Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I dont mind lol, infact its exciting. I can see strait through these girls and there is definetly a black spot right where that pick points. They have settled in very well though, thanks alot I love them! Very interesting to watch in a smaller group (bit hard in your guppy soup) they all move and react at the same time its cool! Ive been avoiding these fish ever since I got into fishkeeping a month ago, but Im really glad I got some now as Im enjoying them alot. What would they go like with my female fighter? Id really like something (other then another fighter) that will compete for food with her. And she just loves company, the Bolivian Rams were complete wusses so she just chased them relentlessly. Anyways thanks for the guppies Mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 yes they is gravid, hapu, preggers, in the family way, adding to their species i think they can be fin nippers with fighters got a pic of them now they have settled down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ive tried haha, I cant photograph these things at night, they dash off if i get the camera close enough, I guess they dont know me like my other fish who pose. Its really nice having a constant surface fish too, brave little jumping sods they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 lol, females guppies are always hapu! mine got on quite well with the female fighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 females should be okay with a male fighter, but male guppies sometimes get nippy. the fry will be a yummy snack for the fighter though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 females should be okay with a male fighter, but male guppies sometimes get nippy. the fry will be a yummy snack for the fighter though. adodge that red female wasn't very good at population control lol.. sadly she died after getting herself grazed/injured under the driftwood :-( The blue male is doing great. Do you have any nice red finned cambodian? (female) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 hehe well it looks like Ill need to have a few fry munched up, so I can get them breeding with my male. Perhaps the cats can enjoy fresh, home grown fish. Aww I feel mean even thinking about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 hehe well it looks like Ill need to have a few fry munched up, so I can get them breeding with my male. Perhaps the cats can enjoy fresh, home grown fish. Aww I feel mean even thinking about it the first time I saw a mother guppy eat her young I was horrified.. I knew it would happen but was not nice to watch! I always imagined it would be a single gulp - not so ! it was like a bite and then a couple of gulps to get the thing down her throat .. ick. I told myself that the natural order of thigns would mean fry get eaten and the strongest and fittest will eb the survivors.. but once those little thigns are born and swimming I get all protective over them ... but not enough to separate them , I wait till a week and then put the survivors in another tank to grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Aww geez Ill have to make sure Im out of the house then, Ill get protective too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_to_fish_world Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Aww geez Ill have to make sure Im out of the house then, Ill get protective too You mean like I did. :roll: Took them out as soon as I could. Only saved six but I feel it was worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Well Im really wanting to try get some black body red tails going eventually, so it means a fairly large amount of culling, specially to begin with as I have no idea who knocked these girls up. Ill have to man up lol, But Ill want the most humane way of culling, and most humane way I can think of is being eaten by other fish, is how it would work in the wild. Only instead of the strongest surviving be the smexiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Ok these are the best pics of them I could get at night, camera is all grainy under artifcial lighting and the flash just makes everything look black cept for the flash spot that reflects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 lol, females guppies are always hapu! mine got on quite well with the female fighter. Mine do as well (fresh live food ) lucky I am not trying to breed them hehe well it looks like Ill need to have a few fry munched up, so I can get them breeding with my male. Perhaps the cats can enjoy fresh, home grown fish. Aww I feel mean even thinking about it Your fighters will be your best friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 lol great! Ill turn my fighters into murderers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 nice hi fin developing on that female nymox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Yeah shes my Fav, black and blue, I wish they were like paint, blue+red = purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 lol great! Ill turn my fighters into murderers! yep my male fighter will turn the gravel over looking for baby platy! (they dart down there to hide) We recently had a baby platy disappear and I thought it had been eaten... till a week later we vacuumed it up in the gravel... skinny and all pintailed but still alive!!! The fighter (who my daughter named Sayid after the soldier from Lost) must have dug him right into the gravel and he got stuck . I took pity on the poor pathetic thing , transferred him to the fry tank and fed him up on decaps brinshrimp eggs ... he's in there with a bunch of guppy fry and I reckon he thinks he's a guppy now.. they touch noses and swim together. Think we'll have to keep him, and his name is "gravel" .. I also have a guppy called "filter boy" These are my daughters names for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted October 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 I had the same with a bolivian ram fry, long after I though they were all gone I was vacuuming and this lil thing appeared in the bucket, had i not accidently sucked up some cory fry I wouldnt have even looked in the bucket. Put him in with Mum and Dad but I havnt seen him since I think he contributed his energy into the new spawn. Blighters dug holes everywhere too, uprooted half my plants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron11 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 they can get quite fat I NEARLY DIED WHEN I FOUND I HAD A BLONDE GIRL !!! GUPPIE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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