amit.rajaram
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2014
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- 34
Hi,
I am new to the fish habit and have just finished cycling my 36g bowfront with 4 guppies and 2 platys. I did not want to have to deal with breeding and fry's so all my fish are male. I'm also planning on adding a male swordtail and a male sailfin molly soon. I just wanted to check if there was a potential problem with a tank having only males. Are there any species where you can mix males and females, but the females could not breed in normal freshwater conditions? If so, I could get some females in the tank too without having to worry about my kids seeing adult fish eating the baby fish.
Also, any thoughts on good tank mates for guppies and platys, that are not live bearers and make good display fish?
Thanks in advance!
I am new to the fish habit and have just finished cycling my 36g bowfront with 4 guppies and 2 platys. I did not want to have to deal with breeding and fry's so all my fish are male. I'm also planning on adding a male swordtail and a male sailfin molly soon. I just wanted to check if there was a potential problem with a tank having only males. Are there any species where you can mix males and females, but the females could not breed in normal freshwater conditions? If so, I could get some females in the tank too without having to worry about my kids seeing adult fish eating the baby fish.
Also, any thoughts on good tank mates for guppies and platys, that are not live bearers and make good display fish?
Thanks in advance!