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I just wanted to share this funny baby guppy story...

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I was feeding my fish today, and while watching them I noticed out of the corner of my eye something moving in the filter! I have a canister filter with a clearish blue case and through the case I saw two baby guppies staring at me! I was in shock, I quickly stoped the filter and took it to the bathroom where I clean it, and took out everything inside it to reveal there were actually 12 babies in there! I have no idea how long they have been accumulating in there, since the filter has only been set up for 2 weeks and I was planning on cleaning it in another 2 weeks they were lucky I found them now. Foruneately there were no dead babies, so they either were not there for very long or they got plenty of food in there, but I thought it was pretty funny after I got them all out.

So if you have guppies, and they have babies, and a canister filter...Keep an eye out! I'm going to get some mesh or something to cover the filter end that sucks the water in with so no more get sucked up!

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  1. oh thats too funny!  You  could   put a sponge over the filter. Any questions email me.


  2. if you get a breeding net they are good in two ways they keep the babies form getting sucked up by the filter and from being eaten

  3. so why'd you put this in Yahoo! Answers?

  4. Hi, well done for spotting them! You have highlighted a really good reason to cover your filter inlet with some type of baffle when you have the possibility of baby fish.

  5. Ya that happened to me once. I just turned the filter off. Funny story though. Thanks a lot. You made me laugh.

  6. u are rite that is hilarious!!!

  7. thanks, I ve been thinking of covering mine with mesh too, my guppies are expecting too. Do you think pantyhose would work?

  8. aww put a lil panty holes over it okay good luck

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