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My Albino Guppies


Keri Anne

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Wow, I haven't been on this thread for a while.

Updates:

-The female that I tried to bread with that beautiful male got really fat then died instead of having babies.

-That male was shifted into another tank and disappeared when I had to go away and trust the flatmate to feed my fish.

-I have since successfully crossed one of my female albinos with a Blonde male with orange colouration... said female gave me seven fry and promptly died.

Current count: 4 Albino females and seven non-albino fry that carry the gene. Fry are 4 days old.

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ok, but anyway some kind of variety :)

And 1 more thing would like to ask

I am willing to put my guppies outdoors - i have a 1200L tank in the summerhouse, but the temperature is quite low here yet

We have +15 C in the afternoon and something about +7 at night

What do you guys think is it ok or should i wait a week or two?

As far as i know guppies can handle +10 water temperature...

Here is our weather

http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/26422.htm

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Good pics! I would not put the guppies outside in those temperatures. They might cope with 10+ but that doesn't mean it is good for them, or that they will breed. Minimum temperature I would suggest should be 15C but preferably 18C. Others may disagree though :lol:

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ok, but anyway some kind of variety :)

And 1 more thing would like to ask

I am willing to put my guppies outdoors - i have a 1200L tank in the summerhouse, but the temperature is quite low here yet

We have +15 C in the afternoon and something about +7 at night

What do you guys think is it ok or should i wait a week or two?

As far as i know guppies can handle +10 water temperature...

Here is our weather

http://www.gismeteo.ru/towns/26422.htm

If you can keep the conditions stable they should be ok. I'd be insulating the tank round the sides exposed to sun & or non viewing areas if putting it anywhere subject to temperature fluctuations.

Cant see it being a good idea without heating though & as I assume you'll have a filter of some sort running (you might want to lag your plumbing) power shouldn't be an issue.

Personally... I'd avoid sun.

I had thought of putting guppies outside in a heavily insulated tank myself at one stage (no room in lounge) but was looking at double or triple glazing for the exposed glass & arranging so no direct sun.

All the literature I've seen suggests avoid drafts near tanks... I looked a while back at a project to put about a 1000 litre tank outside but I think they opted for goldfish in the end due to simplicity & hadn't double glazed / insulated when it was built, that tank I'd expect to be exposed to as low as -10 celcius.

White Clouds would handle it (had some outside temp was over 30 at one stage & down to 8 with about a 5 degree day/night fluctuation at a guess).

None of the plants I had with them survived but young white clouds did well fed entirely by daphnia growing in the tank.

Albino guppies... I had an Albino Cobra pattern male but he didn't produce offspring (not that I've seen yet anyway) & seems to have expired recently while I was away... I'll keep an eye out he may be still about.

If anyone is looking for large volumes of mixed guppies I have about 2000 at various stages... photos pretty blurry so far I'm waiting for a photographer friend to upgrade her digital camera gear & hopefully will get some decent photos soon.

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