How long has any one kept a fancy guppy ?

i find guppies are not hardy fish, though some sites and people say they are.

i find goldfish to be hardy fish, though many sites and people say they need intensive and delicate care.

i guess they have(goldfish) survive well cos they have so little aggression. my oscars died a lot, many due to my current guy who likes to beat up practically anything, including oscars almost its size.

heh, is it just me or u people face the same too?
 
Originally posted by famman
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?
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it is true, when you add dechlorinator to water with chloramines it releases ammonia. if you suspect this to be the case i think a simple test like dechlorinating a bucket of water and testing it for ammonia might show the presense of chloramines. or possibly using a better dechlorinator, or something specific for the chloramines, maybe something like "amquel"........

unfortunately i seriously doubt this is the case in my situation tho.
 
Guppies are hardy because they are found in drains,it is strange those in aquariums don't live as long as the ones in drains and ponds,maybe because of lack of salt?They are brackish,most people think they are FW.
 
. The one i have in my 20g tank has lived for aout 3 months and is doing prety good, and my others lived about 1 month :(, but still, ive got the feeling this one is gonna live for a while :) oh yeah and another thing, mine has lived through about a 95% water change when he lived in the 5 gallon
 
Sorry Serrateeth_2002 but you are mistaken. Guppies are not a brackish water fish. Perhaps you find some in that sort of water where you live but that is not their naturel habitat. Guppies are from freshwater in their original naturel habitat. Yes they are very hardy particularly in the wild form. They can tolerate salt which does not mean they are brackish. The problem with fancy guppies has more to do with where and how they are produced then anything else. These fish are bred in large numbers in places like Singapore, where a lot of different foods are used, like bloodworms and such which may contain harmful organisms. Another practice seems to be to feed the fish steroids so they colour up quickly. We know the kinds of problems this causes in humans so imagine what it does in fish. Buy locally bred fancy guppies, keep them under great conditions and see how long they last. I just looked into what my oldest guppy truly is and it is an albino female that I recieved 26 months ago. She was very young at the time, less then a month though. The main problem with keeping guppies healthy and long is the enviroments they are kept in.
 
You must be talking about feeders,it is better to keep them in brackish i mean,they tend to grow white rings around the eyes that look like fungus,salt inhibits the growth.Fancy breeds are line bred A grade fish+A grade fish=A grade fish,pure wild strains are much hardier than line bred ones.
 
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