spur of the moment !!!

good morning people . Yesterday i was looking trough the junkmail and saw this ad tanks for sale i called the guy and he told me its 6 X tanks 3 X 3 foot and 2X 2foot and a hatching tank and also about 150 + fish plus alot of fry all acc and extras included for R1000 so called him and bought it now this morning i dont know if it was such a good deal WHAT AM I GONNA DO WITH ALL THIS TANKS .The fishies are guppies chidlits swort tales rainbows gouramies any good ideas what i can do with the tanks ?i can also mention i already have a 6 foot and 2x 3foot tanks .

 

major score

 

Dude, where's the problem? :blink1: Unless you have another half who is going to flip out then congrats on the major MTS! The tanks will always come in handy. Sell the fish you don't want for reasonable prices or swop them for stuff you need.

 

Lol you can sell me one of the 2 foots, i need one for a hospital/breeding tanks otherwise the more the better!!!

 

i might be interested in a 3foot tank and a canister filter if u have one :wink:

 

Sounds like a good buy!

Post some pics once you have all the equipment! Also let us know what you want to sell? :wondering:

 

I would also be interrested in some of the tanks - let me know

 

lol thx for the interist guys but for now im gonna keep them just to see if i can breed some of my other fishies in them

 

post some pictures ... would love to see how it was / is being setup

 

i cant post pics now i already emptied all the tanks and cleaned them i dont like to carry on where someone else left off I must do my own thing to be satisfied something else i want to ask alot of these female guppies looks pregnant how do i know foresue and i do i know if its time to put them in a breeding tank ?

 

they get a dark spot on the back of her belly. i would say about 25days after spotting the spot?

 

@HAPPYBOY - What do you mean by "breeding tank". If you mean the little plastic breeding trap then don't use it. It will only cause them to stress out. They seem to like company. They will become listless and barely eat just before they drop. I would suggest giving them lots of surface plants and let them do their thing. Then when you see fry, collect them in your net and place them in a breeding trap to prevent them from being eaten.

Oh yes, you know a female guppy is pregnant if she has been in contact with a male in the last 3 months :blink1:

 

+1

 

guppies can also decide how may fry they want to drop they don't necessarily drop them all at once

 

thx for the tip guys but i see that black behind on all my guppies lol and what i meant on a breeding tank is a 1foot glass tank with a small opening in the middel for the fry to go trough not that plastick ones.

 

That black spot is their gravid spot which is how you id males from females. The bodies will get very squared off in the "chest" area (described as looking like a bus)and you will be able to see black/red in their abdomen which is the eyes of the fry.

 

If your guppies all have that black spot then they are all female. Where are these fish at the moment?

 

They are in my BIIIIIIIG !!!! tank and one them just got babies so its gonna be a mission to catch the fry.I think theres about 50 females and 30 males i got another question i do have another tank with some chichlits so why do they dig trough the substrate till top of the glass in all 4 corners ???

 

Until you are ready to do some serious breeding, let them do their thing and if any fry survive then bonus/damn! depending on how you want to look at it.
As to the Cichlids, I believe this is quite normal behaviour for them which is why you have to be careful with your decor