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Title: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 05, 2014, 10:23:37 AM

Ok so short story is I had a 10G upstairs with 5 zebrafish. Emptied the water and brought it downstairs, Installed a Underwater filter with the gravel that was already in there.

Couple days later I moved the zebrafish to a 50G to cycle that one also.

I had 3 pregnant guppies that I decided to move to my 10G freshly cycled and perfect.

The second I put them in I noticed tiny little babbies swimming around. So I looked at my guppies and put them in separate breeding nets in my 10G but none of them are giving birth, So are these guppies or zebrafish? I counted maybe 15 of them total.

They are either swimming or sticking to the glass.

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Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: bergenm on August 05, 2014, 11:41:25 AM

They are zebra danio babies - guppies come out as a miniature free swimming version of their parents

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 05, 2014, 12:33:51 PM

Ok thats odd, they where in the tank maybe a couple days. then got removed into my other tank. talk about quick.

thanks for your help.

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 05, 2014, 04:24:10 PM

well after watching a movie I come down to this view!!!!!

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Looks like one of my guppies gave birth also. good thing I moved her this morning lol

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: bergenm on August 05, 2014, 05:35:35 PM

You want to get some plants in there for the babies to hid in - the mother will start eating them...

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 05, 2014, 06:12:58 PM

I took the mother out once she was done and put her back in the main tank. the babies have a 10G tank with java moss to themself

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 10, 2014, 12:22:29 AM

I made a quick video of my female guppy giving birth! Kinda cool really

http://youtu.be/C8s55mBg930

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: George2 on August 10, 2014, 01:42:47 AM

Quote from: Ruber on August 10, 2014, 12:22:29 AM
I made a quick video of my female guppy giving birth! Kinda cool really

http://youtu.be/C8s55mBg930

This is so cool! I've never seen it before! :) Thanks for posting your video.

Title: Re: babies in my tank, help needed
Post by: Ruber on August 10, 2014, 11:13:55 AM

Thanks! I had never seen it before either, But in the last couple days Ive seen it over 30 times with 3 guppies lol

Its there first time my guppies give birth so One had 9 other had 6 and the other over 15

So many guppies in my breeding tank now lol

OVAS

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