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I have a 10 gal with 4 guppies an plants no filltration and they have been fine the last 3 months. Also keep 2 goldfish in a 60 gal rain barrel

They grow fast! Anyone try breeding guppies in a rain barrel?

Wow my girl friend looked into one of my tanks and she saw a baby guppy!!! We have now spotted 5 of them. I removed the dad and mom and now they swim freely all over the tank like they own it. Not sure how old they are but if baby guppies at birth are the size of baby gold fish these guys are...

Yes that is what they look like sometimes the spot gets darker other times just like in the picture. I can never get a good picture of them. I think you are right the fry are not occurring coming out (with my heavily planted tank some should survive). I am moving to a house next month and will...

Butterfly, I understand Daveho is giving helpful advice. I am aware of what filters do and have a 20 gal tank with a HOB. I have one male and 3 female. I now have 2 females separated in a 20 gal tank in case the fry were somehow being eaten before i saw them. Without the male the 2 female hide...

yea if I get a large number of frys I would ultimately need filtration. If.... lol

Daveho, My ammonia level is zero. Nitrates are zero. I have a very low bio load and a high plant growth.

I will try and get a good picture of it. Jetajockey I looked up the willow moss (Fontinalis antipyretica, Common Water Moss) that certainly does look like it and is found in iowa. Thanks for the info. As for QT, my tank has insects, arthropods, you name it so I am not to concern about hitch...

I picked up some moss growing along a creek in iowa 5 months ago. as it grew it looked just like java moss and i kinda assume at the time it was the same stuff. Now that i have down a little research i think it must be some other moss. Am I right that java moss doesn't grow wild in iowa?

Why do you think getting a filter will give me frys?

Dave, I don't have a filter, they would suck the baby ghost shrimps and guppy frys if i ever get any. It's a heavy panted tank with a bubbler.

Still no frys, I put a female by herself in a 20 gal tank. Is it ok to leave her by herself for a long time? I read they don't do well alone.

I went to the pet store i got them and they said its impossible that they females aren't prego between since they were surely prego when i got them and that you have a male with them. is it really that obvious when they have babies? Do there bellies decrease in size a great deal? My ghost...

my female guppies always look like that... but i never see babies

I don't know it this image works but it shows two types of duckweed similar to what i have

Do you have two sizes of duckweed or is the lite green color algae? I have both the size duckweed the tiny stuff (about the size of this period (.) ) s the smallest flowering plant of this planet.

How many adults do you have? Do you separate them after birth? I'm still waiting for babies...

congradulations!

is it very possible that my male doesnt have what it takes and i should add another? how long does it usually take before a typical store bought guppy is mature?

i just have one male. i have had them over 2 months and they have stoped growing and the females look like the ones in the pic so i would say they are old enuf.

i have observed my ghost shrimp as very non aggressive, it is possible they ate your baby platy but it is also possible that they ate it after it was already died. btw i do have 2 dragon fly nymphs that i am sure will eat baby guppy fries and shrimp fries but they are not that fast and are not...

got a kit. lots of hiding places. good water quality any other suggestions

thanks for the info a i would think with 3 females and as mu ch hiding places i have and as much as i watch them that the babys wouldnt all get eaten before i see them but it is possible b i look alot at my tank i would think i would spot the ones hiding for a while c i have a api test kit...

Is it real easy to tell that they had babies when you don't see any? My guppy females always look huge.