HI!
I have a juwel 240 tank and have 16 male guppies in there (plus two ottos). There are no females in there and the majority of the guppies seem fine, but some have torn tails...
Their tails are not inflamed or anything - they are just split from the begning to the end of the tail. And some guppies have split tail in the middle - it really looks like you would cut their tails with scisors, there are no parst missing.
I know that some time ago someone mentioned that male guppies (they are fancy and some really have long tails) tend to get torn tails if they live in big aquariums because their tails are too long - could that be the reason?
I keep current on minimum.
What should I do? I have one spare 54 liter tank where I could move them but they really seem to enjoy more freedom in the bigger tank. And anyway there are too many of them to be in a smaller tank so I will have to rehome some than...
I really don't know what I am doing wrong...
Could there be some fighting amongst them - but than their tails would be chewed not just split, right?
I have a juwel 240 tank and have 16 male guppies in there (plus two ottos). There are no females in there and the majority of the guppies seem fine, but some have torn tails...
Their tails are not inflamed or anything - they are just split from the begning to the end of the tail. And some guppies have split tail in the middle - it really looks like you would cut their tails with scisors, there are no parst missing.
I know that some time ago someone mentioned that male guppies (they are fancy and some really have long tails) tend to get torn tails if they live in big aquariums because their tails are too long - could that be the reason?
I keep current on minimum.
What should I do? I have one spare 54 liter tank where I could move them but they really seem to enjoy more freedom in the bigger tank. And anyway there are too many of them to be in a smaller tank so I will have to rehome some than...
I really don't know what I am doing wrong...
Could there be some fighting amongst them - but than their tails would be chewed not just split, right?