Guppies & Tetras?

[vanvran]

Hi everybody. You were all so great in advising me NOT to put a baby betta in with tetras.
My 5 tetras are neon cardinal tetras. I'm now wondering if they might be the reason behind my inability to keep guppies for very long??? My 2 ottos, 5 neons and 2 albino cories have been with me for almost 3 years, yet I cannot keep guppies more than 2 months. What do you think? Would the tetras go after my precious pretty little guppies when I'm not around?

 

[donna123]

hi,
none of the fish you have are killing your guppys,they are hard to keep they are not as hardy as they use to be, i have yet to have one for more than 3 months myself, ive got to the point that when the ones i have got left have gone im not going to get any more, you could try a different shop maybe the stock would be better,good luck with what you decide to do . ps have you thought about platy they are much more hardy.hth donna

 

[vanvran]

hi,
none of the fish you have are killing your guppys,they are hard to keep they are not as hardy as they use to be, i have yet to have one for more than 3 months myself, ive got to the point that when the ones i have got left have gone im not going to get any more, you could try a different shop maybe the stock would be better,good luck with what you decide to do . ps have you thought about platy they are much more hardy.hth donna

Donna, I can't believe you said that! I decided that with the last guppy, I was not running out to buy him a "buddy" or two as I have been doing over and over everytime I lose a guppy. I feel so bad for him though--he just lays on a leaf in the tank at the top now, whereas he used to be swimming alongside my last guppy "Mango." It is too hard to see them die--I love guppies, they are gorgeous, sweet little fish. "Speckle" is amazing--his body is almost a neon green (which really comes out when the light is on for awhile), and his tail is a fan of all different speckles of color. I have now bought guppies at 3 different LFS, so there's no place left to try around here.

I've had platies, but one of them was always pecking/scaring my other ones until they died, so I gave him (the bully) away.