Kennakm
Aquarium Advice Regular
I have a ten gallon tank with 2 female guppies and a male. I'm worried about one of them. actually both of them for different reasons.
1) the male only bothers female 1. constantly. i am worried it will stress her out or kill her. he is relentless!
2) female 2's last litter was premature and they all died within 12 hours. it's been 6 weeks. she looks pretty pregnant but her gravid spot has bits of orange in it instead of being completely black. in addition to that, the male leaves her alone. I've never seen them mate. he's always chasing the other around.
so i have three questions.
i have some fry that are getting big enough to be added to the main tank but not quite. should i invest in a couple more adult females to lessen the harassment on female 1?
why won't the male mate with female 2?
why is female 2 having reproductive issues/ lengthy pregnancies?
(tank is cycled.)
1) the male only bothers female 1. constantly. i am worried it will stress her out or kill her. he is relentless!
2) female 2's last litter was premature and they all died within 12 hours. it's been 6 weeks. she looks pretty pregnant but her gravid spot has bits of orange in it instead of being completely black. in addition to that, the male leaves her alone. I've never seen them mate. he's always chasing the other around.
so i have three questions.
i have some fry that are getting big enough to be added to the main tank but not quite. should i invest in a couple more adult females to lessen the harassment on female 1?
why won't the male mate with female 2?
why is female 2 having reproductive issues/ lengthy pregnancies?
(tank is cycled.)