Got my guppies!

[LizStreithorst]

I picked them up at the Post Office this morning before work, got then home and tanked, tossed them a small amount of BBS, and hustled to get to work on time.  Now that I'm back home and had some time to look at them carefully I really really like them.  I'm going to be needing more tanks when I have fry

[Mugwump]

That's great !!...have fun..

[greydragon]

thats a big problem we get a few  new fish and BOOM we need so many more tanks for the kids to grow in

[LizStreithorst]

But these are small fish and they don't require large tanks

[wsantia1]

Good luck with your Guppies Liz.

[BillT]

Good luck with the guppies. They are fun.

But these are small fish and they don't require large tanks

Doing livebearers can require lots of tanks though.

Some of the phenotypes are graded not all of just on or off. This requires choosing among the progeny each generation and separating some to breed the next generation.

Females can store sperm so it good to separate the sexes before they start breeding (as juveniles), if you want to get progeny only from the cross you set-up..

[LizStreithorst]

Thanks Willie and Bill.  The albinos, especially  the blue ones really turn me on.

[Ron Sower]

Many years ago I bought a trio of an award winning guppy strain from from Lou Wasserman out of Van Nuys, CA. At that time he was a noted guppy breeder and won just about every gupy competition there was. One of the things that he promoted when he sold guppies is to feed the fry every 2 hours, but only a little bit at a time. It produced fast growth and strong fish. It makes sense really, because most parents feed their young very often through the day.

So when I got up in the mornings I fed them a couple times before I went to work and when I go home i immediately went to the fish room and started feeding them every 1.5-2 hours until I went to bed.

It's good that today we have foods like that which Repashy makes. They can graze on it all day long just like they would in nature. (I wonder how long a delta tail guppy would survive in nature???)

I looked up information about him on line a few months ago. Seems like he got out of the hobby/business because he had done and won all there was. I suppose he was bored.

[big b]

I looked up information about him on line a few months ago. Seems like he got out of the hobby/business because he had done and won all there was. I suppose he was bored.

Aww really? He could have made some good money on his guppies if he had continued to win contests and sell them.

[LizStreithorst]

Hey, My Captain, the guppies really like the Bug.

[Rjb3]

LMK when you're ready for powdered food.