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By josh117 from the Diary department, Section Diaries Posted on Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:38:17 PM PST Tags: (all tags)

My guppies have the weirdest coloring I've ever seen: blonde tux female- slightly red on the tail, pink gravid spot blue male and female-change color snakeskin male-lost the snakeskin in him 3 snakeskin females-ugly blacktailed male and female- always breeding with each other. baby red snakeskins - females pregnant baby blue guppies - attacking their father baby red guppies - don't know who their father is baby reds' mom - in saltwater

My blond tux guppy grew exceptionally large for not being virgin. She's the biggest blond tux female I've ever seen. My 2 blue guppies recently became parents again due to stress but every baby is living happily with their parents -I still have all 25. The snake skin male lost all of his shining snake skin and is now just a regular guppy (although he.s 1 year old). Baby red snakeskins breed like crazy.
Baby red guppies were born yesterday in saltwater but I had to move them to fresh water because I didn't want to chance them getting eaten in saltwater. My black-tailed male and female became parents but my dwarf frog sat under her and ate them as they came out.

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Wierd Fish Tank | 4 comments (4 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Wow! Your guppies have certainly been busy. (none / 0) (#1)
by unclescott on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 06:34:48 AM PST

You have been too. :)

Is your blond female in a pretty spacious tank? Fish growth slows down as they become adults, but they never stop growing (at least until old age causes them to decline). Space + water changes + varied and plentiful feedings = big adults. Well done!

"baby red guppies - don't know who their father is." We might be surprised that fish can recognize kin by smell. Not that the father guppy cares too much. Male guppies, if they have been fed at all well, are a small threat to fry. They are too excited by the pheromones released by the female guppy and are courting her.

There are species though where a male will kill all of a female's other young, so that the only survivors are his. The great cats and even alley cats come immediately to mind.

"baby blue guppies - attacking their father." Feed them some live food. And happy father's day. ;)

"Baby red snakeskins breed like crazy." And how old are these "babies" at the moment? ;)

I'm impressed with your ability and effort to observe your fish and their birthing. I marvel at your restraint when the frog was devouring the fry. That certainly points out how we must be careful who are guppies' tankmates are, if we want any fry to survive.

By the bye, we all are often in too much of a hurry and make typos. I did a little proofing of what your wrote, but you know what you intended to say and would do the job best.

It is ok if you proof read what your write when you preview your post. It is a measure of your respect for your readers. And it gives a better idea of your real age. :)

All the best...

Re: Wow! Your guppies have certainly been busy. (none / 0) (#2)
by josh117 on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 07:15:08 PM PST

right now the big red female is in a breeder trap because i want all of her babies to survive, i have my 5 gallon dedicated to fry again because they are just dropping so many. i found 4 actual silver mollies and 2 white molly babies today after i emptied my 10 gallon of fish. the babies are about 1 month and a half old and the are breeding with the adults now. my frog is having trouble with hisgills and now has to use his nostrils above the water so he just floats now and I'm sure hes not dead even though hes hard to wake up from a sleep when you think hes dead. i observe my fish ALOT on a daily basis, tonight im suposed to have my big blonde tux give birth to japanese blue guppies and blonde tux guppies. this interesting

ps: my creamsicle molly is giving birth too.

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Boy! You run a tight schedule. Does the big (none / 0) (#3)
by unclescott on Mon Jul 23, 2007 at 08:42:27 PM PST

blond tux know that she is supposed to drop? :)

Teasing aside, are you logging all of this in a notebook or a computer file or at least on a calendar somewhere? You seem to be doing some serious calculating on due dates.

You mention a breeder trap, which I will bet is a breeder net. I mention that so that someone lurking doesn't confuse that with the little plastic boxes 'o death.

"...my frog is having trouble with his gills and now has to use his nostrils above the water...

If the frog is no longer a tadpole and has trouble with his gills, he is indeed in trouble! There are a few salamanders who retain their larval gills, but he should be working off of lungs by now.

With good water quality and in the case of temperate frogs in cool water, they can stay under an amazing time. Partly that is aided by the ability to absorb some oxygen through the skin. They evidently have capillaries very near the skin surface. There are a few fish (Rivulus for instance) that also have capillaries massed near the skin and in their case they may hang out above the water line for a time!

Frog and fish obviously have several things in common. One not so pleasing one is a common vulnerability to parasites like the Camallanus worms.

I thought about that today as I greeted the two green frogs that seem to have set up house-keeping in two of the Daphnia tubs. (I was counting fish - they are little brothers of bullfrogs.) It is probable that they are not afflicted with parasitic worms. If they do have Camallanus, they might have one of the several North American Camallanus species. Fish are, sort of, species specific in terms of what species of Camallanus they can get. However the C. cotti which afflicts both many tropical fish (certainly guppies and livebearers) and African frogs has been carried to many places in the US and infected fish there.

If someone is fed that Daphnia (which could ingest them as the worm larvae leave the frogs) and misses a drop (in the case of guppies) or lays no eggs when they should, they will be treated for Camallanus. I also often treat new fish at the end of quarantine for them. Better safe than sorry.

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Re: Boy! You run a tight schedule. Does the big (none / 0) (#4)
by josh117 on Tue Jul 24, 2007 at 08:06:16 AM PST

i had the blonde tux in a the breeder trap o death but i moved her to a netand she seems much happier. my frog is an african dwarf frog and he hasnt come up for air since i put some maricyn-tc in the water.
niether of the female gave birth last night but one in my saltwater did and she had already dumped her load a week ago. back when i got a half black guppy from and endler tank and a "mom and pop shop"she gave birth to 20 crossbreeds, the babies were mostly infertile but 4 of them live to breed and the males both died really quick. the females would give birth to like 30 a week it was to much to take care of until they died but thank god the 5 babies she had didnt birth like this.

ps:i know they were cross breeds because the males were so dwarf like and at adult hoodthey were the same exact size as endlers.

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