Mariah: i thought i answered your post but it may have been another post where i said that the black things could be aborted babies for one reason or another (i might have said that in someone elses post i dont remember) - keep an eye on her and see if she shows any signs of discomfort of if her poop looks abnormal - it may be a sign of internal disease or something of that sort..
Paige: you do not take
advice very well - you assume it is all criticism and get defensive in an instant
- i know you're young so i'll let it slide....
my LFS has fully grown guppies in about a 7-20 gallon tank and they have about 20-30 guppies in there and ur telling me mine is too small compared to how many they have in one tank at a time my tank is massive.
my LFS has 50, 4" goldfish in a 20 gallon tank but i would never do it....obviously fish store tanks are normally overstocked, so how could you possibly compare a healthy, balanced tank to THAT???
also, i never said anything about SELLING the fry to your friends, i simply repeated the statement you made a few days ago that when the fry are big enough or there are too many of them you are going to GIVE them to your friends - you said it, not me...but now i guess you magically came up with a 100+ gallon tank for them, ahah
enough my fish are very happy because they was just in a little lunch box before i can c the little smiles on there faces.
you should come over to my place sometime and be my fishies psychiatrist - i would like to know how they are feeling
isn't it sooo anoying when people tell u how to look after ur fish.
not if there helping of coarse but this is going no where its not helping me is it.
that's what this board is all about - letting people know how to care for fish...and if you think i am not helping you, then you have NO clue and you're obviously just ignorant to the fact that others may know a lil more than you even though your fish are so "happy"
the fact is a 2.5 gallon tank is extremely small, especially if you have a batch of fry in there 1-2 months old - my 1-2 monthers are 1/2 inch already and i couldn't imagine that many fish in a 2.5 gallon tank ever
it is MUCH more annoying when others will not accept the advice of people with a little experience, but have it your way....you can have a 100 gallon tank full of 500 full grown guppies for all i care, but you will regret it undoubtedly
i cant keep them in that tank when they get bigger i'm not stupid u no i have a tank ready for them when they r bigger it is a 100 gallon one it might even be a 120 gallon i cant remember and i have 25 fry at the moment
and they r all going in that and dont tell me that its not big enough for all of them because it is.
no one is calling you stupid, just suggesting that you think ahead for the good of the fish - 25 fry turn into 300 fry within a couple months easily..i don't mean to make you feel like i am criticizing, but i have seen it too many times that people (especially younger people, no offense) do not know what they are getting themselves into and end up with serious problems....
sorry about this complete post hijack, but
ORIGINALLY I WAS TALKING TO MARIAH ABOUT WHERE TO KEEP HER FRY and somehow paige turned it into some kind of malicious attempt by me to tell her how to keep her fish lol
it could of just been poo guppies usualy have a black poo before or after they have gave birth to some fry 
but i need a bit more info then i might beable to give u a defonate answer. 
i'm keeping every single last one of them 
not giving me advice 
r the same size as urs 
and no.2 its half my fault with them being my first lot of fry i didnt no it affected them if u put them in cold water one of my friends keep hers in cold water and they were doing fine 
) .they r about 1cm long 
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