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Squealor
01-08-2007, 3:28 PM
So, I decided to go the natural route with my guppies (and not use birthing nets/contraptions) after suggestions from my other posts and it's definitely working! At any given time, I definitely see 4-5 little babies swimming about, but I'm sure there are more b/c they are so good at hiding in the ferns. My problem is that they are very small, very quick, and very good at hiding. How do you clean the tank or syphon water/gravel? Yesterday during my weekly water change, I was super careful (to the point where I wasn't doing nearly as good of a cleaning job), when I noticed that there was a little baby in the bucket. He survived and seemed ok, but I don't want to make it a habit!

Mgamer20o0
01-08-2007, 3:39 PM
survive of the fittest. i have a 120 with fry in it and its hard some times to miss them. when using the gravel vac i push them around and scare them away so i can clean.

pl*co
01-08-2007, 7:48 PM
You can put some fine mesh netting over the end of the tube. Keeps the curious little buggers out.