Guppies

[Fishman87]

I'm thinking of getting guppies in a 20 gallon if I don't feed them anything special will some survive on their own? I will have have fern anchored down hornwort float and maybe some water sprite or frog bit.

 

[freshwaterashley]

That will work.. how many will you have to start? You can have up to 20 or more in a 20 gallon tank

 

[Fishman87]

I will probably start with 2, male and most likely already pregnant female. A friend of mine has a 100+ ( not very sure ) gal. With oscars that he could feed any extra guppies, I plan on selling them to an LFS.

 

[freshwaterashley]

You should always have more females than males or the males will harass her to death

 

[Fishman87]

So what's the ratio? I'm guessing 3:1?

 

[fishfan88]

3:1 is fine. You might be able to do even 2:1, if the males don't chase the females too much, but 3:1 is a good ratio to start with

 

[Fishman87]

I'll start with that, thank you guys!

 

[PockX]

It's good to start with a trio (3) so you don't overpopulated too much..unless you're looking to get the population up quickly.