Hi everyone... newbie here.

Last two weeks, went to LFS and bought 2 pairs of guppy. Just wanted to play around with it and put into my empty round bowl... after 2 weeks, one of the female gave birth! I was so thrilled of this. It seems like the first time ever that the fish that I rear gave birth. Soon, it triggered my interest again in rearing fish...

Now, I'm planning to get a proper tank, say 2ft and aim to rear about 20 guppies, for show on my living room. Been doing some reading but really dont have the time to dig much deeper. And so I found this thread, hoping all the sifus here will share some experiences with me...

Below are the items that I'm thinking to get for my 2ft tank... hope any sifu here can just gimme some guideline and tips...

For tank setup:

1) Tank and cabinet
2) Canister Filter (I thinking to get Fluval 206 or Dophin CF800. Dophin comes with UV. Will this UV helps prevent diseases?)
3) Heater and Thermometer
4) Air pump - necessary?
5) LED Light
6) Anything that I missed?

For Aquascape (Zero idea on this... I wish to get some "lazy" aqua plant)...

1) Aqua Soil - necessary? Or I can just get gravel? No idea at all
2) Aqua powder?
3) Liquid CO2?
4) Plant food?
5) Driftwood and stones (deco)

I read that some aquarium, not sure what is the setup, seems like no need to change water for months or even a year. Is it the UV at work?

These are what I have in mind right now... huh, will be quite an investment there. Hope sifus can comment a bit. Many thanks!

Proteins!!!

Tried finding one for my baby guppies in a few LFS... no luck... Not easy to find as well.

Oh... you bought from Ebay?

Actually I bought 2 pairs guppy just for fun, rear in glass bowl. After 2 weeks, gave birth already. That sparks my interest to pursue further. Am in the midst of setting up a proper 2 ft tank now. 😁 Do let me know PJ where can get. I found from lelong, Algaefarmer selling RM20 for 100g ready made brine shrimp eggs... That's the closest I get. Also saw the ocean free freeze dried brine shrimp but LFS said too big for fry.

Haha.. sorry, my bad for not replying. Thanks alot for your kind assistance on the matter. Greatly appreciated.

Finally, here is my first attempt on aquascape. So happy to set up my tank after doing research and hunting tank and cabinet for few weeks.





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Haha. That plastic Lily pipe came with the canister filter I bought. Next time ada budget, change to clear glass. 😝

Oh, front supposed flat hah... Didn't know. I tot wanna create some 'waves' pattern to look not so plain. Later rescape the soil 😁

Just a quick one...

Which is better? Lily pipe or Spray bar?

Should inlet and outlet of filter placed in same side or opposite side?

Thoughts?

tehoice, you mentioned that you kept your breeding pair in a plain tank. How about when the female is about to give birth? How do you separate the female? One of my female just gave birth but non of the fries survived. But I figured that the female also gave birth prematurely... saw one of the fry, dead upon out of the female... Now I have another pregnant female, separated from the rest. Yday I scoop the female out and put into another tank but I guess it is not a good way, which might stress the female out. Any tips on improving?

This statement very poisonous... Haiz... I also dilemma now... so many beautiful strains out there but only got one tank... hahaha... Thinking to get Albino Full Red whole tank... tehoice got stock?

I also got a few cheapo guppies in other small bowls...

Can try this setup for breeding project... small footprint. Haha

DIY Breeding Tanks

This post has been edited by davlee: Jan 8 2016, 06:53 PM

Haha. I think I won't have 2 hours to spare everyday for water change... My wife will kill me. Hahaha

Anyone knows where can get this in Msia??? Very nice wor... I really like this

Albino Koi Guppy

My tank after 1 month... any advice from sifu?

Seems like my Egeria densa not growing healthily.


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Well, it's getting like a jungle soon... need to start trimming. What do you guys do with those excess plants after trimming? Just toss them away?

I have since removed the egeria... cant get them to grow nicely. Now, it's flooded with cabomba. Haha

This post has been edited by davlee: Feb 26 2016, 12:20 AM


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What plants you have? Let's swap!

Huhu... You not from klang valley ah?

Anyone joining or going? Hehe


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My recently started breeding tanks...


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Memang kena poison...

Next to buy list....


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