pahansen
Fish Fanatic
Hi. I have a question that is similar to another post.
Yesterday I saw some beautiful male guppies -- they were so vivid! The problem is that I really have no desire to have breeding fish or to take care of fry at this point in time. (I have a two year old and another due in August -- that's enough "fry" for me!!!) I held off on buying any fish, because I was hesitant on a couple of levels.
I know that guppies are happiest in groups, so I didn't want to buy a single male. I also was hesitant to buy more than one male, since I was worried that they would hurt each other. On the other hand, if I don't buy any females, do I have to worry about aggression? (By the way, everyone else in my tank is male except for the pleco, whom I believe is female, and a suspicious looking dojo loach.)
My final concern was that I have two cherry barbs (again, males) that were used to cycle the tank. I knew that some barbs were fin nippers, so I didn't want to bring a guppy home until I'd checked them out. It would appear that cherry barbs aren't big culprits on that level, but I wanted to check out the boards here first. Anyone with experience with cherry barbs being nippy? So far these haven't been nipping any of the other fish in the tank, but they are all larger fish.
So, do I go ahead and get a male guppy? (If so, how many?) Or shall I just content myself with going to the store and saying "what pretty fish"?
Thanks for the help!
-- Pamela
Yesterday I saw some beautiful male guppies -- they were so vivid! The problem is that I really have no desire to have breeding fish or to take care of fry at this point in time. (I have a two year old and another due in August -- that's enough "fry" for me!!!) I held off on buying any fish, because I was hesitant on a couple of levels.
I know that guppies are happiest in groups, so I didn't want to buy a single male. I also was hesitant to buy more than one male, since I was worried that they would hurt each other. On the other hand, if I don't buy any females, do I have to worry about aggression? (By the way, everyone else in my tank is male except for the pleco, whom I believe is female, and a suspicious looking dojo loach.)
My final concern was that I have two cherry barbs (again, males) that were used to cycle the tank. I knew that some barbs were fin nippers, so I didn't want to bring a guppy home until I'd checked them out. It would appear that cherry barbs aren't big culprits on that level, but I wanted to check out the boards here first. Anyone with experience with cherry barbs being nippy? So far these haven't been nipping any of the other fish in the tank, but they are all larger fish.
So, do I go ahead and get a male guppy? (If so, how many?) Or shall I just content myself with going to the store and saying "what pretty fish"?
Thanks for the help!
-- Pamela