Guppies Are in Brackish

[Beth777]

When I buy a new camera.

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[JCrizz]

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[Beth777]

Well, Crizz loaded me up with a bunch of fry. We shall see how it goes. I stayed up until 5:00am and slow dripped them for nearly 2hrs. Maybe it was 2hrs. They look so nice and they love the biofilm on the prefilter sponge. There's some molly's in there too and of course I'm super excited about them. My 2 adult boys aren't bothering the babies because they're too busy messing with eachother. The orange male came from Crizz and I've raised him from a little fry. I have some hope.

[Beth777]

I swear Crizz and I went out on Sunday and I brought some home from petsmart, slow dripped for about 2hrs, put them in the tank and in about 5hrs the girl laid down and died. BUT, and it's a big BUT, not BUTT, when I put her in the tank I noticed she was bleeding on her side. She either got hurt while being caught and bagged, or maybe one of those evil boys did something to her. And she was a really pretty girl. Prettier than most. The boys appear to be doing great. For now.

Someone on here should give me some impossible to maintain fish. They would probably be a breeze compared to these darn guppies.lol

Can't wait to set up my 20gal death chamber. It will be gorgeous until they all decide to drop dead, one by one. Then maybe I'll give up.

Just her luck with guppies [emoji1]


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[ptran]

Is it possible to ban her from all the local fish and animal stores?

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Just her luck with guppies [emoji1]


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[Beth777]

You keep taking me!

Is it possible to ban her from all the local fish and animal stores?

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[JCrizz]

Yeah, I'm going SUPER slow. It's taken days for me to get 1/2tsp of marine salt in there. Added some new guys and spent hours slow dripping. The female is swimming around but the boys are all hudled in the corner with their noses at the top of the water. I just jave a small whisper filter on there so I'm wondering if I should get another air pump tomorrow. Or maybe just move a larger filter to that 10gal. Wonder how many of them will be dead in the morning. Darn guppies!! Lost one of Crizz's girls today. I swear one day they're swimming, playing, eating, and the next day they just drop dead. NEVER dealt with any thing like this.

Is it possible to ban her from all the local fish and animal stores?

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[Beth777]

Found a great Q & A by my hero Neale Monks. It appears that since I'm going to be on the really low end of brackish that I might not need to be so concerned about my bacteria. I remember when I converted the 30gal from FW to brackish for my GSP that I did it super slow and never had any problems with parameters.

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/brackishsubwebindex/20qsbrmonks.htm

[Beth777]

Yeah, I'm going SUPER slow. It's taken days for me to get 1/2tsp of marine salt in there. Added some new guys and spent hours slow dripping. The female is swimming around but the boys are all hudled in the corner with their noses at the top of the water. I just jave a small whisper filter on there so I'm wondering if I should get another air pump tomorrow. Or maybe just move a larger filter to that 10gal. Wonder how many of them will be dead in the morning. Darn guppies!! Lost one of Crizz's girls today. I swear one day they're swimming, playing, eating, and the next day they just drop dead. NEVER dealt with any thing like this.

Make sure to keep an eye on the tank parameters when you are transitioning to brackish. The tank will try to recycle all over again.

[Beth777]

I'm coming over tomorrow...

It can't exactly go any worse...:icon_hang:

[Beth777]

That's super nice of you! I wish you lived closer to me.

If you need any cycled brackish media, I can always pull some out of my 240 system to get you stable and going.

[kv9tb]

If you need any cycled brackish media, I can always pull some out of my 240 system to get you stable and going.

[JCrizz]

It can't exactly go any worse...:icon_hang:

[ptran]

Make sure to keep an eye on the tank parameters when you are transitioning to brackish. The tank will try to recycle all over again.

[Beth777]

Oh, and I think brackish is easy to do. The first time I tried it, it seemed overwhleming until I got the hang of it and confident about what I was doing.