Cloudy water shows up in breeding tanks far more often than in regular display tanks, and there’s a simple reason for that. Breeding tanks run on smaller volumes, get fed more frequently because fry need multiple feedings a day, and usually rely on gentle filtration like sponge filters that don’t process waste as aggressively as … Read more
I remember the exact morning I checked my first guppy breeding tank and found… nothing. No fry. Not even the tiny translucent shadows I’d been watching for all week. I’d had a healthy female drop what I estimated was close to 40 fry the night before, and by morning most of them were just gone … Read more
Three fry. That’s what I counted one morning. I had started with thirty — maybe more. My guppies had given birth overnight, and I remember thinking this is it, I’m actually doing this. I watched them for an hour before bed, these tiny silver specks darting around the tank. Went to sleep feeling pretty proud of myself. … Read more