kelacon

I have been getting sooo many fry, and i think that the Under Ground Filter is OK for baby guppies. When i came home, i noticed my female's tummy got smaller and i found 19 babies!( I have been hearing about the guppies that get more babies but my female is the tiny kind) and they did not get sucked by the filter! Then, after 3 days, i found 3 more fry in tank before i cleaned it! There was no babies dead and they did not get sucked in. Well, my Under Ground Filter has been doing ok with all the babies. I think that they are to small to dig the rocks.

miker

Glad to hear that it is working for you!

ashley

I have an interesting story about an undergravel fliter and some guppies. Everything was going fine and most of my fry would not make it because the fish would eat them. Then my male died and I left females in there. One day when I was replanting a plant I noticed a fish inside the tube of my UGF. I panicked a little and tried to figure out who was stuck in the tube and how they got there. I did a head count and it was not one of my fish. I opened the tube up and he (adult sized guppy you would purchase in a pet store) came darting out along with some other gunk. I decided that the UGF was just hiding the nasty stuff and I took them out and did a water change. As I was filling it back up I found ANOTHER guppy. She was larger than what you would purchase at your LFS. I decided then and there that I would never have another UGF. But the fry somehow found a way down the rocks and under the UGF and they lived there. I know that the female was at least a year old (based on when I had a male last). So one day you may find a little surprise in your tank.

SereneReyn

that's awful, Ashley! imagine swimming in all the gunk and never seeing another fish... how sad! guppies are like the roaches of the fish world...

ashley

oh, they were so happy when they got out!! The male went straight for a female. I felt bad for them, but I don't have a UGF now so they should all be fine.