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Any guppy fans here?, come come come
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LadyVanity
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 Oct 24 2010, 01:27 AM
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hey guys... needs some advice regarding guppy keeping. my mom used to hv some really beautiful fancy guppies... mix of males and females which she kept in an ornamental fountain bowl outside in our porch. unfortunately these fish seem to only last a few weeks at max... they die off very fast until finally left 1-2 fishies. thn my mom will buy some more guppies, and then all die off again only left 1-2 fish. we have once kept the 2 remaining survivors, and they stuck around for a very long time. i think the fish may b fighting, tho ive never seen that happening myself. are guppies known to attack each other or fight?  btw the temp of the porch is cool. it is in the shade, far from direct sunlight, next to the front door. we have an airstone and electric oxygen pump. water is changed frequently and we never allow algae to overgrow/water turn green. feeding with tetra brand guppy food. cant figure out whats wrong. |
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LadyVanity
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Oct 24 2010, 09:02 PM
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QUOTE(copadelrey @ Oct 24 2010, 10:38 AM) Guppy is one of the easiest to rare. Care to explain your tank's environment so we can help. Guppies don't fight, or at least they don't fight to death. You can ditch the oxygen pump, guppies don't need that. Do you put antichlorine pills when you change water? How deep is the pond, because anything more than 4 feet deep isn't good for guppies. And you don't have to keep the tank/pond super clean. In fact, guppies thrive in greenish water full of algae and even worms haha. That way, you don't even have to feed em. without d oxygen pump they seemed to die faster.....  the "pond" is a shallow dish actually. under 1ft at the deepest point. yes, we use antichlorine. we hv even tried letting the water "stand" for a day before putting the fish in... |
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LadyVanity
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Oct 29 2010, 12:35 AM
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QUOTE(maxtee @ Oct 25 2010, 05:34 PM) how many litter/gallon water does the pond hold and how many fish u put in there?? I think better leave the pum on but cover or wrap up the pump inlet to avoid ur fish got stuck or suck in. if u have condition and age the water that should be fine to add in the fish. provided u acclimate the fish to ur pond water slowly. bout 2 liters? its really not big at all.... i think the most we've had was about 15 guppies, mix of male and female
Added on October 29, 2010, 12:36 amQUOTE(copadelrey @ Oct 25 2010, 06:21 PM) I'm 100% positive they don't need the oxygen pump unless you have like 1000 guppies in a small little tank. How does your guppies die? Do you see the carcasses? Are their fins still intact? Some have ragged fins and tails.... others intact.  And one or two fish look like their eyes hv been chewed out or something
Added on October 29, 2010, 12:38 amand if it helps.... the guppies my mom had looked exactly like these 4 in the picture http://www.tropicalfishforum.net/photopost...500/guppies.jpghttp://www.tropicalfishonline.info/wp-cont...iamondGuppy.jpgThis post has been edited by LadyVanity: Oct 29 2010, 12:38 AM |
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