How Many Guppies?

[betta_fish]

How many guppies can I have in a 10 gallon tank

 

[aquagirl]

Well if there's nothing else in there as many as 6, 4 females and 2 males.

But if there are say.. a few tetras, then only 3 or 4.

 

[blitztidus]

Right on the money, a ten gallon can fit 4-6 guppies perfectly. If I were you, I would warn you that it will get addictive as you start to love them more and more, then you will want more and more, so I would suggest a bigger tank for looking into other types of fish if you haven't already .

 

[Annastasia]

What sexes do you want? If you want males and females, go for a trio first. You will definitely have fry, and that will leave you room to keep a couple. If you're going to have fry, though, you need to plan ahead and think were they will go, and where you'll grow them up, and where they'll go when they are grown up. Females can produce fry once a month, and you can quickly get overrun.

If you want all females, start out with 2-3. As mentioned, they will also have fry, even without a male, and fill the tank up quickly.

If you want all males, 5-6 will work best. 5 seems to be the magic number to spread out aggression enough.

 

[betta_fish]

Don't wanna breed.

Unfortionatly I am only aloud a 10 gallon and I am not aloud any fish after these.

 

[Annastasia]

Then go for 5-6 males. Make sure to decorate the tank up heavily with rocks/caves/woods and plants, so the males will have places to hide and their own little terriroty. It's also touch and go with males, as some can be incredibly aggressive and cannot be kept with other males. It's worth having a place for them to go, or making sure your LFS can take them back.

 

[blitztidus]

Make sure the males are preeeetty, because I love preeeetty fish. You should take pics of everything once you get it up and running, that would look real cool.

 

[nobody]

Make sure the males are preeeetty, because I love preeeetty fish. You should take pics of everything once you get it up and running, that would look real cool.

Just keep in mind that some males (very few) can get aggressive. I wouldn't worry about it too much though