Gozetec...I have guppies right now...I was just seeing what some may consider cruel
In my one 12 gallon aquarium I have an uncountable number of just feeder guppies that has genetic problems it seems. Some of the females have extreme curved spines. a large plant exists in this 12 gallon so ALL babies that are born survive...they immedtialy fall into the plant and eat away at the organisms living within it.
I'm not postive what I'm going to do about that 12 gallon...I would like to restart it with fancy guppies but I have no idea what to do with all the feeder guppies.
I have had this one strain of feeder guppies for about and year and a half now and they go through cycles of over-population.
I have a 10
gal with a combination of fancy guppies and some feeders.
The 10
gal has no genetic problems (when I picked the feeders to place in it I picked the best of the best)
The fish can't over-breed in the 10
gal as there is no huge plants for them to hide in.
The 10
gal is a MUCH healthier tank and I have no problems with it.
The 12
gal is like a doom tank...When it goes through a cycle of over-population fish can die and its a mess...I may end up just giving the
LFS all those fish and medicating the water and starting again with fancy guppies.
The only problem with fancy guppies around here is...they die VERY VERY VERY easily...I guess because they are poorely kept at the fish stories or what not...
Any advice?