*Confessions* Finally sharing my secret guppy.

[knifegill]

I bought him to find out if my frog would eat live fish. My frog does not eat live fish. I've had this guppy two full years now and it's time I shared the truth. I have only changed that water three times. Once when I had tadpoles in there that grew out into frogs, once a few weeks after that on a whim and once more when I added the pothos and rearranged the substrate. A black light makes it evident that the water is loaded with substances like phosphates and other solids. But look at that guppy. Pretty as any. And from feeder stock, too. I only feed him about once a week.

The rest of my tanks get 50% weekly water changes religiously.

You have any secret critters?

 

[shua71]

Lucky you. I bought 4 fancy guppies and 2 died already.

 

[knifegill]

Did you deworm them?

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Haha just the one?

I have a tarantula that I bought in middle school on a whim. It's still there; it will not die. I sometimes forget about her for months at a time, and then it's like, "Crap! I haven't fed her in months!" but she won't die.

 

[mike0179]

I had a spider that I would find every morning on my bathroom sink to greet me. I named him Harry.

 

[knifegill]

OMG. Lingering tarantula. Creepy.

 

[shua71]

Did you deworm them?

Nope. Think that was the cause? They looked perfectly healthy and eating then just died

 

[knifegill]

Maybe. Just a guess, though. They probably just went through too much. You know, ammonia laden holding tanks, being shipped from state to state, etc.

 

[monsterberry]

basically its like a mini half ecosystem the plants filter the water and remove amonia and other chemicals and the bacteria in the sub brakes the fish wast down

 

[shua71]

Maybe. Just a guess, though. They probably just went through too much. You know, ammonia laden holding tanks, being shipped from state to state, etc.

Yeah did some research and read that fancy guppies are inbred so much it all depends on how lucky you are on whether or not they survive