Livebearers

Hiya. Just an update. I got the half albino babyies breeding with the new albino females. Hopfully i will get some albino fry. Mgith be ordering 8 new females from someone and maybe they have been fertilised by his stock (sneaky) Worked for me last time, its just that the fry got eatin LOL

I am getting rid of my two electric labidos as I have purchased albino koi swordtails, but was wondering if they need to go quickly or no hurry. The tank is approx 90L and the labidos are only about 6-7 cm. I see the real occasional quick nip during feeding but the swordtail then takes shelter away from it. One of the male swordtails have a slight rip on its top fin, but I could have purchased it or it may have been attacked by another male when introduced in the tank. Please help tell me if they need to be moved urgently, they are currently listed on here for offers but a couple of people are interested but can't come up here for a while. I would hate the swordtails t…

IF I HAVE AN ALBINO KOI SWORDTAIL MALE AND A NORMAL SWORDTAIL FEMALE, WOULD A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE OFFSPRING BE ALBINO KOI SWORDTAILS????? IF NOT COULD ANYONE TELL ME WHERE A FEMALE (AND MALES) COULD BE PURCHASED FROM AND HOW MUCH THANKS IOU1

I've been having some problems with fish getting attacked in my tank. It started when I brought a new three spot gourami and a male sailfin molly home, and they bit all the fins off my fighter and killed him. So I took the molly back, but after a while the same happened to my male guppy. The other day I bought a new male guppy, and the same has happened to him too. At first I thought it was the three spot gourami, but (after putting him in isolation) when I watch the tank my male sailfin keeps chasing my female guppy with his fin stretched out. I'm confused, because I always thought guppies and mollies are fine together. Could it be because my sailfin is the only m…

Guppy Aids.. Diseases.. or just Defects in the Gene Pool..? Many of us.. not only here, but it seems throughout the world, are having problems with Guppies wasting away and developing bent spines along with other problems. This is more prevalent today that in earlier years... which leads me to believe it is not what we seem to believe. The scaremongers and those that could not define an explanation for this were soon to attach various names to the problem, including Guppy Aids.. and Wasting Disease. Like many, I don’t have a one-hundred percent qualified answer to this problem, and can only tell others about my own situation. About a year or so back I had cle…

What is likely to be the problem if a guppy has still born fry? A larger %age of the fry are coming out dead than alive and it has happened on previous births for her as well.

NO ONE HAS MENTIONED ANYTHING ON HERE ABOUT THEM, I'VE HEARD IN BOOKS THEY ARE RARE AND SOUGHT AFTER AND WAS CURIOUS IF THEY ARE IN NZ. ALSO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ALBINO GUPPIES FOR SALE.

On trademe if anyone is interested! Thanks

hi my guppy had her fry a few weeks ago, can i breed with this lot again or will the fry be deformed? like can two guppies from the same mother breed together?

I've got 10 wk old guppies, about 15mm long. When are they gonna be ok in the big tank that has some good sized Angels in it?

Well, as some of you already know, I have been able to get my hands on 8 female Albino guppies. (I have however been unsuccessful at getting any males) These are the best photos that I can get from a downward angle into breeding nets (their temporary homes while I sort out my breeding corner) with a pxt cell phone. This is 7 of my 8 girls. And another pic of them in case that one didn't work. This is my largest female and the male I'm trying to outcross with. And another pic of the same to give you a better look at the male. And this is my nearly set up breeding corner. (Platty breeding tank at the back with light on.) Will update here as to …

Where can I get some quality guppies? (Pure lines etc.) I am in Palmerston North, but I travel to Wellington from time to time.

does anyone here breed albino swordtails? or mollies? just out curiousity. anyone keen on breeding them ? if you walk into a LFS and saw an albinos and the normals. which would you prefer? like albinos or dislike them...please share. i personally would say yes to an albino because they are rarity and i just love those hi fin red albino males.

i have 2 questions about guppies 1, all females have a gravid spot? 2, only females have a gravid spot? thanks for your answer in advance

a work in progress. we are using 2 tanks as a divider between our lounge and dining room. tanks contain guppies. one houses a CAE, the other, 2 BN's view from lounge viem from dining room

Had a silly idea... of posting a number of photos & doing the what flavour is that thing. The sort of thing I had in mind was if for example each picture posted have the opportunity for people to submit what flavour they'd class it as. Take a list of classes/flavours (with photo) & do a most desired list which could have more added as people come up with new fishes. Would be nice to perhaps have 2 lists one international class & one NZ class. Something along those lines anyways maybe just a silly idea. Any thoughts? Not sure how to make that work on a website as yet but it shouldn't be too hard maybe its just a silly idea.

im just curious to know how fast your young guppys to the average size you see in the LFS?? and what you feed the young to make them grow Thanks

I put some baby albino guppies into a net in a smal com tank. And she jumped in and ate the lot. Mmmm way to go female betta. I learnt my lesson. Had great plans for the little things too. btw where Erick Wilson?

one of my gups gave me the greatest gift today. i got to watch her give birth. a truely amazing event. made my day and as mark said... .. the gift the keeps on giving! LOL :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

How long until you can confidently identify a platy's gender? Of our 4 young platties, I'm confident that one is a male - definite Gonopodium (sp?), and pretty sure another is a female - definite triangle anal fin. However with the other two I'm not sure, the problem is that their anal fins are being carried close to the bodies, like a gonopodium (sp?), but on close inspection still look to be fins? Any comments or advice would be appreciated. Wade

hi jensens bontany have a few female albino guppies in the shop at the moment was there earlyer today

Hi everybody, my name is Matthew, I am based in Wanganui. I am setting up 2 small tanks to breed tropical guppies, I am hoping to try my hand at line breeding, in my own small way. I would like to buy a trio of a nice line, at a reasonable price, anything considered. Any help would be much appreciated as I do not have any guppy breeding experience or know of any local guppy breeders.

Hi I want to keep and breed (for my own pleasure, not commercial) black mollies - is anyone in the Chch area already doing this who can offer me some advice ? Interested in standard or sailfins. Also orange sailfins too. Feel free to reply on here or PM me. Cheers

we are taking registrations of interest at Guppy.co.nz. We provide a web-based space to share up-to-date information about guppy husbandry, guppy nutrition, guppy genetics and genetic management, guppy diseases and health management, fishroom design and maintenance, judging standards,guppy news, and more. other popular kept aqua species is also encourage to be discussed here. Our Mission •Improve the quality of NZ bred livebearers so that higher quality fish are available to breeders and fellow hobbiests •Keep a record of types of guppies and other livebearers available in NZ •Increase the types of livebearers being bred – eg Mollies and Platys …

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