Good ideas....I will have to do some research!
Of course you are right, I just never thought of it in that order before.
Thanks,
Connie
-------Original Message-------
From: bill 1433
Date: 09/22/12 15:28:39
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
Connie maybe I can offer a bit of advice here?
You are on the right track BUT what you should do, and what is
most recommend is NOT to shop by type of fish at all. What you need to
do is shop by your water parameters from your source first. That way you
stay out of trouble.
Regardless of the type of fish, you first want to know the basic, "Will it
live in my water"? This will encompass all that Ray has told you about for
water parameters.
Some fish are very prone to these and the least little amount of
anything out of the ordinary and you have dead animals on your hands. A
good example? Mikrogeophagus Ramirez , the German Blue Ram. All you have to
do is miss a scheduled water change or not have the proper tank temperature
and they will go to the Great Above at the blink of an eye.
After you list what will live in your water the next part is a bit harder,
you have to figure out what can live or co-exist with what.
There are many factors governing this from the specie of the fish to the
size tank your going to be working with. Always remember, you don't really
want to know what size the fish is now, you want to know what size the fish
will be next month or next year.
bill in pa
--- On Sat, 9/22/12, Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net> wrote:
From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
To: "Tropical Fish Club" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 4:55 PM
LOL, Bill, I guess this helps make this hobby interesting!
After I get the tank cycled my next questions are going to be about what
fish I can end up
with that live well together in a tank.
I love Kribs...would love a pair of them with some Angle fish.
Don't know if that is possible or not.
Years and years ago, before I knew anything about fishkeeping
I had a tank with 3 angle fish. Got them really small and they
survived and grew and grew! Loved them!
My perfect tank probably isn't possible. I would love
a school of Neons and couple Angle fish and a pair of Kribs.
Connie
-------Original Message-------
From: bill 1433
Date: 09/22/12 14:15:05
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
Hi Connie,
Some fish are notorious for this, others are a bit more sneaky
about it. Now if you want to see a real "war" in the tank throw in
some Tiger Barbs! Or that poor innocent Platy? Go get yourself a handful
of them and then see what happens to that guppy! That's all part
of the fun of trying to put together a peacefull "community" tank.
Sometimes, its not as easy as to looks. Even those nice little Neeons
are not above some fin nipping from time to time.
bill in pa
--- On Sat, 9/22/12, Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net> wrote:
From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
To: "Tropical Fish Club" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Saturday, September 22, 2012, 2:39 PM
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. : (
Well, I keep learning.... that is a good thing. I do feel sorry for the
platy though.
Connie
-------Original Message-------
From: Donna King
Date: 9/22/2012 11:55:39 AM
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] Platy and Guppy behavior....
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.
Donna
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> [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!
>
>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.
>
>When I had 2 other platys in the tank the other male guppies kept nipping
at
>them. I think these other 2 platys were pestered to death.
>
>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.
>
>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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