Breeding Journal, Poecilia reticulata

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General
Species:Poecilia reticulata  
Social Structure: Pair
Size of Individuals: ~1/2in
Age of Individuals:  Unknown
Date added to Tank: 9/2014

Broodstock Tank Details
Size of Tank: 2.5 gallon breeders box in a 4ftx2ftx18in refugium connected to a 265 gallon tank.  
Substrate Details: Bare Bottom
Filtration Details: 2 HOB filters, dyi wet/dry, refugium (liverock, muscles, assorted macro algae).
Water Changes: 50 gallons every other week.
Water Temperature:  75 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lighting: 120 watt leds, all white.  
Lighting Cycle:  24 hours
Other Tank Inhabitants: No other tankmates in the breeders box. The fuge is shared with 2 clownfish, goatfish and a tobacco basslet.  

Broodstock Feeding Details
Food Types: LRS reef frenzy, NLS therma A pellets, Aquadine pellets,squid, shrimp and fish from the market.
Feeding Schedule:  

Spawning Details
Date of First Spawn:Unknown  
Spawn Time of Day:  Unknown
Dates of Consecutive Spawns: Unknown
Courtship Details: Unknown
Egg Size: <1mm
Egg Color: Black  
Egg Count: Unknown

Hatch Details
Hatch Date: February 28, 2015  
Hatch Time of Day: Between 2 AM and 10 AM
# Days after Spawn:  Unknown
Larvae Description:  Photos and pics below. ~24 fry.


Larval Tank Details SAME AS PARENTS
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Larval Feeding Details
Food Types: Crushed Aquadine flakes  
Feeding Schedule:  3 times a day

Metamorphosis/Settlement
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Grow-Out Tank Details
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Additional Information
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Edited by Cu455 - February 28 2015 at 3:33pm

You can get them to convert to salt... Tough but possible.

Adam

Poecilia reticulata aka guppies.

Wth??

The fish were raised and bred in saltwater. They might not accept it, which is totally understandable. If they don't accept this round maybe they will accept the offsprings of the fry. They would have been born, raised and reproduced in a marine environment. Either way I will update everyone on the decision.

Do I at least get the first to breed merit with the fc0? I guess I will have to wait for my catsharks to breed to get some points.

Bad news about the guppies. To start off I live in a small apartment so all my fish stuff is at my parents house, which they are not to happy about. I was switching my sump to something smaller and had my guppies in a critter keeper on the floor in the basement.

I walk to and from work. On my walk home I stop at my parents place to take care of the fish. When I went to the house my dad told me that I left my guppies, what he called minnows in the middle of the basement and he put them into my pond. He didn't put the critter keeper in with the guppies in it, he just dumped all the guppies in. To no shock when I looked into the pond I saw no guppies. I have no idea why he did it, but I think he thought they will survive. I was kind of pissed but didn't want to make a big deal of it. So I just said thanks.