Well, first of all:
I have more guppy fry! This time I am keeping them in the community tank to see for future reference if they can survive. I had virtually no hiding spots in my tank but I spottend them shortly after birth and was able to put in some hiding spots before they were eaten. i put in lots of little things like the lid and removeable bottom of a breeder tank, an old plastic plant, some fry screen etc. i have spotted about 10 still alive and swimming about happily in the tank amongst the adults who, surprisingly, seem to take no notice to them. maybe they cann’t see them?
Next, I went to the petshop again today!
This time i picked up a few things, mainly for the benifit of my guppy fry.
Sponge filter:
I got a sponge filter to use untill my guppy fry get a little (or a lot) bigger. it’s a pretty big one! The box says it’s an Aqua One FilterAir 136. it’s the biggest one they had available at the pet store and cost me AU$20.00.
Fake Plants:
These are plastic and bushy. they came in a pack of four. Their length is adjustable, the stem is a click-together kind of a design. It looks kind of like foxtail, but there is more than one variety of plant, all are slightly different shape and colour.
HBH brand ‘BABY BITES’
This is a very fine powder like substance. It’s apparantly really good for developing fish. Here are just a few of the ingredients:
Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids, fish meal, krill meal, squid meal, calcium and a whole heap of different kinds of vitamins.
Sound good? The person at the pet store seemed to know what he was doing. He highly reccomended it to me and said that he knows many professional breeders that buy it regularly. while it is a small container, you only need such a tiny bit each feeding. it will last me for months! When they get big enough I will treat the whole tank to some live bloodworm, brine shrimp or maybe some white worms. I don’t know too much about them but the pet store said they usually carry them. I also have freeze dried bloodworms they get fed a few times a week. I really hope at least a couple of these fry grow up to be healthy!
So, anyway, now my tank is pretty much fully equiped. Filtration is provided, there are many hiding spots through out the tank and I have a variety of foods on hand. Bunch of pretty lucky guppies if you ask me!
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