I Feal Stupid For Asking This

[frazoo]

i saw the most beautiful pair of fancy guppies, same size, same strand so i had to get them. but i only have a pair, yes, i know i should have 1 male to every 2-3 females. will the male wear her out since there is only one female in a 3 gal tank(standard)? if he does wear her out will she die from stress or sit on the bottem all day?

 

[Annastasia]

He'll probably stress her out, especially in a tank that small where she doesn't have much room to get away. Is it possible to upgrade them to a bigger tank? Or get more females?

What she'll do will depend on how stressed out she gets. If she's pregnant, she may abort her fry or have birthing difficulties. It's all going to depend on how bad it is.

 

[KevinM]

shes sitting on the bottom?!? when mine did that, 4 days later...she poped!

 

[frazoo]

nonono not right now but she may, if the male stresses her out too much.

as for upgrading the tank i dont think that is a option
but getting more females is always an option since i have alot of guppies downstairs

 

[NoRp]

put in another female that could have ncie babies also
this way you get some extra nice fry and the females aint to stressted out