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We have a 50 gal tank with about 30 guppies and a ton of spiral snails. There are also two 4-5" Placos. We'd like to get 1-2 bigger, colorful fish that won't eat the guppies, snails, or Placos. It *is* okay if they eat the guppy babies.
Hubby is into fish and suggests you get a couple of Danos or some mollies or possibly swordtails. As for the baby guppies please put them in a breeding hatcher. We use to have guppies, mollies, danos, and swordtails together but now we have a 45 gallon tank stocked with african ciclids. Hubby wanted to buy a 90 gallon tank but lost a good paying job so it will have to wait.
Swordtails be good I have hard time raising them though. Guppies multiply fast. I have fantails and pet store buys back alot of males but the better color to them easier to sell.
How about some tetra? Especially the neon tetra. They don't get big at all, but do add alot of color. Black skirt tetra would be good. I also agree with the mollies and swordtails. They come in some nice bright colors.
A good rule of thumb for how many fish to put in your tank, 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. So you could have 50 1 inch fish in your tank or 25 2 inch fish.
The only bigger fish that I am sure is compatible with your guppies are the Honey Gourami. I know people keep swordtails and mollies with them and are fine, but I personally would be afraid that they would harm the guppies. If you wanted to add some interest to the tank maybe you could consider the African dwarf frogs? They are very amusing. Good luck!
We have a community tank that consists of fancy guppies, neon tetras, blue tetras, swordtails, mickey mouse platys, danios, two kissing gourami, algae eater and pleco. I love the drawf frogs, but ours died and was always hiding. We'd like to add a couple dwarf gourami.
I've also had guppies, swordtails, platies, and mollies all together. The swords are more apt to eat babies than the others though. Neons are good too.
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We use to have guppies, mollies, danos, and swordtails together but now we have a 45 gallon tank stocked with african ciclids. Hubby wanted to buy a 90 gallon tank but lost a good paying job so it will have to wait.
