A surprise freebie

fishfinder · 07-19-2009, 10:25 PM

I picked up three new plants today, and in the bag with the Red Tiger Lotus and Crinum calamistratum was a newborn guppy fry. He/she is happily swimming around in the net breeder. There were no fancy guppies in the plant tank, but it will still be fun to see how it turns out.

phil_pl · 07-20-2009, 12:18 AM

awesome freebie my last freebies killed all my snails so you did great

Chickadee · 07-20-2009, 10:49 AM

Great! Congratulations. When it gets old enough we would like pics of course.

Rose

Shotgun · 07-20-2009, 06:37 PM

lol. guppies are so fun to watch. So easy to breed, and like i said, theyre so fun to watch! I got a free snail before...

fishfinder · 07-20-2009, 09:40 PM

Lol, I'll do my best with pics later. My camera's not so great with little fish closeups. Free snails eh? I've gotten lots of those.

Right now, I'm just glad to have one little fry. 400 fry is a little overwhelming for me.

Shotgun · 07-20-2009, 10:22 PM

snails are always a fun free gift. guppy fry are so fun to raise. breed a pair, and you can raise a healthy sum of about 50+ guppies.

Chickadee · 07-21-2009, 08:14 AM

LOL...know what you mean. I do not even try with my camera anymore and all my fish are full grown. Some time maybe but I did not mean yet just try when the fish becomes full sized as we would love to see what they final fish looks like.

Rose

OP_tiMus-pRiME · 07-21-2009, 08:25 AM

Hah nice freebie there bud

I have at least 300 of those little buggers myself...

Shotgun · 07-21-2009, 11:11 AM

how the heck do you photograph 3 year old fry?

Shotgun · 07-21-2009, 11:11 AM

i meant to say 3 day old fry.

fishfinder · 07-21-2009, 08:51 PM

My camera is an Olympus D-545 zoom. I've tried auto, and different settings. The lens and 4 megapixels just aren't good enough for macro shots. Always blurry no matter what I try. Sorry, buts its all I could afford at the time. Maybe someday I'll get a better camera.

And thank you for all the great info on snails.

Shotgun · 07-21-2009, 10:49 PM

nahhh. the free snail i got was already attached to the plant. he was already grown.

fishfinder · 07-21-2009, 11:08 PM

The shutter speed is very slow, over one second, maybe two before capture. Perhaps you are right, if I steady the camera it will take sharper pictures.

But try to keep a fish still for 2 seconds, lol.

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fishfinder Goodwill Ambassador fishfinder's Photo Gallery Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 376 My location Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Welcome to Aquarium Forum" 372 Times Said "Thanks" 53 Times Was Thanked 153 Times in 105 Posts	Re: A surprise freebie My camera is an Olympus D-545 zoom. I've tried auto, and different settings. The lens and 4 megapixels just aren't good enough for macro shots. Always blurry no matter what I try. Sorry, buts its all I could afford at the time. Maybe someday I'll get a better camera. And thank you for all the great info on snails.

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