GuppyHunter

But surely if they've been dropped they would be fertilized?

Just remembered i put my panda corydoras in there the other day while i was cleaning one of my other tanks. How lucky, only have two of them, what are the odds they were a compatible pair lol . Bit of a shame i did a water change yesterday though, probably sucked up a lot of the eggs.

So i was just having a look at one of my guppy breeding tanks and noticed at least 2 eggs floating randomly on the bottom... they definitely aren't air bubbles, they are 100% eggs. BUT... from what? All i have in there are 4 guppies, i do how ever have 3 hoplo catfish but they're very small, around 5-7cm, surely they aren't sexually matured?. I did have an albino cory in there too but took him out yesterday, Ive had him/or her for about 2-3 months without any eggs or a partner so it cant be him. Very puzzled...

Outstanding - good taste

Plastic Fantastic I use them for breeding too, cheap as anything and do just the same as glass does. Sounds like your doing well then The best looking fighter tank Ive seen was one on youtube, was a pretty average tank but inside was the blue/red female fighters, at least 50+ of them, all full grown and identical - looked amazing. Will try find the vid

Thank you are0, very helpful. And good idea about jumping up into the roof with heat rising, might be able to to stick a few more pink bats up there. I also remember growing a few "tropical plants" in my room when i was young and i remember using some kind of black plastic to cover the ceiling to keep the heat in too, will do some digging about that. Will also line the windows with poly sheets too. What kind of heater would be best? As for the lids... i live in christchurch so i use plastic storage tubs with the lids for breeding, they don't break in earthquakes lol - i lost a 100L with the last earthquake, my black moscows and carpet didn't really appreciate it 0.0. And they're super cheap, i think a 100L is around $15.00 at my local plastics store.

Thank you guys,, very helpful and just what i wanted to hear . Caryl, keep the traits im after and sell off the rest, i have gotten to know a couple pet shop owners down here over the years that are more than willing to flick me a bit of coin for some nice colors but im mainly looking to purely fine tune a few of my own strains for show.

Thats what i thought but its heads too rounded?

Hiya Im currently wanting to start up a small fish room for my guppies, and need a bit of advice along the way. I have only recently started to get back into breeding so i only have 3 tanks atm but am wanting to expand with more tanks and more strains (guppies only) Im wanting somewhere near the 15 to 20 tank margin. Questions i have.... 1. Heating - I have a 3 bedroom house that's only 10 years old so is pretty well insulated with double glazed windows in most areas, the bedrooms are definitely a bit colder than the lounge/living areas. I'm wondering what my best bet is, heat the bedroom or heat every tank with individual heaters... my main concern about this is power source, i don't really care about the power bill, more so the lack of power outlets, if i have 20 tanks i need 20 sockets for the heaters, and then at least a few more for some decent multi airpumps to run the sponge filters, and then a few more sockets for lighting... you can probably see my problem and I'm sure some of you have faced this downer before. Maybe i can purchase some sort of portable heatpump to heat the room? im not wanting to drill holes in the walls or anything. 2. Moisture - Being in a bedroom I'm not particularly interested in having moisture/mold on the ceilings or anything, will a dehumidifier prevent this? 3. More questions to come, my main concern is power points and moisture at this point. Any help and suggestions would be great. Thanks heaps

Definitely into the odd balls lol, variety is the spice of life ^^. Just found a "rope fish" come on trademe, you don't see those everyday. But in auckland of course

Nice planted tank! looks good. I used to keep fighters, just hate seeing them get chewed up so much when breeding. My dp is one of my old turq fighters, my only problem with them it not being able to keep males together in an open tank - and i have definitely tried many times including relatives with relatives. Thus i switched to good old guppies, the closest thing color variety wise lol, can keep plenty of them together 0.0

Yea i suppose the more you see a fish the less attractive it becomes over time. Its just a shame we don't get as much variety in species here than in other countries. Thanks David - Fixed now. That scarlet is freakishly awesome, I'm sure Ive read something about someone having one here in nz, maybe mistaken.

Why are all the best looking fish always the rarest? I'm on a species hunt to find what kind of rarer species are available in the big NZ - preferably legal and good looking (16+ , lol bad joke) Anyway, post your suggestions, they don't have to be super rare, just good looking and uncommon. If you could also tell me how rare some of the fish below are THANKS! Delhezi Sun Cat Senegal Bichir Tiger Fish Elephant Nose Half Beak Leaf Fish Pantadon Butterfly Scarlet Pleco Scat

If they've been in there a month already it shouldn't matter if the tank was cycled or not, a month would be plenty enough time for the nitrogen, especially if the fish were in there the whole time. Like Adrienne said, maybe add a few rocks or something as it could be a matter not having enough hiding places, or too many "open" areas, fish can get very insecure, especially when trying to adapt to a new environment.