Is Guppy Just Playing Or Is It Serious? Urgent!

[joyboy]

I have 2 guppies, im 99% sure they're both male. They are always nipping each other on the stomach but i think thats just to mate cause there's no female in the tank. Yesterday i got 2 julii and 2 sterbai corys and today i saw it kinda running behind them and even nipping them a little. Should i leave it or should i take the guppy to the LFS. I just put the guppy in a net and left the net hanging over the water with some weight so the guppy be submerged in water because it's nighttime here it'll have to stay the whole night if i must return it??

 

[mcqc4]

I would let them run around together. Watch for fin damage. Add some plants and decorations so they can hide from each other. I have a platy that bullied everyone. I moved him to a different tank. In his new tank, he met one of my female mollies which was much bigger and meaner than him. Now he doesn't bully anyone. The mollie put him in his place. Now everyone coexist just fine. Every once and a while, he'll get too close to Big Bad Mollie and she chases him. But they all get along good. I'd say give it some time to see if the fish can sort out the "pecking order" Someone has to be the dominent one. If you start to see fin damage, then I'd rehome him.

 

[trianglekitty]

I have 2 guppies, im 99% sure they're both male. They are always nipping each other on the stomach but i think thats just to mate cause there's no female in the tank. Yesterday i got 2 julii and 2 sterbai corys and today i saw it kinda running behind them and even nipping them a little. Should i leave it or should i take the guppy to the LFS. I just put the guppy in a net and left the net hanging over the water with some weight so the guppy be submerged in water because it's nighttime here it'll have to stay the whole night if i must return it??

How big is your tank? Guppies do better in groups of six. They'll always peck at each other, but in small groups the less dominant one will take the full brunt of it (or, as you're seeing, they'll peck at other fish). In larger groups the pecking gets spread out so no single fish gets the full force of it.

 

[tomtomtom1230]

For future reference, fish don't 'play' with each other. There will be male rivalry.

 

[trianglekitty]

For future reference, fish don't 'play' with each other. There will be male rivalry.

I always think of my guppies as a little wolf pack. They have two modes..."I'm the boss!" or "Feeeeed Meeeee"