Re: Keeping guppies...

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 18:43:57 -0800, "Daniel Morrow"
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>"Charles" <ckraft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On 30 Dec 2005 01:39:02 -0800, "Mariachi" <farenn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> >Well originally I got a crayfish and had ideas of keeping guppies with
>> >him and sort of having the guppies reproduce/get eaten and keep the
>> >popuplation balanced. But the crayfish just keeps killing everything so
>> >that's not going to work. But I keep looking at guppies and do want to
>> >keep some and am thinking of getting like a smaller tank (I have a 2ft
>> >tank for the cray) for guppies and I didn't really want to spend that
>> >much money...but then again a filter isn't that expensive so I might
>> >reconsider the filter option. Thanks!
>>
>>
>> sponge filters are quite inexpensive. they work well.
>>
>> while we are discussing guppies, I should make my obligatory
>> recomendation that you look into Endler's lifebearers.
>>
>> http://www.endlersr.us/index.php
>>
>>
>> <:-)
>>
>
>Thanks for the endler's link - I will check them out, they look absolutely
>beautiful, how long do they live? Good luck and later!
>


A couple years is about average, it depends on a lot of things,
temperature being one. Fairly short lived, but they make more. They
are a special kind of guppy, or something closely related to guppies,
the jury is still out. They seem a bit hardier than guppies, at least
the pet shop over bred kind.
.

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