Wild Strain Guppies 2 New Videos

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My first attempt at videoing fish...their colours are a bit washed out...I need to experiment with lighting...any tips welcome !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1LU-FgCWp4&feature=player_detailpage
 
sorry i could not see much, just fish moving around. clearly guppies but i could see no colour on the males.
 
Second attempt at videoing breeding colony...getting there !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6Mc3tcrwNo&feature=player_detailpage
 
Growing on tank for the males and Swordtails.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgRy2hmAh2I&feature=player_detailpage
 
Just an occasional tasty treat at the weekends...always save one for the fishes :lol:
We have these shrimp around here, are they good to be fed to fish? You know, those shrimp you can boil and come with seafood packs?
 
Just an occasional tasty treat at the weekends...always save one for the fishes :lol:
We have these shrimp around here, are they good to be fed to fish? You know, those shrimp you can boil and come with seafood packs?
They're fine to feed but I only leave it in the tanks for 20 mins or so. Just one lightly boiled shrimp, slightly squished, attached to a piece of line and I move it from tank to tank. Be carefull not to over feed... always keep them hungry for more !
 
They're fine to feed but I only leave it in the tanks for 20 mins or so. Just one lightly boiled shrimp, slightly squished, attached to a piece of line and I move it from tank to tank. Be carefull not to over feed... always keep them hungry for more !
I think I've been overfeeding for years though. Or in case of this tank, months. (or maybe years still counts, as that hoplo used to get half a bloodworm cube daily for 9 years, in addition to dried daphnia).
The amount of stuff these fish are getting...
Bloodworms once every 2 days, dried daphnia or tropical flakes, egg yolk whenever I boil eggs, in some cases I feed them 2 kinds of food in a day (although in low quantities).
My hoplo eats salad sometimes, so I made a habit of giving him some salad almost every evening.
Spinach - is loved by swordtails and the hoplo alike. But they rarely get it and in very low quantities.
Mosquitoes - whenever I can find one lying around, waiting to be squished.

And the adults normally stop asking for food once they finish eating. The fry on the other hand, have a tendency to overeat. One ate too many bloodworms (she stole them from the adults) and got sick and probably eaten by the adults due to being too weakened.
 
I lost a tank of wild type guppies when I introduced a new female. :C I still have a male and a female that need homes though since I'm going to college. Do you know where I could find someone interested in breeding them? If not my LFS is willing to take them.
 
I lost a tank of wild type guppies when I introduced a new female. :C I still have a male and a female that need homes though since I'm going to college. Do you know where I could find someone interested in breeding them? If not my LFS is willing to take them.
Sorry to hear that, did the new female bring a disease to your tank ?

Can't help with re-homing of your Guppies...I live on the other side of the big pond !
Maybe another US member could help !
 

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