My First Guppy Tank

[Zorak]

This is my first non-cichlid tank and right now i have 4 males and 7 females. Its 25g tall.

What do you think?

 

[sylvia]

Very nice How did you come by that interesting rock structure? I love that red guppy BTW.

 

[black angel]

very nice tank and i too love that rock formation. the first guppy thats posted, i had two like it wth matching females that i still have, they have wonderful colours.

 

[Zorak]

Very nice How did you come by that interesting rock structure? I love that red guppy BTW.

its an artificial from petsmart with a built in bubble stone

 

[superjalami30]

Very nice!
That bottom pic with the guppy that has the red tail, blue body and red spot behind its eye.....I have the EXACT same guppy that was bred with a blue male "fancy" guppy and a female with a snakeskin body pattern and an orange tail with black spots.
cool.
their diverity is amazing, but to see one exactly patterned as one of mine is pretty neat!

 

[Zorak]

Very nice!
That bottom pic with the guppy that has the red tail, blue body and red spot behind its eye.....I have the EXACT same guppy that was bred with a blue male "fancy" guppy and a female with a snakeskin body pattern and an orange tail with black spots.
cool.
their diverity is amazing, but to see one exactly patterned as one of mine is pretty neat!

Thanks.. Yeah i am just starting to try go get into breeding but i am not quite sure i want to set up a fry tank. Do you think that with such a large tank i can have surviving fry that are as good looking as my current males? I have my tank planted with a kind of underwater moss that my lfs said was the best for fry.

 

[the_faze]

Thought I would just say that the tank looks awesome. I like that rock-like ornament in there I may have to drop by the petsmart and see if it's in my price range.

The guppies are great too.. if I had the room I think I would get some myself.

 

[superjalami30]

I've had alot of succes with fry in and out of a breeding trap.
My livebearer tank was once heavily planted and my fry would survive.
I dont know how many times I would look into the tank and see new babies hangin' out near the top of the tank, under the mopani, in and around the java fern etc etc.
Sometimes I would net them and put them in a breeding trap to ensure they're survival.
Heres my guppy tank, very "unplanted" know though

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=96232

 

[Angry_Platy]

Cool tank!!!

Your guppies are stunning

I have livebearers as well (guppies, swordies and platies) and have found that I get no surviving fry unless I let the female give birth in a breeding trap. And I have a heaily planted tank as well. Perhap my other fish are just tpoo cannibalistic for their own good

 

[superjalami30]

Dont get me wrong when I say I've had success with fry in the tank.
Most of them do get eaten, but a few hear and there survive.
Like I said, usually if I see them I net them and put them in the trap.

Most of the time though, I put the female in the trap just days before she gives birth.
usually I get it just right, within a few days, once even within a few hours.
Sometimes though they take several days before they give birth,

remember to that it may look like a female has had all of her babies, but quiet often she takes a couple days to give birth to all of them.

 

[superjalami30]

Angry_Platy:

I love this:

My opinions are just that "my" opinions. Not yours. They do not need questioning. They aren't always right. If you don't agree, well thats your problem.....NOT MINE

lol

 

[-*-MicHAeL-*-]

cool tank i want those rocks

 

[abstract]

i leave my guppies to survival of the fittest..most survive, at least when theyre with adult guppies....other, larger fish though they dont stand a chance against

 

[Angel Lady]

Cool tank your guppies are awsome that last picture is very pretty.