Comments on: help with my guppy fry please 10 pionts best awnswer? http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/ Aquarium sharing blog and videos Fri, 25 May 2012 06:28:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: BigNorsk http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/comment-page-1/#comment-53210 BigNorsk Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:45:14 +0000 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/#comment-53210 I suspect your breeder has too much going on in it for the amount of water circulation, and I'm guessing the reason they look beat up is the fungus or bacteria that are killing them make them look beat up right away after death. It really sounds like you have too many in the breeder. I'd say move half or better to the bowl, add and airstone if you can or else change half the water daily. And leave the other half in the breeder for awhile longer, if you can at least take a cup and pour water through the breeder a couple of times a day that will help flush the waste out. It'd be great if you could get another tank. If you aren't going to do that. I'd probably just plant the tank well and let survive what survives, you already have too many fish if you save them all for your current tank. Alternatively, cull most of them now and just leave a few to grow out. Marv I suspect your breeder has too much going on in it for the amount of water circulation, and I’m guessing the reason they look beat up is the fungus or bacteria that are killing them make them look beat up right away after death.

It really sounds like you have too many in the breeder.

I’d say move half or better to the bowl, add and airstone if you can or else change half the water daily.

And leave the other half in the breeder for awhile longer, if you can at least take a cup and pour water through the breeder a couple of times a day that will help flush the waste out.

It’d be great if you could get another tank. If you aren’t going to do that. I’d probably just plant the tank well and let survive what survives, you already have too many fish if you save them all for your current tank.

Alternatively, cull most of them now and just leave a few to grow out.

Marv

]]> By: hottamalee33 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/comment-page-1/#comment-53209 hottamalee33 Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:07:19 +0000 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/#comment-53209 Breeder nets are the worst containers to keep fry in as they hold stagnant water which is why your fish are dying. Changing the tank water with fry in it is another problem as baby fish are very sensitive to water changes. Plus you have too many fry in such a small space. You must siphon the water out in the breeder net and put water from the tank back into it. Also any food that the fry does not eat is just sitting in the breeder net and since the water is stagnant....your fry is being exposed to deadly ammonia. Uneaten food must be removed from the net. You will continue to lose fry if you allow them to stay in the net too long. I use a cheap plastic container to hold my guppy fry and I get their water from the main tank so I dont have to worry about them needing aeration. I also change the water every other day and the guppies are only fed in the morning and at night so there is never uneaten food in their container. Currently I have 45 guppy fry and I only lost 2. One was deformed at birth and the other was sick when it was born as it never swam around only sat at the bottom of the container while the rest swam around pooping and looking for food. Cpngrats on your fry though! Breeder nets are the worst containers to keep fry in as they hold stagnant water which is why your fish are dying. Changing the tank water with fry in it is another problem as baby fish are very sensitive to water changes. Plus you have too many fry in such a small space. You must siphon the water out in the breeder net and put water from the tank back into it. Also any food that the fry does not eat is just sitting in the breeder net and since the water is stagnant….your fry is being exposed to deadly ammonia. Uneaten food must be removed from the net. You will continue to lose fry if you allow them to stay in the net too long. I use a cheap plastic container to hold my guppy fry and I get their water from the main tank so I dont have to worry about them needing aeration. I also change the water every other day and the guppies are only fed in the morning and at night so there is never uneaten food in their container. Currently I have 45 guppy fry and I only lost 2. One was deformed at birth and the other was sick when it was born as it never swam around only sat at the bottom of the container while the rest swam around pooping and looking for food. Cpngrats on your fry though!

]]> By: Marsha Mellow http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/comment-page-1/#comment-53208 Marsha Mellow Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:36:58 +0000 http://aquarium-fishtalk.com/help-with-my-guppy-fry-please-10-pionts-best-awnswer/#comment-53208 They could be picking on each other so I would suggest putting them in two different tanks. At least get two separate breeding nets. They could be picking on each other so I would suggest putting them in two different tanks. At least get two separate breeding nets.

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