I am thinking about one of those ecplise systems but whatever just tell me what you know haha
2006-12-25 05:40:08 · 5 answers · asked by mak7590 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Use bare bottom tanks, 10 gals. for guppies over 2 months 5 1/2 gals. for babies.
Use box filters in your tanks, marbles and filter floss.
Change about 20 percent of your water each week, siphoning the debris from the bottom of the tank. The water should be aged or treated with a chlorine/chloramine remover if you have these chemical in your water supply.
The pH of the water should be in the range of 6.8--7.6(7.0-7.2 is preferable).
The temperature should be between 75--80 degrees(guppies 0-4 months 78-80, 5-8 months 75-77, 9-12 months 72-74).
Your guppies should enjoy about 10-16 hours of light a day. An automatic timer should be used to turn your lights on and off . A half hour before you get up in the morning the lights should come on. Shortly after you have gotten up, your guppies can be feed. One to two hours later the lights can go off. About a half hour before you arrive at home the lights should come on again, the lights will stay on for 6-8 hours more.
Newborn guppies as well as your older ones should be fed newly hatched brine shrimp once or twice a day. A variety of flake food should be fed as well.
Your male guppies should be separated from the females at about 4 weeks of age. This must be done as the worst male of the lot can fertilize the females and ruin your stock.
Don't overcrowd your guppies, twenty guppies per ten gallons(fish that are 5-7 months).
Always cull, petshops will always be happy to purchase your culls.
2006-12-25 05:49:05 · answer #1 · answered by angelmwilson 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one of those eclips systems, but i realize now they aren't so great for the 5 gallon hexegon ones. Probebly get the twelve gallon one becase they are able to be set up quikly.(It took me literaly 10 minutes to put it all together) And get a coulple guppies because it will be more full that way
2006-12-25 06:09:33 · answer #2 · answered by skigrrrrl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a guppies and they are in a one gallon tank that has a pump and a built in light. I would put in a real plant and a couple fake ones and then you are on your way!
2006-12-25 10:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Pink Floyd♥™ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is so much to tell. You are better off going to a site like FishGeeks (http://www.aquaria.info) and reading the articles and forums there.
2006-12-25 09:25:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a pair off guppies:)
2006-12-25 14:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by TOM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