tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post2927585185512756284..comments2023-09-22T04:01:24.761-07:00Comments on Guppy Truth: Cold Water GuppiesGuppy Truthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10760863185409142580noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-4570246780693068542021-06-12T21:19:56.906-07:002021-06-12T21:19:56.906-07:00Thank you so much for sharing important informatio...Thank you so much for sharing important information. Visit this <a href="https://www.nicepoeci.com/rare-guppies-for-sale" rel="nofollow">website</a> to get an elegant and friendly Guppy to relax your eyes at the end of our daily busyness. If you visit this website you will find many beautiful and different colored guppies.<br />Lubnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04100284319700060676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-59918366213455221692019-11-14T10:01:55.630-08:002019-11-14T10:01:55.630-08:00So glad you still have your snails and guppies Rob...So glad you still have your snails and guppies Robert. Thank you for the update. So sorry to hear about all your lost photos. I am glad you decided to add some new guppy blood into your breeding program. Wishing you the best. Joni A Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550387346562247573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-62141151637524872842019-11-13T16:22:54.982-08:002019-11-13T16:22:54.982-08:00This is a link to this winter's photos. Was un...This is a link to this winter's photos. Was unable to gather older photos with better snail colors. They were uploaded to G+ Communities, which has since been discontinued by google. Had some good pictures showing growth of my Muppy too...shame.<br /><br />https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1BPeT_8KSnhXbDuze9gcFb8YZTHvhAj4RRobert Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922693944618168375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-38335718815799370162019-11-13T15:35:07.661-08:002019-11-13T15:35:07.661-08:00Back with an update. It is quite a slow process. W...Back with an update. It is quite a slow process. Without a heater to keep fish metabolism up, it's hard to get more than one generation of guppy each year. <br /><br />My guppy continue to reproduce at temperatures kept bellow 72°F indoors during the summer (A/C in the house). The babies grow slow next to a window during this passed Fall and current Winter. Tempratures are currently kept at the constant 68°F next to the winter cold window.<br /><br />Ive introduced a new male guppy from the LFS to improve genetic diversity. The main phenotype I selected for in this last generation was shorter and thicker bodies. This form looks healthier and hardier. The tails are kept upright and there is less "dragging" of the tail fins. This does slow down the end goal for 'Cold Water Guppies', but is necessary to avoid the loss of the line due to excessive inbreeding.<br /><br />I feel confident to introduce this next batch of culls into the outdoor pond without it being unfounded. I will then retrieve the strongest from the pond before Winter of 2020.<br /><br />P.S.<br />My snails continue with their color differences. Ive also seen some odd mutations that include a third antennae. It would react to stimulus like any of the other two, except it was similar to our Ring and Pinky fingers. In that two of them would react when one was touched.<br /><br />Ive since introduced a couple snails from a separate tank to breed out this third antennae. In doing so, ive also lost my stripped snails.Robert Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922693944618168375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-4740557291756611402019-02-01T06:37:31.199-08:002019-02-01T06:37:31.199-08:00Thank you kindly for the reply Robert Doe. Have yo...Thank you kindly for the reply Robert Doe. Have you tried selling any of your fancy snails yet? Do you have photos of them posted somewhere online? Glad to hear that you are still working on coldwater guppies. I wish you the best with both the snails and the guppies. Joni A Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550387346562247573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-45569432974960738952019-02-01T00:17:12.220-08:002019-02-01T00:17:12.220-08:00Sorry for a late reply.
I look for more color var...Sorry for a late reply.<br /><br />I look for more color variations in my snails. I've been trying for a dark shell (preferably black) and yellow stripes. So far I've got brown and white stripes, clear, and solid gold. Of these, I've got blue and pink skinned.<br /><br />As for my guppies, i haven't had enough generations to get much further down than 68°f. Though, they are still breeding at those temperatures.<br /><br />I've also introduced terrestrial plants to the tank. Specifically Pothos. What a magnificent plant for your aquarium.Robert Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922693944618168375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-87340390319666973912019-02-01T00:13:42.202-08:002019-02-01T00:13:42.202-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922693944618168375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-3643917366331281302018-11-17T17:16:16.125-08:002018-11-17T17:16:16.125-08:00Robert, how low of a temperature can your guppies ...Robert, how low of a temperature can your guppies now take? Are you leaving any outside longer in the fall? Thanks! Joni A Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550387346562247573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-32713554751189936262018-11-17T17:11:57.604-08:002018-11-17T17:11:57.604-08:00Robert Doe, could you gave a little info about wha...Robert Doe, could you gave a little info about what you are aiming for in your selective breeding of the bladder snails? Thanks. <br />Joni A Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02550387346562247573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-86347198444362134322018-10-20T13:18:38.914-07:002018-10-20T13:18:38.914-07:00And for the volume? Really 60L as it's said us...And for the volume? Really 60L as it's said usually? How is it measured?Admin0https://www.blogger.com/profile/03657123460741155830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-44549656785174452522018-10-07T04:24:57.259-07:002018-10-07T04:24:57.259-07:00I'm in the Uk and have coldwater guppies. NO h...I'm in the Uk and have coldwater guppies. NO heater, no water changes, no filter. Just loads of Moss Balls and Amazon Sword Plant. No lighting either. temperature went as low as 55 when they lived at my daughters house and a few got sick. So I brought them to my house where it is between 62 and 72 but went up to 84 in high summer. When I brought the guppies to my house I put the sick guppies in shallow water with Hymalayan salt added and within 5 days all were well again and returned to the others. I initially had a small filter but when the first babies arrived at 84 degrees they did not survive more than a week before getting sucked into the filter. The guppies themselves did NOT eat them. As the temperature went down to 72 degees more babies arrived. I took the filter out. the parents did NOT eat them and the babies were left to swim