sig function on this forum

DONT buy the feeders, as they often carry diseases. its best to breed the guppies that you have and wait till they have babies. the eel will tak care of population control, if they hang out at the bottom. the fret in the soil will harm the fish, but if you know there is none than worms should be okay once or twice a week. dont feed em constantly as they foul the water up quickly.

valeria87 · 11-18-2009, 02:06 PM

i still don't know how to make the signature a list view like everyone else,mine keeps lining out like a sentence...lol but anyway i've had these guppies for months now, more than a few months.and they still haven't had babies and they don't seem to be growing.i was thinking about going today to buy some more adult guppies to breed but i don't think they would have babies in enough time for the eel not to starve. my tank is rectangle but as for the measurements ill try and find a tape measure and find out...lol im horrible at that kind of stuff.

Newman · 11-18-2009, 02:13 PM

LOL?

Just click the enter key to make a column shaped list.

Do you just have male guppies in the tank with the colorful fins? cuz obviously they need females to breed... buy a fat looking guppy at a petstore. those will be pregnant females, just what you need. theyre often not colorful like the males. its likely that the eel is eating at nigh w/e leftover food there is on the floor, but you must make sure that that food is for carnivorous fish, and not simple flakes for guppies or something. research the eel's dieat and see what you can put in the tank at night to feed him. make sure the room is dark like i said before..

valeria87 · 11-18-2009, 02:38 PM

thanks.........im not sure but i think 1 is a female and the other 3 are males(they have the long skirt like tail) but all of them are very colorfull. but ill go get a fat one today anyway.
and yea i been putting frozen brine shrimp in there at night and scaring the bala away from it until it sinks.i don't see it anymore the next morning but i don't know if one of the other fish are eating it or not because the eel seems lifeless and just lays around so i think hes starving....

Newman · 11-18-2009, 03:11 PM

The point would be to not wake up the bala...

valeria87 · 11-20-2009, 03:37 PM

UPDATE-
well i went to petco yesterday and got 2 pregnant guppies and also learned the difference between male n females...lol and the fish guy there told me to try ghost shrimp for the eel. so i got 2 and by 11 last night one was already ate and this morning the other.also 1 of the pregnant guppies were gone not just dead but gone...???but anyway i went back to petco today and got another guppie and they just now told me that the bala also like ghost shrimp so he could have ate it. the eel is swimming around now and is more active so im pretty sure he ate it...

Newman · 11-20-2009, 07:07 PM

or maybe hes just really starving and looking for more food... see if you can locate a really cheap source of shrimp. ghost, it doesnt really matter what kind. just keep adding pregnant guppies to the tank until youre at about 5-7 of them with however many males that survive. so it seems like you had 3 males all this time :P

i think you should just feed some frozen blood worms at night, WITHOUT turning on the light anywhere inthe room or the tank, and just drop them in there. make sure to not wake the bala or any other fish such as the guppies.

I had a similar problem when i kept goldfish, in that the goldfish would always swallow whole any algae wafers i dropped for my common pleco. so i basically fed him like this at night, w/o waking the goldfish. worked for 2 years until i had to move him to a bigger tank, and then to another owner.

valeria87 · 11-21-2009, 06:28 PM

lol yea i had all 4 males the whole time but i got 2 pregnant females.so how many ghost shrimp should i get at a time and how many a week and such....?? and i have 4 male guppies and 2 females so how many more females do i need? btw thanks for all your help.

Newman · 11-21-2009, 06:41 PM

I said around 7 (check my previous post) It up to you really.

Dont know if youre willing to pay for ghost shrimp...they can get expensive if you dont breed your own. But setting up their own tank can be a hassle. its still an option if youre patient...

11-18-2009, 08:17 AM	#11
stoddern Little Fish Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Vermont Posts: 139	is your tank a rectangle or a bow front? if it's a rectangle measure it's height width and depth and we should be able to tell you how big it is __________________ 10gal.- Planted Anubias Lanceolota, Water Wistera, 4 Blue platy's, 1 Male Phantom Tetra, 2 Female Phantom tetras, 1 Upside Down Cat, 1 Blue Gourami. 20gal.- Planted Anubias Lanceolota, Water Wisteria. 1 Gold Gourami, 1 Giant Danio, 6 White Clouds, 2 Bristle Nose Pleco's.

