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post Oct 29 2014, 05:31 PM

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Are albinos more fragile than regular guppies?
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post Nov 11 2014, 06:26 PM

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QUOTE(bluecoat @ Nov 5 2014, 12:18 AM)
I don't know the best water parameter for allbino guppy. can anyone tell me the optimum water parameter ?

how can I safely increase tds as well..
please advice
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Why you want to increase TDS?
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post Feb 27 2015, 12:13 AM

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QUOTE(danny_sp15 @ Feb 27 2015, 12:09 AM)
It's not really a pond. Dunno what to call it.  sweat.gif
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Sweet setup.
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post Mar 12 2015, 02:59 PM

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QUOTE(mbax @ Mar 12 2015, 01:32 PM)
thanks, not yet put together just think it may be good to be in my 1ft aquarium with the barb& tetra.. bcoz just clean the urn that it supposed to be in and found out that it have about 16 fries alrd.. now put in plastic container first before put back into the urn..
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How ur fries survive in 1ft?

Last 2 drops in my office tank was in the middle of the night so didn't manage to separate them. Now all massacred by parents liao.
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post May 26 2015, 10:26 AM

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QUOTE(EternalC @ May 26 2015, 10:20 AM)
my guppy all dieded sad.gif

tetra doing well tho
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What happened?
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post May 26 2015, 10:28 AM

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QUOTE(EternalC @ May 26 2015, 10:27 AM)
seriously i have no idea

one day she's there

then one day suddenly she's gone

no even bodies to be found

could be eaten by my amano shrimp after dieded sad.gif
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Maybe jumped off the tank?
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post May 27 2015, 11:36 AM

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QUOTE(danny_sp15 @ May 26 2015, 07:38 PM)
to be honest. not much changed. sweat.gif macam very slow growing. and the number is less than before. likely kena makan by the adults ady. but now got new batches since i let the males mix with the females again laugh.gif just temporary arrangement while waiting for my aquarium to be ready tongue.gif
like 100% covered? cos my gf guppy tank also like 90% covered. only got a small slit for air (like1.5mm). the guppy still can jump out. landed on her desk. by the time she notice, almost kering ady. then put back in water, back to life. laugh.gif
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How's your gender ratio?

I gave 20-30 fries to colleagues across quite a few spawns but those that I kept turned out to be almost entirely female.

I kept only 6 fries across generations and it turned out only one of them is male. rclxub.gif
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post May 27 2015, 11:46 AM

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QUOTE(EternalC @ May 27 2015, 11:37 AM)
lucky male laugh.gif

by the way, u in semenanjung?
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Problem is too many baby machines...

I'm @ Taipei
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post May 27 2015, 12:01 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ May 27 2015, 11:49 AM)
sometimes the ratio is abit odd.... it is often because of the PH of the water.

last time i use to have like only 5 male out of 30 female from one dropping. dunno why also... now can get like 40-60 ratio. which i'm happy with... hehe...
wow, you live in Taipei? You're malaysian?
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How to improve the ratio?

My tank is ph7.

yeah... Malaysian
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post May 27 2015, 12:16 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ May 27 2015, 12:04 PM)
I see, in taipei got lots of nice fancy guppies.... what strain are you keeping?
i brought back some pairs from taiwan 2 months ago.. haha... still breeding them...
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I keep albino reds but frankly... I don't remember the particular strain.

Got them from a breeder here.... they apparently got join competition in Malaysia too.

edit:

Found the link. Bought from this dude @1:11



Found the full episode... got mine from Mr.Wu featured

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hylbi

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post Sep 9 2015, 09:55 AM

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QUOTE(KeithYen @ Sep 9 2015, 02:41 AM)
Hi im new to guppy fish and would like to know more. What are the essentials to start a simple guppy tank? What's the minimum tank size needed? And what nice colour breed is recommended for beginners? Is it necessary to have soil and plants in the tank or just a plain tank with a pleco will do?
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Guppies are very hardy fishes so you really just need a tank, filter and filter media.

Cycle your tank http://www.wikihow.com/Cycle-a-Fish-Tank and you're good to go.

Don't really need a pleco imo... they just add extra waste into the tank.

On soil and plants.. not necessary but some floating plants are always good to soak up ammonia.

As for tank size, the bigger the better as they breed like crazy.



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post Dec 10 2015, 03:52 PM

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Need some advice here...

Some time ago, I nbtd go pinjam my albino full red female to my colleague to distract his male sky blue.

After getting her back, she's alone in her own tank and had given birth 3 times to non-albino fries.

Do you guys think I need to get a new female for breeding?


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post Dec 14 2015, 10:09 AM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Dec 13 2015, 11:56 PM)

Isn't sky blue = albino blue tuxedo? which is also albino right?

nonetheless, i reckon you could try mating back with male AFR, see if the dropping still come out non-albino?

but i think it's easier to just get a new pair, you're in taiwan right? plenty of them at a cheaper price la!  thumbup.gif
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Yeah.. its also albino but the fries all black eyed and gray.

I also thought of getting another female. Just my usual breeder's stock not nice recently.
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post Dec 29 2015, 08:32 PM

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My last female... the lone rose among the thorns

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post Dec 29 2015, 08:39 PM

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QUOTE(Xnet @ Dec 29 2015, 08:34 PM)
Nice
What breed?
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Albino full red
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post Dec 30 2015, 03:39 PM

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QUOTE(1qaz1qaz @ Dec 30 2015, 09:48 AM)
my cheapo boy that dont like girl  doh.gif
i think he is gay  thumbup.gif
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Hahahaha...

I just saw one of my male trying to breed and ter-sprayed his sperm outside.

And the yucky thing is all the other fishes ate it wacko.gif wacko.gif
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post Dec 30 2015, 05:28 PM

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QUOTE(1qaz1qaz @ Dec 30 2015, 04:07 PM)
sienz liao  doh.gif
tot can breed  nice nice red tail one, mana tau this dude dont even like girl. dont even see he try LOL
gonna get 1 more pair and put in, let the new boy be like "hi bro, jom let go find some chick LOL"
omg... ur fish too hungry ady haha
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One month only.. give them some time la. Maybe the fella malu malu
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post Dec 31 2015, 10:58 AM

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QUOTE(davlee @ Dec 31 2015, 07:40 AM)
Tried finding one for my baby guppies in a few LFS... no luck... Not easy to find as well.
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I use this for fries and occassionally for adults as snacks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/30-GM-AZOO-DECAPSU...NcAAOxyn~pR1aMs
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post Dec 31 2015, 02:44 PM

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QUOTE(davlee @ Dec 31 2015, 02:40 PM)
Oh... you bought from Ebay?
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No... I live in taipei and its available in almost every LFS.
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post Jan 11 2016, 02:23 PM

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QUOTE(tehoice @ Jan 11 2016, 10:10 AM)
wow, never noticed there is such a thread in mac 2.0, though a member there since 2010, hahaha....
anyway, i met the ts there, he's no longer doing guppies, hes focusing on plecos nowadays.
inspiring though. but i'm doing manual water change almost everyday, 2 hours, for 20++ tanks... consider faster than his. haha...
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Ever consider using a shelve system instead?

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