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08-25-2008, 09:24 PM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On my office chair playing Runescape
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| im joining the Guppy moms!!!!! Heres what i picked up for the 5 for $5 sale at petco 
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Originally Posted by tom91970 Gives a whole new meaning to "Hey, let's go blow some s#*@ up!", doesn't it?  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pure pfft, it's easy just repeat after me. "water change water change water change water change" ok good now your an expert discus keeper. | |
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08-25-2008, 09:55 PM
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| | Medium Fish
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 34:09:39N, 118:08:19W
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Originally Posted by big54bob Heres what i picked up for the 5 for $5 sale at petco | Y'know, when you think about it, given the amount of fish that you will have, that's an excellent deal! 
__________________ 2.5G QT planted - 1 fancy guppy (m) 10G planted - 1 GBR (m), 7 gold pristella tetras, 2 peppered cories, 1 RCS 29G planted - 1 wag lyretail swordtail (f). 1 pineapple swordtail (f), 9 rummynose tetra, 3 emerald catfish, ~18(?) swordtail fry (soon to be fewer), 4(?) ghost shrimp, 4 otocinclus Go Rice Owls!!! It's time to ride. --- Shawn |
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08-25-2008, 09:58 PM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On my office chair playing Runescape
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| Nah the babies will become chomp chomp to a bunch of my my esp Milhouse the leaffish.
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Originally Posted by tom91970 Gives a whole new meaning to "Hey, let's go blow some s#*@ up!", doesn't it?  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pure pfft, it's easy just repeat after me. "water change water change water change water change" ok good now your an expert discus keeper. | |
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08-26-2008, 03:57 PM
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| | Medium Fish
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 34:09:39N, 118:08:19W
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Originally Posted by big54bob Nah the babies will become chomp chomp to a bunch of my my esp Milhouse the leaffish. | I dunno. I've found that if you give the babies any kind of cover, some of them will find it and thrive.
__________________ 2.5G QT planted - 1 fancy guppy (m) 10G planted - 1 GBR (m), 7 gold pristella tetras, 2 peppered cories, 1 RCS 29G planted - 1 wag lyretail swordtail (f). 1 pineapple swordtail (f), 9 rummynose tetra, 3 emerald catfish, ~18(?) swordtail fry (soon to be fewer), 4(?) ghost shrimp, 4 otocinclus Go Rice Owls!!! It's time to ride. --- Shawn |
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08-26-2008, 04:05 PM
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| | Medium Fish
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cincinnati
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| it's going to be 50 for $5 lol
__________________ Trying to breed GBR (standard and high fin), Discus, Angels, and currently breeding 6 types of guppies, 5 types of swords, 2 types of mollies, and RCS. |
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08-28-2008, 02:32 PM
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| | Super Fish
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: On my office chair playing Runescape
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| Just a update my male mated with all the females and his tail is starting to heal up. My mom knows someone where i could get free guppies but im think im set for now.
Milhouse was like WTF who the heck are these thingamabobs when i realeased them. Now i think he is in heaven chasing the guppies.
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Originally Posted by tom91970 Gives a whole new meaning to "Hey, let's go blow some s#*@ up!", doesn't it?  | Quote:
Originally Posted by Pure pfft, it's easy just repeat after me. "water change water change water change water change" ok good now your an expert discus keeper. | |
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08-28-2008, 03:41 PM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
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Originally Posted by iapetus I dunno. I've found that if you give the babies any kind of cover, some of them will find it and thrive. |
I have come to believe that this is a MYTH! You should see my 14g planted tank. It's a freakin' jungle in there and I have had no guppy fry in that tank since I put about a 6 guppies (M/F mix) in there about 4 months ago. My male and female bettas have probably helped themselves to a tasty snack.
__________________ My tanks: 2.5g, 5g, 10g, 10g nano reef, 14g planted, 29g, 30g and 55g planted http://jpotx113.4t.com/index_1.html http://www.myspace.com/tomstreetman
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08-28-2008, 03:50 PM
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| | Medium Fish
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 34:09:39N, 118:08:19W
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Originally Posted by tom91970 I have come to believe that this is a MYTH! You should see my 14g planted tank. It's a freakin' jungle in there and I have had no guppy fry in that tank since I put about a 6 guppies (M/F mix) in there about 4 months ago. My male and female bettas have probably helped themselves to a tasty snack. | I dunno. That runs counter to my (admittedly brief) experience thus far. Are you sure that they've produced fry? (I can't imagine they haven't.) Bettas seem kinda slow; if guppy fry are as fast as swordtail fry, they might have a hard time catching them, I would think. Maybe your tanks are too clean. Could it be that any fry simply couldn't find enough to eat?
__________________ 2.5G QT planted - 1 fancy guppy (m) 10G planted - 1 GBR (m), 7 gold pristella tetras, 2 peppered cories, 1 RCS 29G planted - 1 wag lyretail swordtail (f). 1 pineapple swordtail (f), 9 rummynose tetra, 3 emerald catfish, ~18(?) swordtail fry (soon to be fewer), 4(?) ghost shrimp, 4 otocinclus Go Rice Owls!!! It's time to ride. --- Shawn |
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08-28-2008, 04:21 PM
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| | Large Fish
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Crockett, TX
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Originally Posted by iapetus Maybe your tanks are too clean. Could it be that any fry simply couldn't find enough to eat? | Ha! Good one. My 55g is the show tank as far as planted tanks go (well, the 10 is nice, too), but the 14g planted tank is far from clean.
When I had my first couple of batches of fry in a breeder tank I would drop one in from time to time to see if they could hide and take care of themselves. Bettas hunted them down and were pretty swift when it came to going in for the kill.
__________________ My tanks: 2.5g, 5g, 10g, 10g nano reef, 14g planted, 29g, 30g and 55g planted http://jpotx113.4t.com/index_1.html http://www.myspace.com/tomstreetman
นะกัดตัง กะขะชนะ
ตัวข้ามีกำลังดังพระยา ปลาในมหาสมุทร
สุกุโยเกล็ดแก้วมณีหุ้มห่อตัวข้าดังเกราะเพชร
พุตากะเก เขี้ยวแก้วทั้ง 4 ดุจตรีเพชร
หนุมาน มะอะอุปลา ใดมารอนราน วินาศสันติ
"The sun shines down on a lonely town
Where the fish all smile 'cause they know us" -- Everclear |
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08-28-2008, 08:08 PM
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| | Medium Fish
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: 34:09:39N, 118:08:19W
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Originally Posted by tom91970 When I had my first couple of batches of fry in a breeder tank I would drop one in from time to time to see if they could hide and take care of themselves. Bettas hunted them down and were pretty swift when it came to going in for the kill. | So, the moral of the story is that if bob wants to keep the fry population down to zero, he should invest in some bettas!
And, I was wrong! 
__________________ 2.5G QT planted - 1 fancy guppy (m) 10G planted - 1 GBR (m), 7 gold pristella tetras, 2 peppered cories, 1 RCS 29G planted - 1 wag lyretail swordtail (f). 1 pineapple swordtail (f), 9 rummynose tetra, 3 emerald catfish, ~18(?) swordtail fry (soon to be fewer), 4(?) ghost shrimp, 4 otocinclus Go Rice Owls!!! It's time to ride. --- Shawn |
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