I have a tank that has had fish in it for over a year. I just now cleaned the tank out, and the 3 fish I had in it made a leap to their death from the bowl I had them in. It is a 10 gallon tank and i put water back in it yesterday evening. How many guppies should I buy to put in it? What other fish go with guppies?
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2 pairs of guppies a pair of platies. a pair of swordtails,3 cory catfish. Neon tetras,6 of them,instead of some of the other fish(besides the catfish)Try to put in more females than males,if you can.(if the pet store lets you buy individual live bearers instead of pairs)
neons, algae eaters, and goldfish. remember 1 inch of fish per gallon of tank, and get a snail for the tank walls
Any peaceful fish can go with Guppies.
Ps. not goldfish, as someone else said.
There's a 1inch per US gallon rule with fish, (doesn't work with gold fish) So if you bought 10 guppies that were about 1 inch that would be at the max. However, keep in mind guppies reproduce like crazy, so in no time you'd have a bunch of little guppies swimming around which would push your stocking limits over the top. Also keep in mind that male guppies will harrass female guppies, so if you can keep either all male guppies (no chance for fry) or if you want fry keep a 2/1 female/male ratio so that the males don't harrass the female to death. good luck!
usually it is a gallon per fish...however, people keep more than that and it is duable. you can keep about 5-6 guppies. and other mid-dweller like tetras (about 5-6) or dwarf guramis (2-3). as a bottom dweller you can keep albino corydora catfish about 3 of them (they are pretty small).
couple of mystery snail or some cherry shrimps would be nice of cleaning algaes also..
by the way, avoid getting female guppies... they multiply fast.
A good rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish to 1 gallon of water. When you are purchasing guppies, you want a ratio of 2:1 (females to males). You can have all guppies, but small tetras would work as well in a community of guppies. Do not add too many fish at one time though. Start with the guppies, 3 to start, and then gradually add a few more fish. For a 10 gallon aquarium, I would say your safe limit would be 6-7 fish. Good luck!
Well you will need to cycle the tank first, before you buy your fish. Secondly, a few guppies at a time, not a whole bunch. No you don't need a heater if you are planning on adding goldfish, mollies, platies, pleco's which all go well with guppies. even White Clouds. I would not add more than 1 goldfish and not a common, stick with the fan tail types and get it small. For a 10 gallon you can have 20 guppies alone or 1 goldfish, 6 guppies a pleco and perhaps a White cloud.
good luck
well there is the gallon per fish rule but if you have good oxygenation and a decent filter you can scrap that rule. But you should buy guppies at a ratio of 1 male to 2 females. This is as the male tends to chase the female around and it could be very bad for the females they are pregnant. But if you don't want baby fry i suggest you just buy males as they are more colourful and pretty to look at. You can then buy some neon tetras , 2 - 3 mollies or swordtails (but they are livebearers like guppies so keep to 1 male to 2 females)
hope everything goes well
The guppies will multiply very fast to let you know. The only fish that you can put in your tank with them will be goldfish for they are the only ones that wont eat them. Any other fish will eat them but that could be a good thing on the way they multiply.
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