Lights On Or Off?

[Der]

Many thanks.
I'll have a potter over there.

 

[dwilli36]

I leave mine on for 11 hrs a day. I have a planted tank , so I figure 11 hours of daylight mimmicks the amount my fish get in thier natural habitat. ( they get about 12 hrs daylight-southern hemisphere near equater).

 

[21rm]

Hey thanks again for all the replies.
Turning on the lights this morning, I seen some of them acting really funny. some one earlier in this topic said the fish would bump into things, and they were doin exactly that LOL.
I became a proud daddy again over the weekend to another 5 platy fry. 2 more died, egg sacks were still attached.
bout 3 weeks ago i got 30 fry outta the tank. 3 of these were bigger than thhe rest, so obviously were there a bit longer and had gone unnoticed. Anyway, i was worried they could snack on the new ones in the fry tank, so i added these 3 larger ones back to the adult tank. they'e gettin on grand. One in particular has no bother in swimming with the big fish, and he, or she lol, is soo small compared to the rest. I was so proud yesterday seeing him swimming with them. The other 2 stay closer to the plnts in the tank.
Another question tho, I've 2 male and 3 female guppies, that havent bred yet. any ideas what could be the problem. they are in the same tank as the platys, and the platys so far have given my 35 fry, from 3 different birthings im sure. Im confused as Ive read that guppies are the easiest to breed. Would 3 females be enough to keep the 2 males appy, or would a couple more females give the current ones more of a break thus allowing them to deliver??

In a follow up to this post, one of my female guppys had fry over the weekend. Can only find 6 so far, and im 99% sure that they're guppys and not platys. I removed the male last week to a tank with some large platy fry, and hey presto, the female gave birth. I think she was prob being pestered too much by the males and retained the batch

 

[eggy]

CONGRATS ON THE FRY HAVE YOU SOLD THEM YET?