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AdoraBelle Dearheart said:

Guppy fry are pretty hard to resist! Tiny little things, big eyes... she couldn't leave those little cuties hungry!
I found three more guppy fry in the parent tank today, bringing my total for this batch to 37

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Brendanpat said:

Cool not sure how many I have rounded up now .twenty something. Could you tell me what these ugly things are in my sand ? Only tiny .had to zoom in are they creatures or just part of the sand?

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AdoraBelle Dearheart said:

I have no idea! Doesn't look like anything living, pick it up and see. Looks like a bit of stone or plant detritus.

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AilyNC said:

I would wait 2 to 3 them put in the main tank. Luke you say you've only 1 tank. Ask the local shop what size they'll take them at. I wonder as they get bigger will more water changes be needed for the tank?

Both @AdoraBelle Dearheart & @Retired Viking have more guppy fry experience. You've only in be tank so I think keep them there until you can sell them.

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AilyNC said:

Wow he's a chunky. @HoldenOn would love him!

That's great news & fours week really isn't that long to mind the fry! Delighted for you. Has everything settles down in the tank now?

I do weekly readings now that my tank has a pattern. I do weekly water changes too even if readings are ok. If I see any weird behaviour I test Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrate. Hopefully you'll have an easier time with the tank now.

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AilyNC said:

Wow he's a chunky. @HoldenOn would love him!

That's great news & fours week really isn't that long to mind the fry! Delighted for you. Has everything settles down in the tank now?

I do weekly readings now that my tank has a pattern. I do weekly water changes too even if readings are ok. If I see any weird behaviour I test Ammonia, Nitrite & Nitrate. Hopefully you'll have an easier time with the tank now.

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HoldenOn said:

AMEN! That's a real chonker!

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Brendanpat said:

You should see him digging through the sand ,he could nearly go to the bottom hes that strong ..

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HoldenOn said:

I'm pretty sure the big ones are girls with corydoras

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HoldenOn said:

I'm pretty sure the big ones are girls with corydoras

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Brendanpat said:

Yes well I lost a couple more of my small corie and 2 neons . I think they never recovered properly. Doing daily water changes at the moment until my test kit comes (hopefully tomorrow)I had algae on my plants again that I hadnt realised built up and my guppies and swordtail where eating it and pooping lots so I think I mite of had an ammonia spike . Added some extra bacteria today .Took my plants out and dipped them in bleach . It worked really well . Also changed my lighting schedule to have in on during the day ,the only downside is it goes off at 8:30 . So I cant see them much now . Looking at getting a blue moonlight for evening time . Do you have one ? Fry doing great . Lost none yet . Got the proper cage thing for them today so think it will be better with the water moving through it ,compared to my bottle

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AdoraBelle Dearheart said:

Was just gonna say, think that's a chonky girl Hard to tell with those pics and I'm no expert, @NCaquatics would know! But generally big chonky ones are the mature females

Sweet that the last one in the store has some friends now! I could never buy the last batch of a schooling fish and leave one on its own, I bought an extra guppy when I planned to get a batch of five, just 'cos I didn't want to leave number six on her own, lol. So glad you got her!

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Brendanpat said:

Me too !yea dunno how that one got left behind, and I took her straight away incase someone else did even though I had to take her home at get her settled in and I was a half hour late back to work..

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AilyNC said:

My new tank has the blue light and I got a dimmer for it so I can have very low light in evenings. For my small tank with the room light on I can see them but my kid prefers putting the tank light on. You could not have it on early in morning so instead you've time in early evening.

This is my light and dimmer but they work with glass top tanks.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01HI42LKC/?tag=

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07X23FZS2/?tag=

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