Vengified
Fish Fanatic
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I'll put a little background first, as I am sure it would be asked:
Recently, on Valentine' Day, my wife and I bought two Guppies (labeled as Cobra Guppies in the store), and a cherry shrimp for a small 3.5 gallon tank for my 4 year old, to see if he would like fish. We had the tank hidden for 2 weeks with everything but the fish, with filter/heat running. I don't have a test kit yet, and although I'm unsure of the credibility or specific details, the fish store tested my water and says it's fine.
We do intend to upgrade to a 10-20 gallon as of now, because my son couldn't be more excited and more in love with his fish, Sophie, Roney, and his shrimp, Raphael. Lol.
Now, my questions are: Can you tell me if the fish store is incorrect in telling me I have two females? The colors seem like a male and female to me, their shape is indiscernable to me. Second question is, their behavior is crazy, but I'm not sure if it's normal, or bad? It seems like courting or playing or fighting, but I'm not sure?
My previous experience with fish is just feeder fish, for 3 turtles, in a 8 foot pond, built into my father's living room, when I was a child, so I am fairly limited on the fish aquarium knowledge. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really don't wanna explain to my 4 year old, that daddy messed up, and let his babies die!
I embedded two short videos, they have sound, so be warned. The short 8 seconds is just one strange thing they do. The longer one is 16 seconds, and is when the red one (Roney) chases the silver one(Sophie). And I think I attached a pic, sorry for the blur.
Recently, on Valentine' Day, my wife and I bought two Guppies (labeled as Cobra Guppies in the store), and a cherry shrimp for a small 3.5 gallon tank for my 4 year old, to see if he would like fish. We had the tank hidden for 2 weeks with everything but the fish, with filter/heat running. I don't have a test kit yet, and although I'm unsure of the credibility or specific details, the fish store tested my water and says it's fine.
We do intend to upgrade to a 10-20 gallon as of now, because my son couldn't be more excited and more in love with his fish, Sophie, Roney, and his shrimp, Raphael. Lol.
Now, my questions are: Can you tell me if the fish store is incorrect in telling me I have two females? The colors seem like a male and female to me, their shape is indiscernable to me. Second question is, their behavior is crazy, but I'm not sure if it's normal, or bad? It seems like courting or playing or fighting, but I'm not sure?
My previous experience with fish is just feeder fish, for 3 turtles, in a 8 foot pond, built into my father's living room, when I was a child, so I am fairly limited on the fish aquarium knowledge. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! I really don't wanna explain to my 4 year old, that daddy messed up, and let his babies die!
I embedded two short videos, they have sound, so be warned. The short 8 seconds is just one strange thing they do. The longer one is 16 seconds, and is when the red one (Roney) chases the silver one(Sophie). And I think I attached a pic, sorry for the blur.