COBettaCouple

Yes, I pull for the Denver Nuggets in basketball.

slakey

Atleast we support one team :P

DN my basketball team (Y)

slakey

ok I bought some Sechem Prime today and I done a Water Tests before putting the Prime into the tank

I still have high results, but hopefully the Seachem Prime will sort that out

COBettaCouple

Just keep up with frequent water changes of about 25% every other day and you'll be protecting the fish with the Prime.

slakey

Ok will do

slakey

Just done a 25% water change and put in Filter Aid, AquaSafe and Prime.

I'm going to try and buy a air pump this week hopefully before I put in any EasyBalance.

But I have had no losses yet, and the Nitrate and Nitrite are still highish.
The Ammonia has dropped though

Also what plant would you suggest to replace the one next to the filter. The green and white plant, as people say it's a house plant.

slakey

Well long time no update so here it goes:

I bought a Hydor Ario 3, NitrateMinus, Stress Zyme and some Anti Fungus and Finrot.

All seems to be well at the minute

The 1st batch of guppy babies are coming along nicely, I think they are all female

What age/size can you tell their gender?

Picture without the air pump on:


Picture with air pump on:


The air pump is really strong, and the filter waves push it against the left side panel of the glass, so it goes around the whole tank...

I may re-position it so it sticks to the filter, or next to the filter so the bubbles cover the filter nose or on the right side panel of the glass.

Looking to buy a new camera, I currently have £270. It will be for work use *nursery assistant*, fish pics, dog pics, etc etc.

Suggestions?

COBettaCouple

You'll have to watch for the tails starting to get color, then they should be old enough to sex.

slakey

hmm they all have colours on their tails and one or two have got the green/cyan body colour too when the light hits them

think they're all females, or does it take longer for the long fins/tails to grow?

COBettaCouple

They all have the fan-shaped anal fin? They sound like males. Do you have a picture of them to post?

slakey

I could try and get a picture of them, won't be easy though...

COBettaCouple

Ok. They're definitely old enough to be seperated and may have already bred if you have both genders.

slakey

well here's my best attempts lol. they wouldn't keep still:

1:


2:


3:

COBettaCouple

hmm.. yea, hard to tell - they are quick little buggers. None of them have a gonopodium though?

Sexing Livebearers

slakey

and that is? lol

ooo I was very tempted to get 4 Black Cory's today and either a albino rainbow shark, trio of angels or some dwarf cinnamon gourami's.

COBettaCouple

At the bottom of that link is a picture to help determine gender.
Sexing Livebearers

slakey

yeah, I've been looking at that and some have what the male in the picture has.

The two lil pointy bits.

COBettaCouple

ok, well if you don't want fry, seperate the males & females straight away. They get right to breeding as soon as they can.