Aquarists, UNITE!!!

[infernalis]

MK I have seen her tip sideways and use her tail to throw gravel all over.

Tries to shove the air stone all around too.

[drache]

MK I have seen her tip sideways and use her tail to throw gravel all over.

Tries to shove the air stone all around too.

it's her pad and she's fixing it up her way - so there

[infernalis]

it's her pad and she's fixing it up her way - so there

That's the attitude she seems to have

Big flirt too.... or a very good beggar

[infernalis]

Peach ate a rat pup !!!!

she "chewed" on it for a bit, then all gone

Sorry if I keep rambling, I don't really do fish so my acquisition is demonstrating what I have been missing out on.

That Dace minnow is STILL in there, they so get along???

She seems to let the minnow be now, the constant chasing stopped a while ago.

On a garter food note, An acquaintance has offered me a few preggo fancy yellow tail guppies, Since they will be free and they are such good breeders, I'll have to take him up on his offer

[bio6464]

I have a spare 20 gallon long and am thinking about setting up some kind of feeder tank for my radix/easterns. Since having pretty fish isn't a concern (read fast breeding, tasty, safe for my babies)...are there any suggestions?
Jerry

[infernalis]

Guppies Jerry

Fancy guppies are a couple bucks each, and the big flashy tails get garters attention quickly.

Even reluctant feeders find that hard to resist.

And they breed like lab mice, big litters, lots of them and frequently.

a male and 3 females would keep you in cheap garter food for a long time.

[drache]

no more fish here - all adopted out

[olive oil]

I just scored from Craigs List, a few big clumps of Java Moss.
I'm going to cover some drift wood in it for my turtles.
She threw in a small bag of snails for them to munch on.

[jitami]

Ok fishy people... I ended up with 4 female guppies, 3 with pronounced gravid spots, but not bulging bellies, and 1 pretty little male. They've been in their new home for a couple of hours now and everything seems "ok" but I have some questions!!! (Like you didn't expect that! lol)

1. The current from my filter seems a little too strong, especially in certain areas of the tank, but they seem to manage it ok... should I somehow try to alter it??? I did place screening around the intake so that it wouldn't suck up babies, but should I be worried about the current?

2. There's something growing in my tank... the tank's only been set up since Sunday, filter/heater running since Monday and I have little alfalfa sprout looking things growing from the gravel. New gravel, took it out of the bag and rinsed it. Used aquarium, filter, air stone, castle, new plastic plants. Thoughts? I could take a picture, but they seriously look exactly like an alfalfa sprout.

3. Heat.. have a hang-on heater.. water temp yesterday morning was low 70's when I turned on the aerator... didn't check it after that, but was only high 60's this afternoon. Turned off air pump and temp is *almost* 70. Good enough for guppies? The heater has an adjustment on top and I did turn it up a bit this afternoon, but it was already almost all the way up so not sure it's going to make a huge difference?

Help!!! Thanks!!!

[Lori P]

The warmer it is, the more they'll breed. I don't mean boil them... lol. But do watch you temps like a haek till you get the heater regulated. Low 80's, if I remember, is good breeding temp.

Er... your alfalfa sprouts are new to me. lol Let us know if they grow out of your tank and take over your neighborhood.

Current should be ok, as long as they can go hide bhind a rock or something to get out of it if they need to.