FW guppies

[Sara7814]

ok i went to a pet store.. and i hope that i dont sound to stupid.. but have you guys seen fw fan tail guppies???

i thought they were so stinkin cute... they were all different colors and just the way they moved was very neat.

[theplatypus]

They make great food for Oscars and their kind. LOL

[Sara7814]

awwww poor things..
not the answer i was looking for..but it work i suppose

[Wiskey]

Because of the way they are bread they often die fast, however if you get a male and female they also breed fast so the trick is to get a bunch of babies before the male dies. Then the babies (since they are not raised in a sterile envrioment full of meds) will be much hardier.

They are really cool fish, I bought some years ago, when I first started and still have a bunch of the babies on something like their 50'th generation

Whiskey

[Sara7814]

wow...thats cool

now how come they die fast?

[icebear]

i love fancy guppies. they generally don't live more than a couple years, i think its just a metabolisim thing, they basically live to make babies and they do that a few times and its mostly over.

i have about 5 big males and 4 females.... normally its better to have more girls (so the boys don't chase them to death) but i've had a hard time finding a lot of really nice females that havn't been obviously treated with hormones to make them appear almost as colorful as males.

[Sara7814]

thats cool. what is our set up for having them?? size tank, filters, etc?

[Wiskey]

Originally Posted by Sara7814

wow...thats cool

now how come they die fast?

They tend to die fast because they are bread in a stearile envryoment, they don't develop a good immune system as fry and theirfore are very prone to whatever. That is what was said in "Ecology of the planted aquariam a scientific treatisy" anyway. The book said it better though.

Whiskey

[icebear]

Originally Posted by Sara7814

thats cool. what is our set up for having them?? size tank, filters, etc?

i have them in a mixed community lightly planted tank of 30 gallons. i have platys and a male betta with 4 female bettas, some glofish danios, an african butterfly fish and a pair of cory cats, and a lone rosy barb that was dropped off at work and needed a home.

i have a few melon sword plants and some anubias in a prepared planted tank substrate and i filter with a basic hang-on filter....a marineland duo and just use the basic carbon/floss inserts.

[Sara7814]

thanks