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[yvez9]

Hi

I just got a 20 u.s. gallon aquarium and just added some fish to it. I started off with 4 guppies and later added 4 other guppies (4 male, 4 female) and 2 gouramis (bleu and pearl). I also have a snail in there caus ei think they look cool

 

[jflowers]

Hi Welcome to the forum

IMHO it would be good to add some more female guppies next otherwise your current four may get stressed. I may be wrong (others will say if I am) but you should keep a 3/1 ratio of female/male guppies. You will soon see that male guppies do nothing but chase females hehe.

Jon

 

[lady_tanksalot]

hello and

i agree, 1:3 is a good ratio those male guppies can be randy little so an so's and can actually hassle the females to death by their constant advances

 

[Sasha]

to the forum yvez9!

 

[snowyangel]

Welcome to the forums yvez9, glad to see a new member. Drop by chat to meet more members or incase you have a quesiton.

 

[black angel]

hi and welcome to the forum. agree with everyone else, more female guppies. please have a good look around and dont be afraid to ask questions. thats why were all here. good luck.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

to the forum.

Why not get a couple of bottom feeders as well?

Join our school.

 

[Hooligan]

Why not get a couple of bottom feeders as well?

Such as three clown loaches or 3 Botia striata

Welcome

 

[yvez9]

I was actually planning on getting some kind of shark, maybe 3 or 4 to crowd the bottom part of the tank.

Will they get along well with the guppies?




Note, i found the pearl gourami dead tonight. The blue seems good but still hasn't eaten a bite since i put him in the tank either...

 

[jflowers]

With your size tank i would go for corys for the bottom feeders, cory julii or peppered corys. Your tank is not big enough for most sharks and Deff not big enough for clown loaches.

Jon