Guppies vs Platties

[N3m0]

I'm considering either 3 guppies or 3 platties (still cycling now). Anyone have any comments, like which would be happier in a 5 gallon, which would be more entertaining, etc? Thanks!

 

[tstenback]

guppies would do better as platies like a fair bit of swimming room. Are you looking at all males, all females or a mix?

 

[N3m0]

Thanks.
I'm planning on a mix. Eventually they'll go in something bigger and this will be a fry tank / quarantine tank, but that will be a while.

 

[tstenback]

If you are going to mix sexes with livebearers then get 2 females for each male as the females will be harrassed by the males.

 

[N3m0]

will do

 

[impur]

Oh i thought this was a thread about guppies and platties fighting or something.

 

[StingrayKid]

I'd go with the guppies. The Males are extremely pretty and they don't need a lot of room. They're great fish!

 

[Never2Bknown]

Get guppies. They are very entertaining. They are little fish that give you more little fish, which also give you more little fish, which give you more little fish after that, which... You get my point. They're rather fun, though. I have a cobra guppy pair that I raised from fry. They're very beautiful, and fairly hardy as well. BUT, if you want a fish that absolutely WILL NOT die even after four years and you're starting to think about killing it yourself before it bites the dust (that's what happened with me) get a zebra danio. Man, I hate those things. They just won't DIE!!! That might sound mean, but you just get so SICK of them after a while! Anyway... Guppies are nice, but they can die. Zebra danios aren't nice, but its next to impossible to kill them.

Your choice. But I'd go with the guppies. But you might have to keep on buying them. I did. 'Course, I used to have a talent for killing fish. Not anymore, though, thank goodness!!!