how do I separate mama guppy and babies? it seems different with the medium size breeding box and I am so confused how it works...
1182947
Sorry - I bought the box as a gift. I know nothing about raising fish. Good luck!
1182948
There is a removable divider that comes with the box you can put in. The divider has slits only big enough for the babies to drop down and separate from the mother fish.
1182949
No. The answer above is misleading - the only separation are vertical slits, so you can have sections NEXT to each other. At least in what I received, there is no divider with horizontal slits to keep the mother on top and the babies safely below. I will need to return this because there is no horizontal separator.
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I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO, the "20" is a piece of junk as well....Fluval needs to start over and do it right....... I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO,... » Read More I started with 6 weeks long time period in my 60 gal tank, per bottle.Well, in 8 months time, my aquatic jungle has been harvested 3 times. My tank is 24 inches tall, and I had lillies growing ouy of the top. More plants....more CO2 I got another for a smaller tank and uses 6 times more due to a miniscule leak. :(. And they are expensive. I am a ruralite and am dragging my feet to get into town for a better setup. It may be a good "Starter" setup. BTW, the "leaker" valve on a 10 gallon moss shrimp tank, goes thru 6 times faster than my "jungle" 60 gal.....IMHO, the "20" is a piece of junk as well....Fluval needs to start over and do it right....... « Show Less
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I have had them work before, there great! It does not come with a thing to put them in but you could use a plastic cup,bowl, tank! Just use poland spring bottled water or if you have a fish tank use some of the water from your tank. Make sure the temp stay at 70 degrees or higher! HAVE FUN ! They should hatch in about 3 days or less.
603974
I'm actually having the same experience. In 2 weeks I've gotten one egg laid in the new boxes. I've tried showing the boxes to the hens, putting eggs in them, and making the places they are laying less appealing for nesting. Not much luck yet. I am hoping time would help them get more comfortable with the plastic boxes, but based on your experience, maybe not. I'll be interested to see others' answers.
1632223
You have to make sure that the water in the main aquarium is one inch below the top of the baby tank. Also for feeding the fry, I use tropical fish flakes and crumble it real fine between my thumb and index finger. The fry will eat that. Make sure it is real fine.
2102661
No because you are way, way overstocked. You need a minimum of a 29 gallon for angel fish. Also mollies are brackish fish. With that much crammed into such a small tank there are going to be water quality problems and extra aggression. You should be focusing on getting things out of that tank, not adding them.
961163
I only have a Beta in mine, but if the guppies are small, it should work. Although I didn't think that you could put ant other fish in with a Beta.
1059642
You have to order the eggs separately. And while the customer service doing this was AWESOME, you really don't get fish in a jif. (The brine shrimp did hatch right away though, so there was some excitement there!). Several months in, we still have no actual fish. And I doubt we ever will since the temp has to be 75, and we don't even have our thermostat ever set higher than 68, so looks like this will all be for nothing. Had we known, we'd have waited til summer to send in for the fish eggs.
1551534
Hi Patti- that depends entirely on what species you are breeding. This size is usually used as a grow-out chamber for eggs or fry. Getting fish to breed demands meeting the right conditions they require to get them in the mood, so to say- this can be anything from light cycle, temperature, water quality, water level, specific numbers of fish, etc. Its different for all species. I recommend Axelrod's Encyclopedia of Tropical Fishes for very in-depth info and also join your local aquarium society and fish groups on Facebook. There is a lot to know, some fish are easy to breed, some are almost impossible. I myself breed danios, livebearers, angelfish, and killifish and also Bettas.
1115170
I use a stronger pump and put two in. Water is really clear for guppies. Goldish, no, because you would need to change water regularly.
1501464
No. You have to order them separate. Do not buy this product. I ordered a frog and after 6 months of waiting, and being charged, I called for a refund. Customer service disconnected me three times or there was no answer. I finally got through 3 days later and they did refund me but offered no apology.
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I bought a case with 128 diapers and used about half. I just gave the rest to the new mom after the shower. One thing though, try to get some that don't have pictures on them. The ones I got had Mickey Mouse & Pluto on them so I had to hide the pictures as much as I could. Either way, it will turn out really cute.
2109943
That's unfortunate. I have two platys and they approached the cf when I first put them in, but the cf turned around, put up their pincers like boxers ready for a fight and the fish thought better of it. They haven't approached the cf since.
2102660
I agree with Philip - way too small of a tank! Those Angel Fish and that pleco are going to get REALLY big. Move them up to a big tank and enjoy the shrimp in the 10 gallon alone or with a few small, peaceful fish.
179205
I keep an African Dwarf Frog with my Betta. I really enjoy him. you could keep one or two small fish like terra. I would not personally put a goldfish in there. goldfish are very messy Fish and Aquarium even though it has a filter really isn't sufficient for that unless you want to do water changes a lot
1359807
I think you should consult with Wisdom Panel. I can't really answer that question. I would think the DNA would be different because of the puppies having different fathers. As I said I am not an expert.
927761
you need to buy another incubator,because i have try to hatch eggs 4 different times and no luck with this junk. cost was to high at first. you need to buy you a hover incubator,they are the best. i had three baby chicks born today. the chicks were born at 21 day exact.