11-18-2009, 12:15 PM	#12
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	Nice, you got the hang of the sig function on this forum DONT buy the feeders, as they often carry diseases. its best to breed the guppies that you have and wait till they have babies. the eel will tak care of population control, if they hang out at the bottom. the fret in the soil will harm the fish, but if you know there is none than worms should be okay once or twice a week. dont feed em constantly as they foul the water up quickly. __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

11-18-2009, 02:06 PM	#13
valeria87 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 30	i still don't know how to make the signature a list view like everyone else,mine keeps lining out like a sentence...lol but anyway i've had these guppies for months now, more than a few months.and they still haven't had babies and they don't seem to be growing.i was thinking about going today to buy some more adult guppies to breed but i don't think they would have babies in enough time for the eel not to starve. my tank is rectangle but as for the measurements ill try and find a tape measure and find out...lol im horrible at that kind of stuff. __________________ 55 gal 1 bala shark 1 red tail shark 1 pleco 1 peacock eel 1 glofish 3 guppies 2 pristella tetras 1 molly 3 molly fry

11-18-2009, 02:13 PM	#14
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	LOL? Just click the enter key to make a column shaped list. Do you just have male guppies in the tank with the colorful fins? cuz obviously they need females to breed... buy a fat looking guppy at a petstore. those will be pregnant females, just what you need. theyre often not colorful like the males. its likely that the eel is eating at nigh w/e leftover food there is on the floor, but you must make sure that that food is for carnivorous fish, and not simple flakes for guppies or something. research the eel's dieat and see what you can put in the tank at night to feed him. make sure the room is dark like i said before.. __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

11-18-2009, 02:38 PM	#15
valeria87 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 30	thanks.........im not sure but i think 1 is a female and the other 3 are males(they have the long skirt like tail) but all of them are very colorfull. but ill go get a fat one today anyway. and yea i been putting frozen brine shrimp in there at night and scaring the bala away from it until it sinks.i don't see it anymore the next morning but i don't know if one of the other fish are eating it or not because the eel seems lifeless and just lays around so i think hes starving.... __________________ 55 gal 1 bala shark 1 red tail shark 1 pleco 1 peacock eel 1 glofish 3 guppies 2 pristella tetras 1 molly 3 molly fry

11-18-2009, 03:11 PM	#16
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	The point would be to not wake up the bala... __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

11-20-2009, 03:37 PM	#17
valeria87 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 30	UPDATE- well i went to petco yesterday and got 2 pregnant guppies and also learned the difference between male n females...lol and the fish guy there told me to try ghost shrimp for the eel. so i got 2 and by 11 last night one was already ate and this morning the other.also 1 of the pregnant guppies were gone not just dead but gone...???but anyway i went back to petco today and got another guppie and they just now told me that the bala also like ghost shrimp so he could have ate it. the eel is swimming around now and is more active so im pretty sure he ate it... __________________ 55 gal 1 bala shark 1 red tail shark 1 pleco 1 peacock eel 1 glofish 3 guppies 2 pristella tetras 1 molly 3 molly fry

11-20-2009, 07:07 PM	#18
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	or maybe hes just really starving and looking for more food... see if you can locate a really cheap source of shrimp. ghost, it doesnt really matter what kind. just keep adding pregnant guppies to the tank until youre at about 5-7 of them with however many males that survive. so it seems like you had 3 males all this time :P i think you should just feed some frozen blood worms at night, WITHOUT turning on the light anywhere inthe room or the tank, and just drop them in there. make sure to not wake the bala or any other fish such as the guppies. I had a similar problem when i kept goldfish, in that the goldfish would always swallow whole any algae wafers i dropped for my common pleco. so i basically fed him like this at night, w/o waking the goldfish. worked for 2 years until i had to move him to a bigger tank, and then to another owner. __________________ Credit goes to Lludu

11-21-2009, 06:28 PM	#19
valeria87 Teenie Weenie Fish Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: arkansas Posts: 30	lol yea i had all 4 males the whole time but i got 2 pregnant females.so how many ghost shrimp should i get at a time and how many a week and such....?? and i have 4 male guppies and 2 females so how many more females do i need? btw thanks for all your help. __________________ 55 gal 1 bala shark 1 red tail shark 1 pleco 1 peacock eel 1 glofish 3 guppies 2 pristella tetras 1 molly 3 molly fry

11-21-2009, 06:41 PM	#20
Newman Super Fish Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 2,796	I said around 7 (check my previous post) It up to you really. Dont know if youre willing to pay for ghost shrimp...they can get expensive if you dont breed your own. But setting up their own tank can be a hassle. its still an option if youre patient... __________________ Credit goes to Lludu