Guppygirl Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 I opened my canister filter to check and clean it and was shocked to find 12 guppy fry -ranging from newborn to over 2cm. Was surprised that they were not garbled by the uptake pump? I assume that the older fry came into the filter as babies and just grew up in the filter medium. As the tank is fairly planted with pennywort, java moss, anubias nana, some frilly plant plus others there is always something that filter is sucking up and I tend to over feed a little . So they survived yippy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 Ant time I am breeding my fish I just a sponge filter so this dose not happen any more. When I wouked at the pet store the filter there was a horse trough so there was quite the colection of fish in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingin' It Posted September 17, 2009 Report Share Posted September 17, 2009 hahaha...this makes me wanna check!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Influence Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 It Happens All The Time With My Convicts .... And They Always Seem Ta Thrive In The Filters .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Dawg Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Just the other week I saw a pair in the filter and called the S.O. over to help with the cleaning. By the time we were done over 20 live ones were found and put back in the tank. One was way too big to have made it in at that size so he must have been there for a few weeks. One filter had most of them, oddly the one with the smaller grate. We now have a lot of fish. Edited October 16, 2009 by T Dawg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crystal Posted October 16, 2009 Report Share Posted October 16, 2009 I haven't found them, but that may be because I have a Rena xp3 and it would be too much for young fry. I had my weather loaches swim up the outflow into my old Aquaclear 110 though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Dawg Posted October 27, 2009 Report Share Posted October 27, 2009 I haven't found them, but that may be because I have a Rena xp3 and it would be too much for young fry.I had my weather loaches swim up the outflow into my old Aquaclear 110 though... Most of mine with in the XP3, only a few in the XP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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