Nikki wrote:
I think I told you my female who died the other day had babies the night
before she died, so I have them in another tank, last night my son (with the
broken collar bone) was looking at them and said hey mom why are you leaving
some of the babies in here, I said i'm not I took them out, he said "think
you missed one" so I went and scooped it out, about that time I noticed more
about 15 more, so for the next hour I was looking for babies, so I don't
know if they were ones I missed that night or the other female had them, she
did not look very pregnant to me but who knows.

It's amazing how many guppies a big female can have.

I been watching the guppies for any signs of disease, they look good, I am
going to keep doing extra water changes for the time being until I know for
sure they are fine. I don't think I was feeding to much but I have been
feeding less anyway, I got them their regular flake food again, I changed
because I thought it would be better for them to have different food, but
they would not eat anything else, I even tried the bloodworms and they did
not even touch them, so I am just sticking with the normal flakes I feed
them.

How funny. Flakes are fine for guppies. Mine adore daphnia and
bloodworms, but not all fish are the same. I'm glad they're doing
better. Guppies are ravenous little fish. They'll eat all they need in
under a minute, though.

The betta's like I said do look more perky they are swimming more, I am
doing the ick treatment until the spots are gone then every three days after
that, I'm doing 50% water changes daily.
this morning when I woke up, there were little bubbles all over the top of
the one side, I don't know if it was from the air hose or what, kind of
strange.

That's a bubblenest. Your betta made it. It means he's feeling better
and hoping a female will happen to come by to lay eggs in it.

by chance do you know if I need to be feeding an algae eater extra food,
when I got him for my big tank I had some algae one the big rocks but it
seems to be gone now, I am guessing he needs something else but what I don't
really know, what do they eat?

Yes, algae eaters need food once the algae is gone. Offer a mix of
sinking algae wafers and fresh veggies. I use slices of cucumber,
zucchini or romaine lettuce leaves. You can buy a suction cup clip for
the vegetables or rubber band them to a rock. Don't leave veggies in
your tank for more than 24 hours or they'll rot.

thanks again for all your help

You're welcome. :-)

Nikki

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