Karackle's guppy/endler experiment RIP - taken down in preparation for moving

[sewingalot]

Happy Day! Babies!!! They do look larger than guppy babies. Looks like your breeder tank is getting more plants in it as well!

[Karackle]

Thanks! They do seem bigger don't they? And yes, more plants! LauraLeeLLBP VERY nicely sent me some of her extra guppy grass to put in the tank, she also sent me some extra sunset hygro she had which I planted in my 30g to replace the red foxtail that was only doing well on the top 3 inches, so I pulled those stems and put the fluffy healthy top bits into the guppy tank as well and now the babies have more places to hide!

[Karackle]

Came home after a week away and there are LOTS of babies now! All different sizes! I'm so excited to see what colors they start turning into! I don't think the biggest female has dropper her fry yet, so when she does there should be TONS in there

Guppy grass and flame moss are growing really well giving the babies lots of places to hide. The roots on the duckweed are starting to get longer too. Just need to get some red root floater or another floater that grows nice long roots and I think it'll be perfect in there for babies

[lauraleellbp]

Have you tried letting any of that Sunset Hygro float? I think it looks really nice as a floater; what I sent you had been floating in my 46gal for about a month...

[sewingalot]

I want pictures!

[Karackle]

LauraLee - i haven't really tried floating the hygro, i planted it in all of my other tanks I can't remember if I left any little pieces floating in there though, i'll have to check If it doesn't take in my 20g though, I'll probably pop it into this tank

Sewing - hahahaha i'll try to get some, none of the babies have any color yet though, they're still too small, but i'll see what i can do

[Natty]

Originally Posted by sewingalot

I want pictures!

Kyle should make this mandatory....
Picture>Text...at least in most cases.

[sewingalot]

Baby fry are cute and I NEED to see them! Natty's right on this one, with your journal, I need pictures. Withdrawing......will....have....to....call in sick.....

[Complexity]

Super congratulations on all your fry! I want pictures, too. Even if they are colorless, they're still cute!

Any idea how many fry you have now?

[Karackle]

Hahahahaa ok ok ok! Then pictures you all will get!

I'll take and post some tonight! (Sorry for the delay....holiday season + grad school applications = Kara hasn't been online / photographing her tanks much recently )

I'm not sure on a head count but I'd say 15-20? So no, not hundreds yet or anything....but a fair few! And I think the last large female has yet to drop...it's hard to say though because a) i'm awful at eyeballing numbers and b) there's LOTS of hiding places in the tank now!

[Karackle]

Alrighty, you asked for them! Here are baby pictures. None of them are very good....the babies were not staying in one place for me and the camera kept focusing on the plants instead of the fish, but here's what I got, enjoy!













And a quick FTS....please excuse the lighting I forgot to move it up slightly for the picture and please excuse the bottom...this was taken right after feeding and before a much overdo siphoning.

But I wanted to show how the duckweed, moss and guppy grass have filled in!



Enjoy!!!

[lauraleellbp]

Hellooooo guppy grass! Is that now about 2x the amount I sent you? Give it another month and you won't be able to find the tank... LOL

Can't wait for the babies to start showing some color...

[Karackle]

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

Hellooooo guppy grass! Is that now about 2x the amount I sent you? Give it another month and you won't be able to find the tank... LOL

Hahahahahhaa it's definitely at LEAST doubled from what you sent me! In another month I might be able to find the tank, but I doubt I'll be able to find the fish!!!

Originally Posted by lauraleellbp

Can't wait for the babies to start showing some color...

You and me both!!!!!

I seem to have an inordinately large number of girls though....

I did discover a tiny boy guppy in my 20g, survivor from the guppy females last drop I think, and the female endlers in there are looking REALLY pregnant, so I'm going to have to put those girls in the 10g also and see what I get!

[Complexity]

So adorable! I love the 3rd picture where you see the tiny fish (close to the bottom) next to the (seemingly) huge thermometer! The contrast really shows just how small fry really are.

They are definitely looking wonderful! Can't wait for them to color up, as well. And it's not so bad getting more females because you won't have to worry about the males harassing the females too much since there will be more females than males. And just think of the next set of babies will look like! You're going to end up with hundreds of fry very soon!

[Karackle]

Hahahaha I know! The thermometer looks GIGANTIC and it's actually quite a small thermometer That little guy is TINY though, i think from a very recently dropped batch of fry

And thanks! I think they look good too! Nice and plump! heeheehee And that's a good point about the females not getting harassed as much if there are more of them than males, but I just want to see some pretty males darn it!!!