starshine
Aquarist
One day my ship will come in and I will be at the airport
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Post by starshine on Jan 18, 2006 16:41:23 GMT 10
How big should fry be before putting them in a tank with adults my fry are apparently big for their age and i want to sex them asap as I want some virgin females but dont want them to get eaten
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Post by sammigold on Jan 18, 2006 22:24:12 GMT 10
i just put some in they range from 6-7mm to 1cm and they have done fine.... I put them in because I didnt want the females to start having more babies in grow out tank.... am now leaving babies to nature.. dont have enough room to breed seriously....
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Post by Bumblebee on Jan 18, 2006 23:28:57 GMT 10
If I am worried about fry-eaters in the tank I will usually leave them to 1.5cm. Most of my fish dont bother fry though so I just put them in at around 1cm
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Post by softice on Jan 19, 2006 4:19:21 GMT 10
How big should fry be before putting them in a tank with adults my fry are apparently big for their age and i want to sex them asap as I want some virgin females but dont want them to get eaten If you are not doing any selective breeding program, i think when the fries are big enough biger then the mouth of the parent will be fine and safe. However if you are doing selective breeding program, then it is not wise to put them together to mate. As its is quality you are looking for , not quantity. =p If you mate them too early, most unnecessary flaw in the selected one will be pass on( as they have not grown or mature up for u able to see), and this will destroy your whole strain which you are working heavily and effort and time spent. One thing you could do to speed up their growth rate is to increase the tempreture. This will increase their metabolism. However this will also decrease their life spend period depending on the environment you set them up. A normal guppy life spend is around 2 years. |
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starshine
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Post by starshine on Jan 19, 2006 10:51:44 GMT 10
I keep my males and females seperate as I would like to start breeding selectively. the fry I have are surpises from pregnant females from my LPS but im hoping that out of around 96 fry that I will get a few that are good to keep for breeding the rest im selling to the LPS. Thats why I want to sex them asap which in itself is nerve racking it would be the first time ive done it so I dont want to stuff up and accidently put a male in with the females. the ones that I want to sex atm are 1.5-2cm long at 3 weeks
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