Nymox Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Just thought Id share this. My wild type female has been giving birth over the last hour, lots and lots of little red eyes! They are almost invisable except for the eyes. :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zayne Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 pics? I wish! haha they are tiny, not even an hour old yet, Ill get some pics up when the camera has a chance of focusing on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 Oooh exciting! Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Update: They are growing well enough, dispite me being to busy to feed more then twice a day at the moment. Still tiny and much smaller then regular guppy fry I get, about half the size of their none red eyed siblings. Camera still hasnt got a chance in focusing on them, but I tried anyway. Suspected Albino in black circle, to the left you can see one of its siblings and the size difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 It is awesome that you got some albinos out of a normal, do you have pictures of the parents or are they out of a mixed tank? Albinos are naturally alot weaker and slower than other fish so it might pay to separate them if you wanted to give them a good chance to get food and grow big and strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted June 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Parents are wild type female and red tail tux male. Thats a couple of the parents young daughters, female is just like the wild type closest to the camera. Ill move them out when I get a spare tank to some where they can have better care, at the moment they are living in a 60 ltr fish bin, but raised many guppies in there fine, will take extra care with the possible albinos though, want to get more of them in the future if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 20, 2010 Report Share Posted June 20, 2010 Aim of the game would be to breed the albinos together or to breed them back to their parents to get more.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted June 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2010 Guppies now have their own tank, and will have a fry tank ready for the albinos tomorrow. Will still grow out the others in the fish bin as they are mostly pantadon food, but at least this way the albinos should get a chance. Now to grow them up and breed them :bounce: Thanks for the help Ryan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted June 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2010 2 doing well on their own, might be more but I havnt had another look yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nymox Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Update. They are growing well, eating big fishy foods now (if I remember to feed them :oops: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Looking good! Is there a white balance option on your new camera, it may get rid if the purple hue on you pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted July 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Looking good! Is there a white balance option on your new camera, it may get rid if the purple hue on you pics. Oooh thanks Zev Ill look into that, you know far more about it then me it seems haha. I thought It was just the way it was because the lighting over the tank is purple :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 These guys are going well, the male is turning out quite nice. They never keep still so I resorted to using a glass, It didn't make it much easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted August 5, 2010 Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Hmm... a girl and a boy - well done! See if you can find one of those clear plastic business card holders, the ones you get from the printers when you get cards done, they are good for photographing small fish in, and have a lid if you have jumpers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted August 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2010 Hmm... a girl and a boy - well done! See if you can find one of those clear plastic business card holders, the ones you get from the printers when you get cards done, they are good for photographing small fish in, and have a lid if you have jumpers Aaah thats a great idea, Im sure if I search through some old boxes I have a couple some where. I think the male might be starting to get dropsy I have isolated him just to be sure. On a couple of the pics I took I can see what looks to be the scales lifting near the tail. Hes pooing fine, I gave him some pea this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 wow hes truely pale, the albinos i have all have some sort of patterning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 That's a neat guppy! Fingers Crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Almost looks like a panchax! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 He doesn't look sick to me in that photo. Those patterns on his scales look like just that, patterns. Do you have any side shots of the scales? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Almost looks like a panchax! Could be the distortion of the glass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Female gave birth to about 20 odd all albino, problem was they were all still born Any reasons as to why this might be? Shes only young still and that was her first birth, so I wonder if that played a part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 15, 2010 Report Share Posted September 15, 2010 Did you have her in a trap or isolation tank just for the drop? Remember that too much stress on a female and she can re absorb or prematurely drop. What are you feeding? how often? how many water changes weekly? tank conditions? Things we need to know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nymox Posted September 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2010 Shes in a tank with 4 other females and the albino male. Their diet is: Mealworms, Whiteworms, Daphnia (all live) and bloodworms (frozen) plus JBL Novabea Water changes are twice weekly, 34 ltr tank with a eheim internal filter rated up to 70 ltr tanks. Shes been raised in this tank from under half an hour old with her brother albino. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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