PENEJANE Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Hi there everyone. I have been getting a lot of information from this site and have found that its a really great place to hear other peoples views on the same subject. I set up my first ever tropical tank over the easter break and added my first lot of fish (black tux guppy) today. I have been searching the net and checking out sites from all over the place on caring for guppies and have noticed that there is a lot of very beautiful colours available. I have got a 90ltr (23gallon) tank 60cmW 50cmH and 30cmD. pH around 7.0-7.5 and themp of 24-25C. It hasn't been 24 hrs yet and I can't stop watching them. I have noticed that the 4 females are possibly pregnant and can't wait to see if I manage to keep any fry. Thanks for your time and look forward to meeting some of you real soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_guy Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 welcome penejane join us in the chatroom most nights around 9 hope to see you there anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 critter guy thanks for the welcome. Unfortunatly our computer has just gone through a rebuild so I don't have mIRC loaded/installed at the moment but if you can tell me what server its on and what the room is called I will do my best to try and make it there one night Hopefully things will get sorted over the weekend. Cheers and thanks again for the welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lucid Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 hi penejane and welcome, The guppies sound nice, and if you are interested in guppies and livebearers, you may want to check out www.poecillia.net.nz Also if you want to chat but don't have mirc you can use the icon at the top of this page just to the left of the logon page, and all it takes is a small download to get access. B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillz Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Welcome aboard. Sounds like you well and truley have the bug already Look forward to getting to know you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 LOL thanks Phillz I can remember when I was a little girl we used to go down to the lake and I was told from my mother that the little fish we saw in the water was guppies. They weren't anything like these fancy guppies and lived in cold water same as goldfish. I have always liked going into the pet store and apart from the kittens and puppies I would spend ages looking and watching the fish and all the different varieties of fish about but what always caught my eye was the tropical guppies. Reason being for this is the so many different vibrant colours you can get them in. I admit that my black tux guppies ain't much to look at but they still look awesome. Thanks for the welcome Phillz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Welcome. How many fish have you added? Do you understand about cycling a tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Welcome to the Fishroom PeneJane, The Guppies are great to start off with, and are such an under-rated fish by many who can't see the amazing beauty in such a small package Three of the deadly sins if you are just starting out.. Don't overfeed Don't over stock in the early stages. Don't rush.. it takes a lot of patience to get things right. Bill:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustcooktea Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Welcome! It's great to hear that you have been doing so much research. Your fish will love you for it! I have only recently caught the fish bug (through my children) and I would also love a guppy tank. I look forward to hearing your progress and seeing photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted April 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Thanks everyone. So far all I have got in my tank is 6 guppies (4 F and 2 M). They get fed morning and night on flakes. At the moment I am just trying my best to keep the ones I got alive even tho my females are all pregnant lol I just thought that being new to this whole thing it would be great to be involved in such forums. Loads of info everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Welcome to the site. Female guppys are always pregnant if there are males in the tank. Dont worry to hard about the little guys there very hardy fish, and it always seems to me when i worry about a fish it ends up dieing in some way. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Hi and welcome...isn't this such good fun!?! Good luck with the guppies.....from my mothers days of keeping fish years ago I remembered guppies as being hardy wee things but I haven't had a lot of luck with mine so far. The male I have is beautiful he was very ordinary when we first got him but has matured over the last few weeks...and if our albino guppy isn't pregnant by now she damned well ought to be! She has never been a particularly happy fish she was pregnant before but we missed scooping her up in time we never saw her have her babies i actually thought she had about a week to go....but next time we looked she was skinny...being albino she didn'ty have a positive black spot...it was more a pinkish spot which one of our pale platties has now.... (I have just put her in a breeding box thing because she looks pop-able...but she doesn't like it in there much and she has been in there for 24 hours now and nothing has happened. She certainly isn't as fat as the ones that were shown on this site a day or so back....but I am looking for that right angle look that Alan (I think it was Alan) said to look for and I figure she can't be far off. why am I waffling? sorry....anyway welcome...hope you have a great time with your fish. keep us informed of how the breeding goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PENEJANE Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Thanks for the welcome Shelly I have tried to take some pictures of my fish but they seem to always swim to the opposite corner of the tank and hide behind the filter tubes lol So when we get the computer net work up and going again I can upload my pictures and see how they have turned out. If any of them are worth looking at I will see about posting them up on here so you can see my little family. I don't have any albino guppies or anything like that yet. I have seen some very beautiful images of albino guppies and wouldn't mind having a couple eventually but being in invercargill and all we only got a couple of fish shops about and that means limited selection of fish. Once again thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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