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Here ya go. :)
Update of my planted aquarium.
20 gallon
All live plants.
Acrylic mangrove root.
Driftwood chunk.
Lava rock for moss grow attachment.
To many plant types to list all of them. @_@
Also included are some images of my fish. :D
The 20 gallon houses all males.
The female has a 2 gallon tank of her own, which I select and add a male to when I wish her to breed. (This way she is not worn out by constant attention.)
Update of my planted aquarium.
20 gallon
All live plants.
Acrylic mangrove root.
Driftwood chunk.
Lava rock for moss grow attachment.
To many plant types to list all of them. @_@
Also included are some images of my fish. :D
The 20 gallon houses all males.
The female has a 2 gallon tank of her own, which I select and add a male to when I wish her to breed. (This way she is not worn out by constant attention.)
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Fish
Size 1000 x 1066px
File Size 1.84 MB
Oh very nice! Although have you considered manzanita instead of that acrylic mangrove thing? http://www.manzanita-driftwood.com/
One solid piece instead of that thing would push the tank into super "Woooow" status. ;3
That said I love to see a good planted tank, always great to see in a fellow fish keeper.
One solid piece instead of that thing would push the tank into super "Woooow" status. ;3
That said I love to see a good planted tank, always great to see in a fellow fish keeper.
I have, but i really enjoy the acrylic mangrove root, and so do the fish. It's hollow on the inside at the top, so they have somewhere to hide and swim through. My pleco hides in there as well.
It works well to hide the larger filter tube that sits behind it, since the tube is rather unsightly.
There's one piece of driftwood in there, and it still leeches tannins into the water, but not badly. Surprisingly, the pleco hasn't even TOUCHED it. o_O
It works well to hide the larger filter tube that sits behind it, since the tube is rather unsightly.
There's one piece of driftwood in there, and it still leeches tannins into the water, but not badly. Surprisingly, the pleco hasn't even TOUCHED it. o_O
WAIT. Are you supposed to put the females solo in their own tank???
This would explain part of my issue... the ONLY thing I ever found for guppies was to make sure there weren't more males than females. I had a bunch that decided to have some ultimate grudge match or something, fish kept disappearing one by one and I couldn't figure out why until there was just one left. Pretty sure it was one of the females too... it's been a while, haven't tried guppies since then and took down the bigger tank.
This would explain part of my issue... the ONLY thing I ever found for guppies was to make sure there weren't more males than females. I had a bunch that decided to have some ultimate grudge match or something, fish kept disappearing one by one and I couldn't figure out why until there was just one left. Pretty sure it was one of the females too... it's been a while, haven't tried guppies since then and took down the bigger tank.
They will fight for females if they feel the need. If there are no females in the community tank, then there's no need for competition. They still chase each other around and bump each other, but its more like friendly tussling than actual fighting. I've never had any issue with my current setup. I keep her separate so that 1: i can chose who she breeds with, and 2: so she isn't constantly under stress from the males. I have a blocker between the tanks so that they cannot see each other, though the tanks are side by side. The female is not unhappy alone in her tank, and the males are not constantly fighting for breeding rights to their favorite female. :)
In this way I can also decrease the amount of babies that are produced, though this female seems young enough that she only produces a few at a time. Her first batch of babies only resulted in 4 offspring, which is abnormally low.. I don't mind though, it just means I can raise them a bit longer without having to worry about overpopulation of the main tank. :)
Guppy females can also reproduce multiple times on only one breeding.
My last female (who died of old age.) had six separate broods from one breeding with a male.
They can also hold sperm from a breeding for weeks or months waiting for the perfect opportunity to reproduce.... I know to much about guppy reproduction.. -facedesks- Lol.. I suppose that's normal from having them when I was little, and growing up around them. First time with selective breeding though.
In this way I can also decrease the amount of babies that are produced, though this female seems young enough that she only produces a few at a time. Her first batch of babies only resulted in 4 offspring, which is abnormally low.. I don't mind though, it just means I can raise them a bit longer without having to worry about overpopulation of the main tank. :)
Guppy females can also reproduce multiple times on only one breeding.
My last female (who died of old age.) had six separate broods from one breeding with a male.
They can also hold sperm from a breeding for weeks or months waiting for the perfect opportunity to reproduce.... I know to much about guppy reproduction.. -facedesks- Lol.. I suppose that's normal from having them when I was little, and growing up around them. First time with selective breeding though.
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