Tetras with guppies?

[NinjaSmurf]

The kid I babysit tank is crashing and burning, so I am sort of checking out whether he wants to get rid of his fish. The problem is i don't know if I take in his tetras whether I'll be dealing with shredded guppies, as that's who I'd have to stick them in with.

He has:
1 lemon tetra
1 cardinal
2 rummynose


Could I stick these in with my guppies?

 

[IMCL85]

Wow he sure mix it up like mad . Normally tetra can get alone fine with guppy no problem. And all 3 kind of those tetra need to have minimum school of 3-4 to be looking good. Lol you can give it a try. It wouldn't hurt ur guppy but just use q tank for those tetra for a while to make sure no disease is carry in to ur main guppy tank. Good luck.

 

[Annastasia]

Off the top of my head, I know Lemon tetras are very nippy, and shouldn't go with Guppies. I've found my Rummynoses to be okay, and pretty peaceful, and I cannot comment on the Cardinals, as I have never had them.

And as mentioned earlier, quarantining them would be a very good idea.

 

[Dwarfs]

I don't know if this helps but I have 3 head and tail lights + 3 serpae tetras living with a few feeder guppies and their fry, in a 29g tall with other fish that I actually like

 

[Lateral Line]

I've found Serpaes to be decidedly aggressive, especially in small number.

Anyway, Lemons can be a bit nippy, but in general all three of those species are okay. In one off's and pairs, anything is possible however. Shoaling fish tend to develop atypical behaviour when kept alone or in a very small group.

 

[NinjaSmurf]

Well, surprise, today I discovered another cardinal. It's hard to tell exact numbers because the tank is so nasty looking, it originally used to be two lemons, I think three cardinals, three rummies for sure, an otto or two, a betta and a lone albino cory. All in a ten. Now it's just the five tetras and the cory.

Needless to say, I tried to help in a not too pushy way but the kid is the kind that flies his kittens around like airplanes, and he's twelve! Anyhoo, I'm not even sure if his mom is going to let him get rid of them, he doesn't want them but he said she does, though with the way the tank is looking and the fact that they don't clean the gravel, just top the tank off, I don't know how much longer any of them are going to last. As it is I'm sneaking bottom feeding wafers to the cory, as they seemed to think he ate algae off the sides of the tank, and the poor little booger had to suffer not getting real food on top of the fact that they only were feeding the fish once a week. I'm starting to think I could just sneak him out of the tank without anyone noticing, lord knows you can barely see the inside of the tank anymore.... Kid is upstairs at the moment.....



Does this make me evil or good?

 

[Weaver]

Yeah sneak it out and if the brat notices its gone tell him it must have died and the other fish must have eaten it
On second thoughts he sounds the type who might then kill one of the remaing fish just to see it being eaten
Anyways good for you for trying to help those poor fish

 

[Lateral Line]

>>> Kid is upstairs at the moment.....

Hmmm.....

>>> that flies his kittens around like airplanes,

... has the kid ever tried flying out of the window?

 

[lilfishie]

I personslly have kept Guppies with Lemon Tetras and Cardinals and i had no problems

 

[afireinside]

i've kept a serpae with guppies before, and they were fine.