among them. I feed tetramin only with occasional daphnia. The water seems fine, the babies have grown and another batch of babies arrived at 62 degrees two weeks ago and again doing well without being eaten. (Wild guppies often don't eat them to begin with but my adults just don't want ). The temperature (October) is now fluctuating between 62 and 68. I have just removed the adult males to a tank containg a few moss balls and blue ramshorn sanils. I will remove baby males as they become obvious as I am inundated.The babies are growing well but obviously slower than if they were at a higher temperature. Incidentally I did ad some Zebra and leopard Danios and Peppered Coridoras in the Spring which were also doing well until the water hit 84 degrees when they all dies of fungus, but the guppies were resistant. I did not change the water even then hoping things would sort themselves out and they have. i did add a bit of aquarium salt. I just add a cup of untreated tap water daily that has stood for 24 hours first. I don't have lights as I found that also seemed to contribute to the fungus and pushed the temperature up. I don't believe fish like bright lights. Its unnatural. I am careful to use only plants that tolerate dim light. I test my water quality and it appears fine, using the Moss balls and snails, I also have Java fern but Java moss did not survive.Pinkrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523769692936945932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-72753024329084093922018-08-26T13:34:06.306-07:002018-08-26T13:34:06.306-07:00You might be interested to know of the "Dutch...You might be interested to know of the "Dutch Wildguppy 80/90". These were the descendants of guppies that irresponsible Dutch guppy keepers released into the wild. Normally guppies do not survive the cold Dutch winters, but it so happens that the lakes into which these guppies were being released in were artificially heated through industrial water that was dumped there; so, they survived, bred, and adapted to temperatures a lot colder than normal aquarium water, not to mention the predators that also existed in these lakes. The Dutch guppies eventually evolved to be very different from their fancy ancestors: the males were grey and dull of color and the females regularly reached sizes of 10-12cm long. Later on, the Dutch government had to wipe these populations of exotics out, so they no longer exist in the Dutch outdoors, but there are apparently a select few aquarists who keep descendants of these Dutch guppies in their tanks. By telling this history, I mean to express that guppies are a very hardy and versatile little fish, that DO tolerate colder water, as long as you give them a few generations to adapt.SonnyGotenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10207407368879458707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-87453164022065491082018-08-18T02:08:11.827-07:002018-08-18T02:08:11.827-07:00I am currently breeding from 3 pairs of German gre...I am currently breeding from 3 pairs of German green elephant ear guppies. Not my favourite colour range but I like the size and vigour of the breed. The 450mm square tanks each pair are in are at different temperatures over winter. Its too early to have confidence in the observation, it may the trait of the different females however it seems that the higher the temperature the larger the number of but the smaller the size of each fry. The time to maturity of different batches despite big differences at birth seems roughly the same, and there may be different gender ratios although this strain has lost a large degree of the sexual dimorphism of my "wild" guppies and early sexing isn't as easy. More info when I have 10pairs. Interesting comments about water changes I dont do any but I top up with pond water kept for the purpose. It's full of microalgae and the little critters that graze on it. It seems a reasonable substitute for microworms and baby brine shrimp.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12193480447436596173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-12138591690152818462018-02-03T03:36:58.949-08:002018-02-03T03:36:58.949-08:00I have guppies at 64 degrees along with zebra and...I have guppies at 64 degrees along with zebra and leopard danios, and peppered corries.The guppy girls all look pregnent.No heater.I'm in the uk by the way. I also have a tank with n 8 inch Koi carp (had her years) who lives happily with peppered corridoras who have been with her since they were tiny and shes never attempted to eat them or the ramshorn snails and they also live with weather loach, two goldfish and a shubunkin. Previously I've kept zebra danios, rosie barbs and mountain minnows with this same Koi and she never touched them.I just eventually moved them.They were always in a cold tank. previously I had a Paradise Fish and corydora survive a plunge in temperature to 30 degrees F.! they were quickly moved but i have read of peppered corrys surviving minus 8 degrees in a frozen pond . I will be interested to see if my pregnant guppies actually have fry survive.Pinkrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523769692936945932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-29753786868072062992017-10-28T01:22:38.267-07:002017-10-28T01:22:38.267-07:00Interesting. You and I both have developed similar...Interesting. You and I both have developed similar care techniques for our aquariums. I too do little to no water changes and have allowed mulm to build to fuel my plants. And I also have snails, my favorite however are the acute blader snails. I've been selectively breeding them as well.<br /><br />I hope to raise a guppy that will winter in the outdoor pond here in PARobert Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10922693944618168375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-56318209145311882002017-09-22T20:20:42.685-07:002017-09-22T20:20:42.685-07:00Wow! I'm so encouraged by this...I thought sur...Wow! I'm so encouraged by this...I thought sure my guppies would be dead by the end of winter...I don't have a heater and the trailer I live in has been about 58°f at night...no fatalities yet...and one batch of babies last week...I was hoping that like all God's creatures they would adapt! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158530585653468889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-11252389083045485112017-05-12T08:34:32.540-07:002017-05-12T08:34:32.540-07:00I keep guppies, mollies and platys in aquariums in...I keep guppies, mollies and platys in aquariums in my house over the winter (Minnesota), and the temperature ranges from 65F to 72F in my house. In the Spring, they are moved to a small pond outside. Temperatures there have varied from 45F to 90F during Spring and Summer, and they seem relatively unaffected. Of course he mortality rate goes up during "pond time"--mostly predators and deer drinking off too much water, but we've not had problems with disease. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8295231876722307041.post-47486088749841315802015-11-24T21:15:08.994-08:002015-11-24T21:15:08.994-08:00So did you develop a cold water guppy? So did you develop a cold water guppy? 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