Hi guys... i`m a newbie ere. I just bought 3 pairs of guppies on 1st of february. Nice date to remember.

Now, i`ve gotten 16 baby guppies born on 5th February and in 2-3 days more are coming.

Many incidents happened first few days such as dying fish, jumping fish, parent- eating off-spring, body-itching and so on... Now, its all settling down i hope. Never had the chance to see my female guppies give birth. They all did it while I was asleep either during the day or nite.



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I feel lucky tonite coz i got to see one of my female guppies gave birth to 23 healthy fries. It was indeed breath taking seeing the birth and also attempts of the mother to "ngap" the fries. My so-called "maternity clinic" proved its efficiency in receiving the fries. 2 more pregnant mom will go to the "clinic" in few days time. NOw i have a total of 39 fries including 16 from last week.

waah.... new info to me... will that happen if humans oso do the inbreed? getting smaller and smaller all the time..

Hi guys~ May luck be with you for those 'celebrated' CNY~

Hmm... very 'sunyi'lah this forum lately. everybody oredy become guppy master is it?

Anyway.. I wanna ask about those gravel/pebbles/sand sold in the stores are clean enuf to be put directly in the tank. Or is it just normally wash with tap water or must bleach first?

I just bought a 7 gallon tank to replace my very damn small mini tank. Just wanna make sure that everything is safe for the new residence of the tank.

This post has been edited by petro_ash: Feb 22 2007, 04:20 PM

HI... anyone here from ipoh? i`m studying in Seri Iskandar and I got my guppies either from tronoh, batu gajah, 1 in silibin near Billion and another store near the stadium. I bought 2 pairs of black tux at he store in silibin. since then i`ve ben searching other types of guppies. Anyone living near Ipoh knows where i can find those rare types?

hmm.. i saw this weird action of 1 fry of mine. It sank itself to the bottom of the tank like a dead fish then quickly "came alive" once reaching the bottom and repeated the action 2-3 times. Is it playing dead with the siblings? or stressed in some way? Anyone knows?

waahhh... u very 'hebat' aaa.. how come u know oredy the gender of the particular fry?

My two female black phantom delta gave birth mostly dead fries. Why aaa? (

I dont really know the water condition coz i`m still under tight budget. So, no kits or what so ever to check it. I did not remove to a new tank coz i think vegetation in my tank is sufficient for the fries.

Visually, all the guppies look happy. The two particular guppies oredy pregnant when i bought it. Plus it took them a very long time to release a single fry. My previous grass type gave birth instantly. I wonder wether inbreeding is the cause.

The adults guppies didnt even try to eat the dead fries. They only tend to eat the live ones. Hmm.. I think they stood for their names, they are livebearers not deadbearers~ So eat the live ones....

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Added on February 25, 2007, 8:27 pmJust introduced my guppies to their new tank mates - a pair of ghost shrimps. All the guppies swam at the surface as if they saw ghosts. Funny eh?

This post has been edited by petro_ash: Feb 25 2007, 08:27 PM

My shrimps and guppies had already signed agreement for peace after 2 black phantom males got themselves tail-nipping incidents during the first night together. Now, everyone can enjoy themselves.

After feeding time, most of my guppies will search sumthing on the sand as if searching for food. Does that mean i did not give enuf? or i shud not "layan" their desire?

Thnx for d advice.

Still about food: How long can guppies stay alive before they starve and RIP?

HI

1 of my newly bought male guppy just died of all sudden. It has been in my established tank for a week. Others are doing just fine without any signs of tension or disease. So, i`m all out of ideas of the cause of death. Is it becoz it died of old age? How can anyone know how old their guppies are? any methods?