Maybe 2-3 inches max. But be careful. If you have a mix of males and females you'll end up with the same problem OP has. I started with 6, had 60 at the height of my population boom.
Yeah they stay fairly small but they're live bearers so... lots of fast reproduction. I recommend if you're keeping a community tank, getting a few (size and specs appropriate) small predator species that will get along with the adults but will help keep the fry from taking over.
I am, yeah. Hes definitely underweight still but I'm working on bulking him back up. He's been small since we got him (his original owner was feeding him... turtle food?? Apparently???) so I do think he probably has some issues from all that.
Looks like it could have been graphite disease...which I do not think is preventable nor curable :< I have never dealt with it though so I could be totally off. (Edit: Some quick reading tells me it's actually a kind of velvet/external parasite) Sorry for your loss, SIP little buddy.
I looked it up and that definitely fits the bill better than other things I looked into (initially I thought it was fin rot but it progressed to his body very rapidly) and I couldn't seem to find anything with pictures that looked as similar to his condition as graphite disease seems to.
Maybe 2-3 inches max. But be careful. If you have a mix of males and females you'll end up with the same problem OP has. I started with 6, had 60 at the height of my population boom.
Yeah they stay fairly small but they're live bearers so... lots of fast reproduction. I recommend if you're keeping a community tank, getting a few (size and specs appropriate) small predator species that will get along with the adults but will help keep the fry from taking over.
Hey i have a friend who is interested in a school of them if you can spare any
Don't worry, I have a lot of them! Feel free to dm me!
i have guppies, same thing happened to me! except i only got 6 babies... lol. good luck!
Thanks! I accidentally ended up with two girls in with the boys I bought so... things happened... lmao
Are you gut loading your crickets and/or other feed? your dude looks really skinny.
I am, yeah. Hes definitely underweight still but I'm working on bulking him back up. He's been small since we got him (his original owner was feeding him... turtle food?? Apparently???) so I do think he probably has some issues from all that.
hey, where did you get him?
He was a rescue off of Craigslist
You should marry the guy. He knows what a girl wants....
Haha I'll think about it ;)
Nice, that's a sizable upgrade. Do you plan on adding any other fish?
Mhm! Right now I've got eight platys and about 10 ghost shrimp - not sure exactly what else I wanna add but I'm looking for suggestions 😅
Looks like it could have been graphite disease...which I do not think is preventable nor curable :< I have never dealt with it though so I could be totally off. (Edit: Some quick reading tells me it's actually a kind of velvet/external parasite) Sorry for your loss, SIP little buddy.
I looked it up and that definitely fits the bill better than other things I looked into (initially I thought it was fin rot but it progressed to his body very rapidly) and I couldn't seem to find anything with pictures that looked as similar to his condition as graphite disease seems to.
Chinese Evergreen, Aglaonema commutatum.
That's it! Thank you!!
Euphorbia, likely Euphorbia hypericifolia
Thats it, thank you!!