Circle of Life

One of the red tail giant guppies gave birth to a litter of 8 frys 4 days ago ... was really hoping to see more of the guppies giving birth but an awful thing happened today. My reserve tank (the tank that I use to help the "under privileged" fishes so that they are nurtured back to health) sufferred a major blow ... taking along ALL of my fishes along with it (3 giant guppies, 2 cherry barbs, 1 endler and my only male long-fin serpae tetra). Three of the guppy frys also died due to unknown reasons as well.

This is really a major setback for us and my wife actually called me at work to inform me of this (she seldom takes hew of the fishes but this certainly caught her attention). This is indeed a very sad day for us ... well, at least for my wife and I. Bryan on the other hand got what he wanted ... "scooping" fishes ... dead fishes. Now, all we're left with is the last giant yellow guppy and the red tail's 5 frys (I really hope they make it).

BTW, I "googled" and found that the so called giant guppies is not really a species of guppies. According to a forum, they are genetically engineered with overfeeding and steroids. This is certainly not something I was hoping to find ... it is a wonder why we never saw the giant male guppies. According to the forum, the frys will turn out to be regular sized ... I'll find out soon enough assuming the 5 remaining frys will make it to adulthood.

Picture of our recently acquired Silver Angel fish ...