What's new
By:
Filters

How Many Guppies In A Community Tank?

C

cryslea

Fish Fanatic
Joined
Sep 1, 2007
Messages
60
Reaction score
0
Location
Minnesota
I have a 20G high that currently has 7 harlequin rasboras. I will probably be adding a small school of cory cats as well. I thought I'd round out the tank with a couple of male guppies. I know they're not schooling fish, but some sites recommend keeping 3-5 to keep them happy, while others say nothing about this. Also, one site I saw said you can't keep just male guppies, but I thought it was pretty common to do so in order to avoid fry.

Anyway, would it be okay to keep just 3 males?
 
Yes that would be fine, you can probably put more than that in if you wanted.
 
Thanks for the response!

I might, but I just haven't quite figured out the stocking levels and all yet, and it seems best to only put a few in at a time to see how everything is working out. I'd love to get a small school of small tetras, too, but I think that'd push me into overstocked. Stupid 20G is so limiting, but there isn't really room for a larger tank in the house right now. :(
 
cryslea said:
5teady said:
What is the dimensions of your tank?
Click to expand...


24x12x16
Click to expand...

Depending on the size of your other fish bare in mind....

You can put around 20-24 fish in that in total (obviously not all at once) but to be on the safe side, i would only put 15-20 in it.

Like i said, it varys in the size of fish, the bigger the fish, the less you stock in the tank



:)
 
Thanks. I've been stocking slowly, checking my ammonia/nitrites/nitrates regularly and just generally researching the heck out of every possible fish. It's nice to know where I can (hopefully) end up, though.
 
Here i did this for you, (these are not 100% to go by on stocking amounts, but are a good guide for the other things :).)

Click it to enlarge it

ScreenHunter_1.jpg
 
If you have the space, I'd put a few more than just 3 in - five or six maybe - as that way any aggression will be spread around the group. I've only ever had problems with fighting males in small groups - bigger groups seem a lot happier just to show off their tails rather than biting chunks out of them.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

C
Help me stock my tank!
Replies
2
Views
445
Lcc86
L
F
Guppies not doing well.
Replies
8
Views
416
FishFriend0
F
D
How many male guppies???
Replies
11
Views
1K
Dan44
D
AdoraBelle Dearheart
How many batches of fry can a mutt guppy have in their lifetime? How about wild types? Kept track of a single female's total progeny?
2
Replies
22
Views
2K
TwoTankAmin
TwoTankAmin
Irksome
Why don’t my endlers breed?
Replies
5
Views
1K
Colin_T
Colin_T

Most reactions

Useful Links

Back
Top