she keeps pecking and eating the lime and calcium build upoff of the heater, i have fed her twice today
2006-11-26 14:12:33 · 6 answers · asked by rhino_man420 6 in Pets ➔ Fish
Don't over feed your guppies, twice in small amounts depending on how many you have. I recommend some coral type rock(has lot of holes in it) a little pricey by the pound but worth every penny if you want your babies to survive, they need places to hide of they will get eaten. grind up some of your regular food real fine so babies have food too. My tanks have lots of stuff on bottom(low lying plants, shells, rocks, and gravel is not flat it has low and high spots for babies to hide) good luck and remember to do 25% changes to keep it claen for them and prevent deseases. also if you have algae eaters the best type to have is "Otocinclus" also known as "Ottos" they are least aggresive and wont eat you babies, plus they are cute when the get their little fat bellies! And they don't get really big a couple of inches at best. Check out Robin's Ottos
http://www.disky-design.dk/fish/images/otocinclus3.jpg
Good luck~!
2006-11-27 10:39:44 · answer #1 · answered by Tree 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cravings?? No, guppies don't experience cravings, she may be eating algae or simply suplimenting the minerals in her diet, same way dogs eat grass to get minerals fish are known to eat gravel and other wierd things for minerals try changing the food you feed her. Then again guppies are one of the fish that don't know when to stop eatting and if they think something tastes good will keep eating it until they die.
2006-11-28 15:11:10 · answer #2 · answered by weebles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is perfectly normal.
Guppies are one of the most easiest live bearing fishes to take care of when pregnant.
Make sure you have a lot of plants for the guppies to hid in, cause the mom will eat them.
2006-11-27 11:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by miss bean 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she could possibly eating algae growing on the deposit.
2006-11-26 22:39:58 · answer #4 · answered by professorminh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I doubt it
2006-11-26 22:26:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-11-26 22:30:05 · answer #6 · answered by Steven S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