Fish Folk Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 My LFS cannot seem to keep the Guppies from fish farms alive more than a week. When we breed ours and sell them to the store, they do much better. Local water… what not… So, instead of paying a fortune on Aquabid, or paying for special orders, I got a batch of random female guppies that were still alive from our LFS. I stuck them in a 10-gallon Quarantine tank in the closet… They’re not super impressive, but I’m planning to wait out the Med trio and then move them to a planted 20-gal long for mutt-guppy breeding I’ve got a few males to add in to start off the mutt-strain… I’ll probably add a couple other colored males. Here’s my thinking: I can sell these for $1 / each as often as I have them available. So, with a few tanks free to breed guppies… I’m going to have fun trying to breed some decent ones. 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I can put guppies in my closet 😍😍😍😍don’t give me ideas. Good luck with this it sounds fun! 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picklepuppy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 I’m so excited for your project! It’s been a long time since i bought a random female, but honestly, it’s the best! The anticipation of each step of seeing if she’s filling up with babies, then having them, then watching them grow, then finally starting to color up so you can finally see what you get! Please update lots and keep posting pics! Best of luck 🤞 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 Oooh, fun. It'll be so fun to see how the babies look. I need to avoid MTS and have already planned my next tank and my next tank (!) but I did have a little fantasy the other day about buying a few feeder guppies, getting them healthy and introducing the ladies to my Endler males... I will live vicariously through you in the meantime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 5, 2021 Author Share Posted August 5, 2021 So… went in after lights out to net some females out and switch over to another empty tank, and found fry in QT!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Good lawd you and the BABIES!!!! 😄 Fish Folk and the magic fish room! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picklepuppy Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Woooo hooooo! 🍼 Babiesssss! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted August 5, 2021 Share Posted August 5, 2021 Yay! So fun! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 Just picked up 4x new male guppies from LFS, and added to a 20 long loaded with Wisteria, algae, several sponge filters, and about 1.5 cups of crushed coral tossed on top of the black diamond blasting sand. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted August 6, 2021 Share Posted August 6, 2021 😆 I love it! You said "Grody" (however you might spell it), haven't heard that word in a really long while. (I'm with you on not instantly medicating, but watching and treating when needed) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 6, 2021 Author Share Posted August 6, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 7:38 PM, xXInkedPhoenixX said: 😆 I love it! You said "Grody" (however you might spell it), haven't heard that word in a really long while. (I'm with you on not instantly medicating, but watching and treating when needed) You’re right… I did say the word… “grody” or “groady”… wait, now I’m googling this… haha! Found it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Woohoo!! I spelled it right!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 I remember teenage girls saying, "grody to the max!", along with, "gag me with a spoon!". Meanwhile, we (teenage boys), were saying, "rad", "sick", and "wicked!" I am medium old now. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 7, 2021 Author Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 8:41 PM, Streetwise said: I remember teenage girls saying, "grody to the max!", along with, "gag me with a spoon!". Meanwhile, we (teenage boys), were saying, "rad", "sick", and "wicked!" I am medium old now. wicked smart! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 On 8/6/2021 at 9:06 PM, Fish Folk said: wicked smart! I still say that. I'm in New England! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted August 7, 2021 Share Posted August 7, 2021 Those guppies probably can't believe their luck to find themselves in that planted tank. I'm QT'ing my second batch of fish since starting my community tank, and this time I did not do all 3 meds at once. I can understand that in a retail setting you need to maximize efficiency and there is more at risk if something gets out of hand, so they are better off doing the whole trio at once. At home, I have more leeway to wait and see, do each one individually if needed, because their days in QT are not costing me anything and there aren't hundreds of other fish that they could infect. At least, that's my reasoning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 8, 2021 Author Share Posted August 8, 2021 Here’s an update on the male guppies in isolated tank… And here’s an update on the female guppies who have dropped fry over in QT… Now, here’s our only other guppies that we’re restarting… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Looks like you'll have the added fun of seeing how the fry from the LFS romances turn out. Liked your videos! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 9, 2021 Author Share Posted August 9, 2021 Well… looks like only 3 of the 4 male guppies are left… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineSong Posted August 10, 2021 Share Posted August 10, 2021 Did you lose the one you thought was doing poorly? That all blue guy in the middle looks like my two males, so I'll be interested to see what kinds of babies he makes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 10, 2021 Author Share Posted August 10, 2021 On 8/9/2021 at 9:48 PM, PineSong said: Did you lose the one you thought was doing poorly? That all blue guy in the middle looks like my two males, so I'll be interested to see what kinds of babies he makes. Yeah. Sick-boy just disappeared. Sometimes MTS crush weak fish, and shred their bodies overnight. Unknown females with these … will be curious to see glorious mutts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Sadly… only 2x of the 4x males have survived. Both deaths occurred suddenly without a lot of drama. I noticed neither were eating properly at the end. However, these two fellas seem to be doing quite well… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Today… I’ve added 8x females from QT tank in with the 2x blue males. Let there be MORE!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taco Playz Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Sorry for your loss. Those males are looking pretty nice though! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 Here’s the Guppy fry dropped by the females while in quarantine… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now