How long has any one kept a fancy guppy ?
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The fun thing about guppies is seeing them run for their lifes,being chased by a predator then being chomped on and seeing the remains getting spit out by the predator,Is it just me or does anybody else thinks so,IMO guppies are boring without anything eating them.
haha. such cruelty. i only do that to ugly fish or maybe something that i don't want.
i don't know why i used to give dead fish from my other tanks to my oscar, now i don't do it any more as i just realized death could be caused by disease and i don't want my oscar to be unhealthy.
sorry for straying away from topic. i kept my guppy for many months, but they're not so hardy in indoor tanks IMHO. but i've seen guppys in the outdoors doing superbly well.
there's this friend of mine who has plenty of guppies outdoor, but when he took a few into his indoor aquarium it died really soon.
it's really not a water parameter issue since the outdoor water was not maintained in the 1st place, it's more like a natural pond of water. no filtration no nothing. just water and fish.
hehe..........i guess guppies are powered by sunlight.
i don't know why i used to give dead fish from my other tanks to my oscar, now i don't do it any more as i just realized death could be caused by disease and i don't want my oscar to be unhealthy.
sorry for straying away from topic. i kept my guppy for many months, but they're not so hardy in indoor tanks IMHO. but i've seen guppys in the outdoors doing superbly well.
there's this friend of mine who has plenty of guppies outdoor, but when he took a few into his indoor aquarium it died really soon.
it's really not a water parameter issue since the outdoor water was not maintained in the 1st place, it's more like a natural pond of water. no filtration no nothing. just water and fish.
hehe..........i guess guppies are powered by sunlight.
The longest I have had a guppy survive for was 18 monthes. That is pretty good for them but I think the most is about 3 years.
I have some females that have to be about 1 and a half to 2 years olds,The males usually last about a year or less.The males seem to die early then the females.Not sure why but I do have few that are about a year and a half.They do better with a low populated tank.A lot has to do with your original stock.That is my take what about everyone else?
My females live for a little over a year. The males last about a year or a little less, it seems.
i have had very little luck with them personally. they are nowhere near as hardy as any of my other fish. it seems like if you look at them funny they float. heh, they remind me of oto's. =/
i have some females still surviving from a guppy breeding experiment for feeders, but they only seem to last me a month or 2, i'm not totally sure why the last set of males died, but they only seemed to last about a month actually. maybe the tank needs to be nuked or something, it had snakeheads and alot of feeders go through it over time, maybe something i cant see was left behind. when mine die it seems to be around water changes generally, but i have since changed the substrate and totally cleaned the tank with water in it, as i suspected there was bad bacteria in the substrate at one time. i also run the water to flush the pipes and use the right temp water with stresscoat as dechlorinator, occasionally a little salt. the readings all seem to be normal.......
i never lose fish in any of the other tanks, even around water changes........
i would be interested in everyone else experiences as it seems impossible for me to get it right with them.
i have some females still surviving from a guppy breeding experiment for feeders, but they only seem to last me a month or 2, i'm not totally sure why the last set of males died, but they only seemed to last about a month actually. maybe the tank needs to be nuked or something, it had snakeheads and alot of feeders go through it over time, maybe something i cant see was left behind. when mine die it seems to be around water changes generally, but i have since changed the substrate and totally cleaned the tank with water in it, as i suspected there was bad bacteria in the substrate at one time. i also run the water to flush the pipes and use the right temp water with stresscoat as dechlorinator, occasionally a little salt. the readings all seem to be normal.......
i never lose fish in any of the other tanks, even around water changes........
i would be interested in everyone else experiences as it seems impossible for me to get it right with them.
I have 2 fancy male guppies that I can't kill no matter what I do wrong. They maintain the quarantine tank.
Otos on the other hand I kill no matter how much care I take. They always die during water changes.
I have recently heard that when you add dechloraminator to water with chloramine it will release ammonia. If this is true it might explain my sudden oto deaths. Has anyone else heard this or had similiar experiences?
Otos on the other hand I kill no matter how much care I take. They always die during water changes.
I have recently heard that when you add dechloraminator to water with chloramine it will release ammonia. If this is true it might explain my sudden oto deaths. Has anyone else heard this or had similiar experiences?