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Ok, ok, so it's not so brilliant now that I think about it in retrospect, but dern it, it seemed sooooo good! LOL

I thought, HEY! Snails clean tanks and then overproduce in fish tanks, so it's perfect for a turtle tank. Get big snails (too big for the turtles to eat, I thought) and they'll help with the ground clutter, and when they over produce.. VOILA!.. small RES food! Pfffft.. I forgot snails have tentacles that the RES's could bite, no matter what their size. On top of that, I got apple snails and they're not hermaphoditic, so they might not have reproduced anyway!!! Talk about a BIG "DOH me!" LOL

Ok, back to plan B: a seperate breeding tank for guppies (as feeders), and I'll get a snail that IS hermaphroditic or just hope for a pair of apples -- let them take over (somewhat) and hopefully that will work. I know that larger snails might eat some of the guppy fry, but that's ok, too.

Any suggestions out there that might alleviate future problems that I'm not seeing this time? LOL

Thanks in advance,

The Mom half
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Denise (Mom) and/or Jared (son)
Take care!

Just be sure to fish the baby guppies out when they are born, cause the big ones will eat them. Well, mine do anyway.

Now guppies, I know, so we'll be fine there.

Do you keep plenty of plants or the fake grass mats in your tanks for the fry? Usually a good place for them to hide helps at first, when they are so tiny. If you have the room and the tanks, breed in one that has a grass mat on the bottom and one on the top.. when the female drops, move HER out and back in with adults. By this time, another female will probably be ready to drop, and you can keep the chain going with a few tanks, moving the adults out of the tanks, and always having feeders. Granted, you may have to slow your chain down at times, because you may get too many, but you'll figure out the flow of things. 3 - 4 ten gallon tanks is ideal for this, along with a 15 or 20 gallon to hold the stock.

You didn't ask for my input, but hopefully it will help with your fry being eaten. Have a great day!

The Mom again!
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Denise (Mom) and/or Jared (son)
Take care!