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BABY FISHIES | 5 comments (5 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Congratulations on the fry! That observation (none / 0) (#3)
by New Guppy Momma on Wed Nov 07, 2007 at 05:23:47 PM PST

No light can get into the room. The window is blocked by a giant ac unit. And the door looks out at a blank wall. (OLD mobile home, early 70's. No windows in the hall :)
More than likely the algae is due to an overabundance of nutrients. More frequent water changes should help. That and the fry will probably snack on it.

As for the fry they seem to have no fear of their Mom and she seems to pay them no attention when looking for food. I try to feed them 3-4 times a day so the fry get enough to eat. I'm doing every other day 20% water changes right now to try and keep the nutrients down. I also got to talk to the fish dude at the pet store and he said they will probably take gups as trade for plants or maybe other fish.
I so want to set up my Beast. I probably will in the spring if we haven't moved by then. If we move I'll set it up once we get un-packed. Blueberry and her offspring would have tons of room in there.

Well the kids are off to dream land so I guess I better follow. This time change has us all messed up. My little one (5 next week) now gets up around 5:30am and goes to bed around 6pm. I'm trying to get her straightened out but she's a stubborn one.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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That is an interesting point about the fry (none / 0) (#4)
by unclescott on Thu Nov 08, 2007 at 09:10:04 AM PST

feeding on or from the algae. Being omnivores they probably do take some of the soft algae. They are also feeding upon microscopic stuff (protists, rotifers, diatoms, critters like Vorticella which are invisible to most of us.

http://www.microscope-microscope.org/gallery/Mark-Simmons/pages/vorticella.htm
(click on side arrows)
http://plantphys.info/organismal/lechtml/protista.html
http://www.hikingwithafieldmicroscope.com/00%20CONTENTS/05%20Salt%20Flats/Salt%20Flats.html
those bacterial colonies are in good part what brine shrimp eat. And some of the colonies are versions of our old "friends" the Cyanobacteria!

Brine shrimp scooper in a Bay area (CA) salt pond.
http://baytrail.abag.ca.gov/vtour/map2/access/Menlo/Scoop.JPG

Well, I've been having fun jumping from topic to topic on Google. But there is more than meets the eye in many waters. Sometimes pretty scruffy looking ponds and fish tanks, if they have relatively clean water, will be great food sources for fry.

When harvesting stuff in the "wild" be forewarned that in harvesting food animals, it is also easy to harvest their predators. Some of those predators, when small, are also good fry food. However as they get larger the tables can be turned on the fry and in the case of water beetles and dragonfly larvae, even adult guppies!!

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disappearing fry !!!!! (none / 0) (#5)
by New Guppy Momma on Wed Nov 14, 2007 at 05:24:45 AM PST

We are, at last count yesterday, down to 5 very fast, very smart little fry. I'm guessing there were some sick, slow ones. Momma doesn't seem bothered or interested in the ones left. They in turn seem to stay a bit away from her now.

I can't wait to see how she treats her next batch. Altho the fry now might be big enough to snack on their newborn siblings. YIKES. May have to get that other tank set up soon. Then the fry get moved over at 3 weeks. Or maybe just the females.

HMMMMMM.......:) Gotta stop thinking.
Before all else fails....do a 25% water change ;)
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BABY FISHIES | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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