Is this fry fat, or does it have worms?

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

He's like my dwarf gourami, when he sees anyone walking past the tank he comes up and starts patrolling the surface like he hasn't eaten in ages. Just want him to get a bit bigger (larger) before I move him out of the quarantine tank. I'm starting to think he'll need some friends though, from what I read guppies do better in numbers. I'm thinking a couple of other males, as I don't want them breeding.

He looks like he's going to be super pretty! Please keep updating photos as he matures and his colours and fins develop, miss seeing that from when I raised guppies!

Yep, male only guppy tanks can work. I have five males together now who get on just fine. There is very occasionally a super driven to mate terror who bullies and can't live in a male only tank, but in the hundreds I raised, I only had a couple like that. Had a tank of 30 odd young males who were absolutely fine together - except for one who was a terror and had to be separated because he was a demon to the other males. But on the whole, most will sort out a pecking order and then settle down fine together! Plus you get all the pretty colours and fins with the males, and without the hassle of constantly raising and rehoming fry

 

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Hitchhiker is getting harder to photograph, he moves a lot. I definitely think by month's end he'll be ready to go in the big tank

 

[outofwater]

2 more weeks before moving on to the 29g tank.

 

[outofwater]

Well, the day has come. Getting him acclimated to the big tank's water temp.

We leave in 2 weeks for vacation, I thought it'd be best to put him there now and see how he behaves in the coming days, make sure he's established himself well before we leave