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November 16

Breeding Guppies

All about breeding guppies — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C4E:97F:F47A:6459:775D:3B23:189D (talk) 08:18, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Type "breeding guppies" into Google or any other search engine. There are plenty of results. See also Guppy. Alansplodge (talk) 08:57, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I once had guppies. They were rather prolific. But you had to put pregnant females into a special birthing chamber so that the young (which are born as tiny fish, not as eggs first) would drop through a narrow slot into a separate part of the chamber. That prevented the mother from eating them. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 09:33, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Ceratophyllum submersum, a cosmopolitan freshwater species collectable in the wild enhances your fish tank and provides adequate protection for guppy young

Breeding chambers work, but they are not necessary, and obviously don't exist in the wild. I bred guppies with no special effort for 10 years. Aquarium plants, especially Ceratophyllum, which I harvested at local lakes in New Jersey, works just fine for protection even with multiple adult guppies in the tank and no ugly plastic barriers. μηδείς (talk) 16:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Interesting idea. I didn't have that kind of thing in the aquarium. And I got the breeding chamber because the first time or two a guppy gave birth, it immediately started to gobble up its young. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:09, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

The Pumpkinseed Sunny, about 6", quickly controls guppy overpopulation

When I switched to guppies, because they are so much more interesting (who gave birth today?!?!) I already had the Ceratophyllum, and as far as I know it can be found in most Northeastern lakes, I'd look in the various articles for distribution, but good pet shops will sell it. Start with a small clean stalk with no snails or egg-masses, or you may find yourself overrun by weed or invasive species. The stalks grow very quickly, branch, and can be split. They also float near the surface, where the young congregate. I just gave my aquarium book to my nephew on Halloween. Basically, you should make sure the females are well fed, and consider suppliments (ask at the pet store). Some young, perhaps due to their poor health or tank overcrowding always did get eaten, but I went from an original four to several dozen and a 40 gallon tank. Finally I got a pumpkinseed sunny I caught by net, and ended up feeding it guppies.

Here are some nice instructions on basic breeding from the International Fancy Guppy Association [1] SemanticMantis (talk) 15:13, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Two android phone possesors

What are your experiences? 123.108.244.151 (talk) 10:08, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

I'm afraid this is not the correct venue for such discussions. Type "android phone user reviews" into Google if you need help. --Jayron32 11:46, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Here are good roundups from the Wirecutter: best Android phones [2] and best budget Android phones [3]. SemanticMantis (talk) 15:11, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Does the OP literally mean "two"? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 15:27, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Are you asking what a dual core Android phone is like? If so it will depend significantly on the precise phone. I have to say though that in most of the developed world, a dual core Android phone tends to be the bare minimum you'd want in a new phone and frankly you'd probably expected at least a quad core. It's not so much that you need quad core, but more that the nature of the Android SoC market and Android market means that phones will only a dual core will be extremely limited (and unfortunately it's true that many don't worry about resource usage anything like they should although thankfully battery life issues means that things don't tend to be quite as bad as on desktops). I don't know things are like in Bangladesh though and whether what would be considered a budget phone is something you'd consider a budget phone (or at least within your price range). Nil Einne (talk) 11:56, 18 November 2017 (UTC)

I suspect "Two" was a typo for "To". -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 18:52, 19 November 2017 (UTC)