Darn Guppies!

[troy tucker]

I love my pea's. And Yes I have been breeding fish for years. I still have 3 proven breeding pairs and waiting on 3 others to start breeding.
As for making money at it. It keeps me in the hobby. I run a really low budget set-up.

[JCrizz]

I have a pure strain bluegrass, and I isolated the babies when they were born. Unfortunately, I moved them all into the main tank when I got the T&T guppies so I could use the 10 as a qt. I'm not super serious about it right now, but I really enjoy watching them grow up and how their colors develop. The babies are still pure, but I didn't think I'm going to continue to breed them for the time being. I took my 10 gallon down when I got the 20. I am planning on keeping the 10 gallon though.

Currently, I'm SUPER into my new pea puffers! They are so cute and dangerous! Lol

Do you breed fish? It seems both enjoyable and a pain in the rear. It would be nice to make a little money off the hobby though. I'm kind of torn...

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[troy tucker]

Didn't you know? I'm a master guppy breeder!!!!! :grin:

I really do need a bigger tank for them all.

Do you really want to be a Master Guppy Breeder? If you do. You don't need a bigger tank. You need More tanks. If you are breeding. Your guppies must be pure. For that you need 4 tanks for each color type.

[JCrizz]

Yip, they're taking over your house! [emoji38]

I really do need a bigger tank for them all. I'm going to go crazy one day and just tell everyone on here to come pick them up! Lol

Maybe just the platys, I don't know that I could give my guppies away!

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[Beth777]

Yip, they're taking over your house!

Didn't you know? I'm a master guppy breeder!!!!!

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[JCrizz]

I'm not holding my breath but my sick male is still hanging in there and eating. My psycho killer, better know as The Blood, that is still isolated in his own tank is still doing fantastic. My other 2 males that were sick, and I thought for sure that one of them would die, seem to be all healed and doing well. The girls, which came from Crizz, look fine.

Didn't you know? I'm a master guppy breeder!!!!!

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[Beth777]

I'm not holding my breath but my sick male is still hanging in there and eating. My psycho killer, better know as The Blood, that is still isolated in his own tank is still doing fantastic. My other 2 males that were sick, and I thought for sure that one of them would die, seem to be all healed and doing well. The girls, which came from Crizz, look fine.

[Beth777]

Could this be because Crizz changed out all of his gravel for sand? Could it have upset the bacteria? When I first changed my gravel for sand I did half the tank and waited a week before I did the rest.

[Beth777]

Pick'n on me today are we? Just wait until tomorrow.

Yes, I used the api liquid test. More accurate than the strips. I also agree with you... You're no expert!

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[JCrizz]

Yes, I used the api liquid test. More accurate than the strips. I also agree with you... You're no expert!

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[Beth777]

Wait and see what the experts say but I've never added fish to a tank until I have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite and some nitrates that show. Some people on other forums say that .25 really won't hurt the fish. Are you doing liquid tests?

It was between 0-.25 I have trouble reading the colors on the chart sometimes.

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[JCrizz]

Oh! You have ammonia??? Not good!

It was between 0-.25 I have trouble reading the colors on the chart sometimes.

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[Beth777]

Oh! You have ammonia??? Not good!

7.2, .25 ammonia, 0 nitrites. My nitrates were high, but I haven't retested since my water change yesterday. The confusing thing to me is none of my other fish in the tank are having any issues.

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[Beth777]

The more I think about it the more upset I'm getting about the new sick guppy. He has that same hazy looking saddle on his back that one of my females had. There hasn't been any signs of ich in the tank for days. Do you guys think it's likely bacterial? I know I'm asking you to make a wild guess with no pic. The spot is not fuzzy.

[JCrizz]

7.2, .25 ammonia, 0 nitrites. My nitrates were high, but I haven't retested since my water change yesterday. The confusing thing to me is none of my other fish in the tank are having any issues.

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