How can I rehome the platy?? I don't know anyone else who keeps fish in my
area.
Connie
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From: Donna King
Date: 09/22/12 21:34:50
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
You could rehome the platty.
Donna
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>To: Tropical Fish Club <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
>Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 1:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
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>Thanks, Donna, as usual the pet store people didn't tell me about that when
>I bought the first 5 male guppies to start cycling the tank. They told me
>male guppies would be fine. Then after I had several males I asked about
>adding females to the mix. They warned me I needed at least 2 females for
>every single male guppy I had or the males would pester the females to
death
>Well that meant way too many females. No one told me you shouldn't keep
>male guppies without any female guppies. : (
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>Well, I keep learning.... that is a good thing. I do feel sorry for the
>platy though.
>Connie
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>From: Donna King
>Date: 9/22/2012 11:55:39 AM
>To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
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>I'm not surprised, male guppy's have only one thing on their minds. I have
>never seen anyone keep them with out females in a mixed tank. I would
think
>frustration would make them nip fins.
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>Donna
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>> From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
>> [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
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>>OK, I have a Mickey Mouse platy (I think it is a female) and one of my
male
>>guppies is constantly "chasing" this platy.
>>Sometimes I think the way the guppy behaves is some sort of mating "dance"
>>LOL!
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>>Is it possible that this guppy is confused?? All if have in this tank is
>the
>>one platy and 2 Cory catfish, the 4 neons and down to 3 male guppies. But
>>this particular male guppy (a fancy yellow tail) has always "pestered" the
>>platy.
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>>When I had 2 other platys in the tank the other male guppies kept nipping
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>>them. I think these other 2 platys were pestered to death.
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>>This one guppy now is not nipping this last platy, but rather swims next
to
>>or behind the platy all the time. Sometimes if the platy stops the guppy
>>does a shiver of his tail that is not normal swimming movement. This guppy
>>has been with this platy for many days....more so as the other male
guppies
>>died. Now sometimes the platy hides, I think to get a break from the guppy
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>>Anyone heard of this type of behavior with a male guppy and a female
>platy??
>>It is the oddest thing.....only with these two fish.
>>Thanks,
>>Connie
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