The other (and only surviving) female Guppy is looking very rounded and her belly is flattening off. The gravid spot is huge and she does seem to be hiding, although took her food well this morning.
Her dorsal fin is down and she's swimming a lot, but just holding position. Maybe later I'll catch her and either try the ice cream tub trick, or put her in the 2nd breeding net and remove the Danio - best done at night. Give the Danio the best chance to adjust to the full tank whilst she will be close to having them (if the drop is tonight) whilst not confined too long. It's a reasonable size net, so not too much of a restriction for her. Hopefully the drop will be sooner rather than later, as any babies would need releasing 3 weeks tomorrow - the night before we go on holiday. And the current babies, which are 5 weeks old, are only just of a size at which I think they would survive (from 8 mm to 15mm).
Some of the fry are showing lovely colours from their parents - yellow tails from their (presumed) father and the black patterns on the tail from their mother. They should look nice! Of course, if the other Guppy does have fry and they can survive, it will be hard knowing which to keep and which to take away. And how full will the tank be when that happens?
Also, if there's a drop tonight, will it be 4 or 6 weeks until the next one? 4 weeks and we'll be away, 6 weeks and we'll have been back for a week. I expect we'll be able to work it out before we go.
The nitrate is a little higher than I'd like after a 20% water change yesterday, but the colour almost matches the 10ppm mark - so I shouldn't complain!
Also this weekend I've noticed the male halfbeak is finally starting to show some colour. Possibly a bit of black coming back and there's some pale blue on his tail and dorsal fin. Maybe finally he'll colour up and look the attraction he's supposed to be!
Maintenance - nitrate circa 12ppm.
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