Three more guppy fries were found dead this morning, two blacks and one red.
There are still around ten others which are still staying on the gravel, seemingly barely able to swim normally. There is an equal distribution of the blacks and reds. Looks like the natural ailments that they were born with are starting to take the toils on them. Very sad, but since it’s a genetic issue, there will be nothing much we can do.
These genetic defects should either be due to the genes present in their parents, though we don’t see any peculiar about them physically. Another possibility would be in-breeding, meaning bearing babies within the same family. I’m not too sure about the latter though, since each of the five adult guppies we have (three males, two females) have different physical traits.
We are expecting more fries to make their ways to the other world; it’s unfortunate but that is how nature works; only the fittest will survive. On the bright side, the rest of the healthy guppies will not be so congested and have a higher chance of proper survival and growing up.
Meanwhile, we are still looking for the SUPERBaby fish food by OceanFree. Checked out a few local fish shops but to no avail.
