Yabbies and guppies

[obedey]

Ive got some yabbies in a tank with some guppies and goldfish. The goldfish keep getting attacked and act really stressed so im going to move them out, but the guppies don't seem to care about the yabbies. Also i feed the yabbies chicken pellets and they swell up in the water. When the yabbies eat them little bits go flying everywhere and the guppies catch them. So does anyone think its a bad idea leaving the guppies in with the yabbies???

 

[mattrox]

Your yabbies will catch any guppys that sleep on the bottom of the tank. You will gradually have losses. Up to you if you want that scenario.

 

[ace1uno_00]

I didnt think you could mix goldfish with guppies?
Because arent the water perams. for goldfish different?

 

[obedey]

what you mean water temp??
the guppies just think its winter all year round. The yabbies in my breeding tank think its summer all round.

 

[TankGirl]

My experience goes along with what Mattrox said.

 

[obedey]

well i still haven't taken the guppies out but this morning while a yabby was molting anothe one killed it and started to eat it. I think he killed the other one because I have 2 males and a female, he might have been fighting for territory. Stupid pet shop i asked them for 2 females and 1 male.

 

[DeFeKt]

bad idea
yes
pm if u want to know how to sex them
and chook pellets r fine for guppies
if u grab marron pellets, they sink to th bottom

 

[obedey]

wot du u mean bad idea to??
bad idea to havin 2 blokes in 1 tank??

 

[DeFeKt]

So does anyone think its a bad idea leaving the guppies in with the yabbies???

jus aNswering ur question
it's possible though
hehe

 

[mattrox]

3 Aussies in one thread..... Is this a first for AA?

 

[DeFeKt]

OZY OZY OZY!!!
OI OI OI!!!

 

[RagE]

Just had to make it 4...

I have baby yabbies in my comunity tank ... so far no problems but they will be moved to there own tank when they get a bit bigger.

Funny watching my clown loach evict the yabbies from there holes then sleep in them.

 

[DeFeKt]

whats even funnier, is watching a yabbie crawl commando style, coz the fish ate all his legs.

 

[obedey]

yeh thers rnt many of us here. hey du marron pellets swell up heaps?? chicken pellets r heaps messy if u try and pick em up little bits of crap go evrywer. R marron pellets any beta??? wtf ?? a yabby wid no legs??

 

[DeFeKt]

they do, after a while, but they stick together
1 pellet per yabbie per day is more then enough
i found on that ratio, that they didn't have time to swell

 

[obedey]

yeh chicken pellets r pretty much the same but prolly the first time i fed them i put to much in. Also while the yabbies eat them they throw crap everywer but i spose they'll find the little bits and eat em after

 

[DeFeKt]

marron pellets R chook pellets, just with a couple more nutrients
They love blood worms to

 

[obedey]

lol